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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... reason that even Quintilian's rhetoric , though fo ex- cellent in other refpects , appears vaftly tedious in se- veral places : he had too just a taste , not to observe that the reading of authors is one of the most effential parts of ...
... reason that even Quintilian's rhetoric , though fo ex- cellent in other refpects , appears vaftly tedious in se- veral places : he had too just a taste , not to observe that the reading of authors is one of the most effential parts of ...
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... reason to diftruft " him . Thence , fays he , proceeded the care of the " ancients , to conceal their eloquence ; in which they " differ very widely from the orators of our age , who " use their utmost efforts to difplay theirs . " He ...
... reason to diftruft " him . Thence , fays he , proceeded the care of the " ancients , to conceal their eloquence ; in which they " differ very widely from the orators of our age , who " use their utmost efforts to difplay theirs . " He ...
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... reasons for it ; amend efferat in adolefcente fœcunditas . Quapropter in primis evitandus , & in pueris præcipue , magifter aridus , non minus quam teneris adhuc plantis ficcum & fine hu- more ullo folum . Inde fiunt hu- miles ftatim ...
... reasons for it ; amend efferat in adolefcente fœcunditas . Quapropter in primis evitandus , & in pueris præcipue , magifter aridus , non minus quam teneris adhuc plantis ficcum & fine hu- more ullo folum . Inde fiunt hu- miles ftatim ...
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... reason to fear , that this comparison , which feem- ingly tends to leffen the fplendor of Cæfar's victories ,. will be offenfive to a conqueror , who is commonly jealous of that kind of glory . To prevent fo ill an effect , the fcholars ...
... reason to fear , that this comparison , which feem- ingly tends to leffen the fplendor of Cæfar's victories ,. will be offenfive to a conqueror , who is commonly jealous of that kind of glory . To prevent fo ill an effect , the fcholars ...
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... REASON . A general cannot afcribe all the glory of a victory folely to himfelf ; whereas that of Cæfar's clemency is perfonal , and entirely his own . This is the fimple propofition ; and it is the business of eloquence to enlarge upon ...
... REASON . A general cannot afcribe all the glory of a victory folely to himfelf ; whereas that of Cæfar's clemency is perfonal , and entirely his own . This is the fimple propofition ; and it is the business of eloquence to enlarge upon ...
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