The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres; Or, An Introduction to Languages, Poetry, Rhetorick, History, Moral Philosophy, Physicks, &c. ...W. Strahan, 1769 - Education |
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... strength , the accuftoms them to go out of the neft ,, and teaches them to fly , by Auttering round them ; and , at last , having made trial of their strength , fhe makes them take wing , and leaves them to themselves . * Among the ...
... strength , the accuftoms them to go out of the neft ,, and teaches them to fly , by Auttering round them ; and , at last , having made trial of their strength , fhe makes them take wing , and leaves them to themselves . * Among the ...
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... strength , as he goes on . To conclude , fays Longinus , the fublime of Demofthenes is undoubtedly much more uteful and ef ficacious in ftrong exaggerations , and violent paffions , when we must astonish , as it were , the auditors . On ...
... strength , as he goes on . To conclude , fays Longinus , the fublime of Demofthenes is undoubtedly much more uteful and ef ficacious in ftrong exaggerations , and violent paffions , when we must astonish , as it were , the auditors . On ...
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... strength , and debafed the greatnefs , of his fub- jects by little trifling thoughts . с III . Auother thought of Seneca upon the fcarcity of fincere friends . • We meet with another very beautiful thought in the fame place upon the ...
... strength , and debafed the greatnefs , of his fub- jects by little trifling thoughts . с III . Auother thought of Seneca upon the fcarcity of fincere friends . • We meet with another very beautiful thought in the fame place upon the ...
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... strength to a thought or defcription ; in order that , being fe- parated , as it were , from the rest , and set in a stronger light , they may ftrike forcibly on the mind . This kind of order is as remarkable as the former , and de ...
... strength to a thought or defcription ; in order that , being fe- parated , as it were , from the rest , and set in a stronger light , they may ftrike forcibly on the mind . This kind of order is as remarkable as the former , and de ...
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... strength , and deprive the paffions of the language natural to them . The Antithefis , Distribution , and fuch - like figures . Antithefes , when artfully employed , fays Father Bouhours , are extremely pleafing in works of genius ...
... strength , and deprive the paffions of the language natural to them . The Antithefis , Distribution , and fuch - like figures . Antithefes , when artfully employed , fays Father Bouhours , are extremely pleafing in works of genius ...
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