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Page 428
The “ Orator ad M. It is to the original ancient writers that " Brutum , ” is also a
considerable treatise ; we must chiefly have recourse ; and it is a and , in general
, throughout all Cicero's reproach to any one , whose profession calls rhetorical ...
The “ Orator ad M. It is to the original ancient writers that " Brutum , ” is also a
considerable treatise ; we must chiefly have recourse ; and it is a and , in general
, throughout all Cicero's reproach to any one , whose profession calls rhetorical ...
Page 447
In history , notwithstanding some have an unquestionable superiority over the
defects , which I am afterwards to mention ancient . i am inclined also to think ,
that in the ancient historical plans , it may be in matters of pure reasoning , there
is ...
In history , notwithstanding some have an unquestionable superiority over the
defects , which I am afterwards to mention ancient . i am inclined also to think ,
that in the ancient historical plans , it may be in matters of pure reasoning , there
is ...
Page 476
The au- rity of ancient manuscripts , a reading in thors translated being
philosophers , the Cicero being justified from a copy made translators appear to
have studied the style by his learned freed - man , Tiro : and a of their philosophy
, well ...
The au- rity of ancient manuscripts , a reading in thors translated being
philosophers , the Cicero being justified from a copy made translators appear to
have studied the style by his learned freed - man , Tiro : and a of their philosophy
, well ...
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Contents
Authe Pas | 1 |
Practice necessary for forming a Syle Blair 401 95 On Plainness and Perspicuity Felton 436 | 34 |
Excellenceofthe Sacred Writings Brown | 305 |
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| Title | Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Poetry |
| Editor | Vicesimus Knox |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1808 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 11 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 1 pages |
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