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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... speak clearly The neceffity of perfpicuity in Catechifts II . Duty of a Preacher Page 267 ibid . 269 273 To pleafe , and for that end , to speak in a florid and polite manner FIRST DEFEC T. Taking too much pains about the ornaments ibid ...
... speak clearly The neceffity of perfpicuity in Catechifts II . Duty of a Preacher Page 267 ibid . 269 273 To pleafe , and for that end , to speak in a florid and polite manner FIRST DEFEC T. Taking too much pains about the ornaments ibid ...
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... speaking of them ? when he gained an advantage , he himself afcribed it to the " enemy's overfight , and not to his own abilities . When he gave an account of a battle , he forgot nothing , but its being gained by his own conduct . " If ...
... speaking of them ? when he gained an advantage , he himself afcribed it to the " enemy's overfight , and not to his own abilities . When he gave an account of a battle , he forgot nothing , but its being gained by his own conduct . " If ...
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... speaking , to refolve him into his conftituent " parts . Of many Hercules's the ancients made but " one ; and of M. Leibnitz alone we shall make many learned men . a M. Tournefort ; He He went into Auvergne , Languedoc , Pro- vence , 40 ...
... speaking , to refolve him into his conftituent " parts . Of many Hercules's the ancients made but " one ; and of M. Leibnitz alone we shall make many learned men . a M. Tournefort ; He He went into Auvergne , Languedoc , Pro- vence , 40 ...
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... speak more properly , is equally diftant from both . It has more force and copioufnefs then the first , but it is lefs fublime than the second : it admits of all the embellishments of art , the beauty of figures , the fplendor of ...
... speak more properly , is equally diftant from both . It has more force and copioufnefs then the first , but it is lefs fublime than the second : it admits of all the embellishments of art , the beauty of figures , the fplendor of ...
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... speak with the weight and propriety , and at the fame time in fo plain and natural a manner , that every man ... speaking . p Summiffus eft & humilis , con- fuetudinem imitans , ab indifertis re plus quam opinione differens . Itaque eum ...
... speak with the weight and propriety , and at the fame time in fo plain and natural a manner , that every man ... speaking . p Summiffus eft & humilis , con- fuetudinem imitans , ab indifertis re plus quam opinione differens . Itaque eum ...
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