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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... set before them , all the care of maf- ters with regard to eloquence is reduced to these three heads ; precepts , the studying of authors , and compo- fition . To Quintilian tells us , the second of those articles was entirely neglected ...
... set before them , all the care of maf- ters with regard to eloquence is reduced to these three heads ; precepts , the studying of authors , and compo- fition . To Quintilian tells us , the second of those articles was entirely neglected ...
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... sets abstracted truths in their true light , joins " them together , and adds new strength to them " from their union . The diction is not only pure " and correct , but has all the dignity requisite to the " subjects , and all the ...
... sets abstracted truths in their true light , joins " them together , and adds new strength to them " from their union . The diction is not only pure " and correct , but has all the dignity requisite to the " subjects , and all the ...
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... set off and decked out without the least mixture or variety ; where every thing strikes and glitters , or rather dazzles , as it were , than creates true admiration ; will grow tedious , and tire us with too many beauties , and ...
... set off and decked out without the least mixture or variety ; where every thing strikes and glitters , or rather dazzles , as it were , than creates true admiration ; will grow tedious , and tire us with too many beauties , and ...
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... set so great a value , and often prefer to all others , and which feems to be so agreeable to the taste of our age , though almost unknown to the judicious writers of antiquity , is , nevertheless , of no great use , and is confined ...
... set so great a value , and often prefer to all others , and which feems to be so agreeable to the taste of our age , though almost unknown to the judicious writers of antiquity , is , nevertheless , of no great use , and is confined ...
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... set fenatus . Liv . lib . 45. n . 12 . ARTICLE every e Firmiffimis argumentorum fin- gulis inftandum ; infirmiora con- 80 General reflections , & c . What must chiefly be observed in reading and explaining Authors ARTICLE.
... set fenatus . Liv . lib . 45. n . 12 . ARTICLE every e Firmiffimis argumentorum fin- gulis inftandum ; infirmiora con- 80 General reflections , & c . What must chiefly be observed in reading and explaining Authors ARTICLE.
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