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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... several years under mafters of rhetoric , as ap- pears from Quintilian . But , even in thofe days , they fometimes neglected that excellent difcipline , of which one of the ancients complains ; and ambitious fathers , folely intent upon ...
... several years under mafters of rhetoric , as ap- pears from Quintilian . But , even in thofe days , they fometimes neglected that excellent difcipline , of which one of the ancients complains ; and ambitious fathers , folely intent upon ...
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... several , I shall give but one here , in which the importance and difficulty of the employment of the " Lieutenant de Police in Paris are reprefented . " The inhabitants of a well governed city enjoy " the benefit of its polity ...
... several , I shall give but one here , in which the importance and difficulty of the employment of the " Lieutenant de Police in Paris are reprefented . " The inhabitants of a well governed city enjoy " the benefit of its polity ...
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... several reflections from Father Bouhours , most of them with examples from Latin and French authors , taken from his Maniere de bien penfer , & c . Different reflections upon thoughts . I. Truth is the first quality , and in a manner ...
... several reflections from Father Bouhours , most of them with examples from Latin and French authors , taken from his Maniere de bien penfer , & c . Different reflections upon thoughts . I. Truth is the first quality , and in a manner ...
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... several of them ; or after every part of the narra- tive , when it is too long ; or , laftly , after the proof of every fact , and it is that we call amplification . The invectives against Verres fu.nifh a great many examples of this ...
... several of them ; or after every part of the narra- tive , when it is too long ; or , laftly , after the proof of every fact , and it is that we call amplification . The invectives against Verres fu.nifh a great many examples of this ...
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... several parts , to distinguish the various proofs , and make remarks upon fuch paffages as are ftrong or weak . In philosophy likewise , it is the custom , after reading fome excellent treatises of that kind to them , fuch as Descartes ...
... several parts , to distinguish the various proofs , and make remarks upon fuch paffages as are ftrong or weak . In philosophy likewise , it is the custom , after reading fome excellent treatises of that kind to them , fuch as Descartes ...
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