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... a work of the highest excellence , both for correctness and for illustration . If he deserves censure on any account , it is for having paid occa sionally too much attention to worthless readings , and for NOTICE OF QUINTILIAN . xiii.
... a work of the highest excellence , both for correctness and for illustration . If he deserves censure on any account , it is for having paid occa sionally too much attention to worthless readings , and for NOTICE OF QUINTILIAN . xiii.
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... Excellence in them attained by study and art , 16 , 17. Yet a speaker may be too solicitous about his language , 18-26 . Necessity of practice , 27-30 . We must not always be striving for something greater and higher , 31-33 . . 71 • CH ...
... Excellence in them attained by study and art , 16 , 17. Yet a speaker may be too solicitous about his language , 18-26 . Necessity of practice , 27-30 . We must not always be striving for something greater and higher , 31-33 . . 71 • CH ...
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... excellence of significancy , 9-11 . Concerning obscurity , 12 , 13. Arises from the use of unusual words , or from faulty composition , 14-16 . From circumlocution , 17 , 18. From desire for brevity , 19-21 . Perspicuity the chief ...
... excellence of significancy , 9-11 . Concerning obscurity , 12 , 13. Arises from the use of unusual words , or from faulty composition , 14-16 . From circumlocution , 17 , 18. From desire for brevity , 19-21 . Perspicuity the chief ...
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... Excellence of style serves not only to please but to convince the hearer , 10-13 . This may be proved by altering the arrangement of words and phrases in elegant composition , 14 , 15 . Style not neglected by the ancients , 16-18 ...
... Excellence of style serves not only to please but to convince the hearer , 10-13 . This may be proved by altering the arrangement of words and phrases in elegant composition , 14 , 15 . Style not neglected by the ancients , 16-18 ...
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... excellence in it , § 1-9 . Some have asserted that the study of delivery is useless , 10-13 . Of the voice , its natural excellences and defects , 14-18 . Care that should be taken of the voice , 19 -23 . Exercise of it necessary , 24 ...
... excellence in it , § 1-9 . Some have asserted that the study of delivery is useless , 10-13 . Of the voice , its natural excellences and defects , 14-18 . Care that should be taken of the voice , 19 -23 . Exercise of it necessary , 24 ...
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