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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... discourse from a child § " but I fhould conceive great hopes of a fruitful ge- " nius , a genius that can produce without affiftance , " and make noble attempts , though it fhould fome- " times take too great liberties . I am not ...
... discourse from a child § " but I fhould conceive great hopes of a fruitful ge- " nius , a genius that can produce without affiftance , " and make noble attempts , though it fhould fome- " times take too great liberties . I am not ...
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... discourse . We have already taken notice of fome of them in the preceding defcriptions , and will now give fome more examples . I. PARALLEL between M. Turenne and the Cardinal de Bouillon . A fimple propofition . While E. Turenne was ...
... discourse . We have already taken notice of fome of them in the preceding defcriptions , and will now give fome more examples . I. PARALLEL between M. Turenne and the Cardinal de Bouillon . A fimple propofition . While E. Turenne was ...
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... discourse , that diftinguishes between a well - spoken and an eloquent man . The former is contented with faying what it is neceffary to say upon any fubject ; but to be truly eloquent , we must exprefs it with all the proper graces and ...
... discourse , that diftinguishes between a well - spoken and an eloquent man . The former is contented with faying what it is neceffary to say upon any fubject ; but to be truly eloquent , we must exprefs it with all the proper graces and ...
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... discourses must be manly , noble , and chafte . The kind of eloquence proper for these must be void of all paint and affecta- tion ; must shine however , but with health , if we may ufe theexpreffion , and owe its beauty only to its ...
... discourses must be manly , noble , and chafte . The kind of eloquence proper for these must be void of all paint and affecta- tion ; must shine however , but with health , if we may ufe theexpreffion , and owe its beauty only to its ...
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... discourse , which , in my opinion , may be propofed as a complete model of this noble and fublime , and , at the fame time , natural and unaffected eloquence , of which I fhall endeavour to point out the characteristics here . This ...
... discourse , which , in my opinion , may be propofed as a complete model of this noble and fublime , and , at the fame time , natural and unaffected eloquence , of which I fhall endeavour to point out the characteristics here . This ...
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