Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory: Or, Education of an Orator, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1891 - Oratory |
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... sides of a question , 22 , 23. We are not to think even the greatest authors infallible , yet we must not be hasty in finding fault with them , 24-26 . Of reading poets , 27-30 . Historians , 31-34 . Philosophers , 35 , 36. Some benefit ...
... sides of a question , 22 , 23. We are not to think even the greatest authors infallible , yet we must not be hasty in finding fault with them , 24-26 . Of reading poets , 27-30 . Historians , 31-34 . Philosophers , 35 , 36. Some benefit ...
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... side of a question , 33-35 . A good man may sometimes be justified in misleading those whom he addresses , for the attain- ment of some good object , 36-45 391 · · CH . II . An orator must study to maintain a high moral character , § 1 ...
... side of a question , 33-35 . A good man may sometimes be justified in misleading those whom he addresses , for the attain- ment of some good object , 36-45 391 · · CH . II . An orator must study to maintain a high moral character , § 1 ...
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... side to state one point first , and of the other to state another ; else the pleading would always be con- ducted at the pleasure of the prosecutor ; and , in a case of mutual accusation , when each party defends himself before he ...
... side to state one point first , and of the other to state another ; else the pleading would always be con- ducted at the pleasure of the prosecutor ; and , in a case of mutual accusation , when each party defends himself before he ...
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... side of the accused , the strongest argument against him must first be attacked , lest the judge , looking to that point , should regard with too little favour our establishment of other points . Yet this order may occasionally be ...
... side of the accused , the strongest argument against him must first be attacked , lest the judge , looking to that point , should regard with too little favour our establishment of other points . Yet this order may occasionally be ...
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... sides ? That treason was signified , and signified by the general . We try to find the traitor . You admit that you went to the enemy , and went secretly ; that you . returned in safety , brought away gold , and had the gold con- cealed ...
... sides ? That treason was signified , and signified by the general . We try to find the traitor . You admit that you went to the enemy , and went secretly ; that you . returned in safety , brought away gold , and had the gold con- cealed ...
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