Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles LettresThomas A. Ronalds, 1814 - 544 pages |
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... his troubles . The same principles which had rendered him obnoxious in Scotland , gave offence to the Irish Episcopa- lians he was dismissed from his charge by the VOL . I. a Bishop of Down ; and to Ulster , the primate.
... his troubles . The same principles which had rendered him obnoxious in Scotland , gave offence to the Irish Episcopa- lians he was dismissed from his charge by the VOL . I. a Bishop of Down ; and to Ulster , the primate.
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... principle in which they all concurred , was , to preserve the church , on the one hand , from a servile and debasing dependence on the civil power ; and , on the other , from a greater preponderance of democratical influence , than is ...
... principle in which they all concurred , was , to preserve the church , on the one hand , from a servile and debasing dependence on the civil power ; and , on the other , from a greater preponderance of democratical influence , than is ...
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... principle . Speech is the great instrument by which man be- comes beneficial to man : and it is to the intercourse and transmission of thought , by means of speech , that we are chief- ly indebted for the improvement of thought itself ...
... principle . Speech is the great instrument by which man be- comes beneficial to man : and it is to the intercourse and transmission of thought , by means of speech , that we are chief- ly indebted for the improvement of thought itself ...
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... principles of reason and good sense to this art , as to any other that is cultivated among men . If the following Lectures have any merit , it will consist in an endeavour to substitute the application of these principles in the place ...
... principles of reason and good sense to this art , as to any other that is cultivated among men . If the following Lectures have any merit , it will consist in an endeavour to substitute the application of these principles in the place ...
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... principle , and frequently inculcated , " Quod omnibus disciplinis et ar- tibus debet esse instructus orator ; " that the orator ought to be an accomplished scholar , and conversant in every part of learning . It is indeed impossible to ...
... principle , and frequently inculcated , " Quod omnibus disciplinis et ar- tibus debet esse instructus orator ; " that the orator ought to be an accomplished scholar , and conversant in every part of learning . It is indeed impossible to ...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres: In Three Volumes, Volume 3 Hugh Blair No preview available - 2016 |
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Vol. 3 of 3 (Classic Reprint) Hugh Blair No preview available - 2018 |
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