The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 9J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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... himself , he took a real pleasure in receiving in- formation , and , what was ftill more rare at his age , in renouncing ancient prejudices , and re- tracting opinions which he allowed to have been precipitately formed . But it is ...
... himself , he took a real pleasure in receiving in- formation , and , what was ftill more rare at his age , in renouncing ancient prejudices , and re- tracting opinions which he allowed to have been precipitately formed . But it is ...
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... the eloquence of Demofthenes , so I am perfuaded that Your Lord- ship will not be displeased with the speeches of an orator , whom Demofthenes himself both ad- mired and imitated : if I fhould not be deceived EPISTLE DEDICATORY .
... the eloquence of Demofthenes , so I am perfuaded that Your Lord- ship will not be displeased with the speeches of an orator , whom Demofthenes himself both ad- mired and imitated : if I fhould not be deceived EPISTLE DEDICATORY .
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... himself at that very time ; for Demofthenes , who was then but twelve years old , and who foon after deliberated on the choice of an in- ftructor in the art of fpeaking , preferred him to Ifocrates , not from any difference in the ...
... himself at that very time ; for Demofthenes , who was then but twelve years old , and who foon after deliberated on the choice of an in- ftructor in the art of fpeaking , preferred him to Ifocrates , not from any difference in the ...
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... himself , whofe private fpeeches have been almoft as much neglected as thofe of his mafter . This is all that I have been able to collect concerning the life of ISĈUS , and I now pro- ceed to difcourfe more at large , but without ...
... himself , whofe private fpeeches have been almoft as much neglected as thofe of his mafter . This is all that I have been able to collect concerning the life of ISĈUS , and I now pro- ceed to difcourfe more at large , but without ...
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... himself , and had long en- joyed a very flourishing reputation : he must have ftudied the compofitions of Lyfias , and poffibly began with imitating them ; but find- ing them too foft and delicate for his forenfick combats , which ...
... himself , and had long en- joyed a very flourishing reputation : he must have ftudied the compofitions of Lyfias , and poffibly began with imitating them ; but find- ing them too foft and delicate for his forenfick combats , which ...
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