The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 9J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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... 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 .
... 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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... orators , from whofe private fpecches I had reafon to expect the clearcft light on the subject of inheritances ; and I prefently recollected one of them , whofe remains I had feen when I was a boy , but had been deterred , like many ...
... orators , from whofe private fpecches I had reafon to expect the clearcft light on the subject of inheritances ; and I prefently recollected one of them , whofe remains I had feen when I was a boy , but had been deterred , like many ...
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... orator must be carefully diftinguished from another of the fame name , who seems to have flourished at Rome in the reign of Trajan or Domitian ; for he is highly extolled in a fet epistle by the younger Pliny , and incidentally by ...
... orator must be carefully diftinguished from another of the fame name , who seems to have flourished at Rome in the reign of Trajan or Domitian ; for he is highly extolled in a fet epistle by the younger Pliny , and incidentally by ...
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... orator of . Greece ; yet his private speeches are not superior in force or beauty to thofe of his teacher , who would probably have thundered with equal energy in the affembly of Athenian citizens , if his temper and inclination had not ...
... orator of . Greece ; yet his private speeches are not superior in force or beauty to thofe of his teacher , who would probably have thundered with equal energy in the affembly of Athenian citizens , if his temper and inclination had not ...
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... orators of Athens by his affiduous imitation of the great man , whom he could not but admire , even when he impeached him : as to Andocides , his of- fences and misfortunes would have preferved his name , if his harangue on a peace with ...
... orators of Athens by his affiduous imitation of the great man , whom he could not but admire , even when he impeached him : as to Andocides , his of- fences and misfortunes would have preferved his name , if his harangue on a peace with ...
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