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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... against Oaths 293 Extrast af St. Chryfoftom's difcourfe on Eutropius's difgrace Extract from the first Book of the Priesthood 296 301 " PART II . The learning requifite in a Chriftian Orator 304 Of the ftudy of the Scriptures 305 The ...
... against Oaths 293 Extrast af St. Chryfoftom's difcourfe on Eutropius's difgrace Extract from the first Book of the Priesthood 296 301 " PART II . The learning requifite in a Chriftian Orator 304 Of the ftudy of the Scriptures 305 The ...
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... against her : Sometimes juft escaped , fome- times juft taken ; her fortune fhifting every quarter " of an hour , having no other affiftance but God , The Queen of England's funeral oration , by M. Boffuet . C 3 " and " and her own ...
... against her : Sometimes juft escaped , fome- times juft taken ; her fortune fhifting every quarter " of an hour , having no other affiftance but God , The Queen of England's funeral oration , by M. Boffuet . C 3 " and " and her own ...
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... against deceit and trea- chery : What is called deceit then , fays the fame Aquilius , is when we give a man room to expect one thing and do another . * Canius intreats his friends to come to fee him the day ollowing at his new ...
... against deceit and trea- chery : What is called deceit then , fays the fame Aquilius , is when we give a man room to expect one thing and do another . * Canius intreats his friends to come to fee him the day ollowing at his new ...
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... against us . As to brevity , it is fome- times necellary to the fublime , when it confifts in fhort and lively thought , as in the former examples ; but in my opinion it does not conftitute its effence P. There are a great many paffages ...
... against us . As to brevity , it is fome- times necellary to the fublime , when it confifts in fhort and lively thought , as in the former examples ; but in my opinion it does not conftitute its effence P. There are a great many paffages ...
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... against God ? " Vainly they join to war against his might , " If he but fhew himself , he breaks their leagues . " He fpeaks , and inftantly they fall to duft . " The univerfe is nothing in his fight . " The ocean flies , earth trembles ...
... against God ? " Vainly they join to war against his might , " If he but fhew himself , he breaks their leagues . " He fpeaks , and inftantly they fall to duft . " The univerfe is nothing in his fight . " The ocean flies , earth trembles ...
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