Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory: Or, Education of an Orator, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1891 - Oratory |
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... proper in more than one sense , § 1-3 . A word which may not be exactly proper , is not always to be condemned as improper , 4-6 . Some words may be proper , and yet have no oratorical merit , 7 , 8. The excellence of significancy , 9 ...
... proper in more than one sense , § 1-3 . A word which may not be exactly proper , is not always to be condemned as improper , 4-6 . Some words may be proper , and yet have no oratorical merit , 7 , 8. The excellence of significancy , 9 ...
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... that pre- cede ; and arrangement a due distribution of things and their parts in their proper places . 2 But let us remember that * V. 10 , 63 . arrangement is often altered to suit the interest of a QUINTILIAN . [ B. VII .
... that pre- cede ; and arrangement a due distribution of things and their parts in their proper places . 2 But let us remember that * V. 10 , 63 . arrangement is often altered to suit the interest of a QUINTILIAN . [ B. VII .
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... proper place . * I know that it is discussed in some authors , in many thou- sands of lines , how we may discover which party ought to speak first ; but this is decided in the forum either by the rigour of formulæ , or by the nature of ...
... proper place . * I know that it is discussed in some authors , in many thou- sands of lines , how we may discover which party ought to speak first ; but this is decided in the forum either by the rigour of formulæ , or by the nature of ...
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... proper , clear , and concisely expressed . 3. It consists chiefly , as has been said , † in the notification of genus , species , dif- ferences , and peculiarities ; as , to define a horse ( for I shall adopt a well known example ) ...
... proper , clear , and concisely expressed . 3. It consists chiefly , as has been said , † in the notification of genus , species , dif- ferences , and peculiarities ; as , to define a horse ( for I shall adopt a well known example ) ...
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... proper appella- tion , as a philtre , * and a dose of poison . But in all disputes of this kind the question is whether this also comes under the same term , because the term , about which the dispute is , is acknow- ledged to be ...
... proper appella- tion , as a philtre , * and a dose of poison . But in all disputes of this kind the question is whether this also comes under the same term , because the term , about which the dispute is , is acknow- ledged to be ...
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