The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres; Or, An Introduction to Languages, Poetry, Rhetorick, History, Moral Philosophy, Physicks, &c. ...W. Strahan, 1769 |
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... itself , that pleafes and charms . If we substitute the wittiest and most florid phrases than can be conceived , in the room of those few plain and homely words , we should deprive the peafant's anfwer of all its beauty . Thus , accord ...
... itself , that pleafes and charms . If we substitute the wittiest and most florid phrases than can be conceived , in the room of those few plain and homely words , we should deprive the peafant's anfwer of all its beauty . Thus , accord ...
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... itself vari ously in his works , and receives fresh 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 ...
... itself vari ously in his works , and receives fresh 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 ...
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... itself , upon the ruins of which that abandoned wretch had raised those enormous piles of building ... your religion violated , your worship abolished , your myfteries polluted , your Gods treated outrageously , have at length difplayed ...
... itself , upon the ruins of which that abandoned wretch had raised those enormous piles of building ... your religion violated , your worship abolished , your myfteries polluted , your Gods treated outrageously , have at length difplayed ...
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... itself , than from the genius of the ora- tor . I shall have occafion to treat this subject in a more extensive manner hereafter ; nor can it be too often repeated that the ornaments of such discourses must be manly , noble , and chafte ...
... itself , than from the genius of the ora- tor . I shall have occafion to treat this subject in a more extensive manner hereafter ; nor can it be too often repeated that the ornaments of such discourses must be manly , noble , and chafte ...
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... itself . We must say the fame of works of wit ; and can- not repeat it too often to youth , to put them upon their guard against a vicious taste of brilliant thoughts ; witty and far - fetched turns , which seem to aim at fu- periority ...
... itself . We must say the fame of works of wit ; and can- not repeat it too often to youth , to put them upon their guard against a vicious taste of brilliant thoughts ; witty and far - fetched turns , which seem to aim at fu- periority ...
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againſt almoft atque auditors beauty becauſe Befides cafus caufa caufe cauſe Chrift Cicero confifts defign Demofthenes dicendi dicere difcourfe difcover difpofition effe ejus eloquence Engliſhed enim etiam expreffions exprefs faid fame fays feems felves fenfe fenfible fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhould fibi fimple fince firft folid fome fomething fometimes fpeaking fpeech ftill ftrength ftudy ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuffer fuit funt fupport genius give hæc himſelf Ibid illa inftruct intirely ipfa itſelf juft kind laft lefs Livy mafter magis manner moft moſt muft muſt natural neceffary nifi nihil obferve occafion omnia orator ourſelves paffage paffions perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure quæ quafi quam quid Quint Quintil Quintilian quod raiſe reafon reprefent ſay ſhall ſpeak ſtudy tamen thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thoughts tium Turenne uſe Verres whofe words youth
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