The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres; Or, An Introduction to Languages, Poetry, Rhetorick, History, Moral Philosophy, Physicks, &c. ...W. Strahan, 1769 - Education |
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... the Red Sea 347 Mofes's Song 349 The Song of Mofes , explained according to the rules of Rhetoric 354 Occafion and fubject of the Song Explication of the Song 355 ibid . BOOKS . воок III . Of RHETORIC . T HOUGH nature and The CONTENT S.
... the Red Sea 347 Mofes's Song 349 The Song of Mofes , explained according to the rules of Rhetoric 354 Occafion and fubject of the Song Explication of the Song 355 ibid . BOOKS . воок III . Of RHETORIC . T HOUGH nature and The CONTENT S.
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... occafion mistakes ; but what Quintilian adds , fets it in the cleareft light . Although I obferved , that brevity confifts in faying no more than what is neceffary , I do not however pretend , that the ora- " tor fhould confine himself ...
... occafion mistakes ; but what Quintilian adds , fets it in the cleareft light . Although I obferved , that brevity confifts in faying no more than what is neceffary , I do not however pretend , that the ora- " tor fhould confine himself ...
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... occafion offers for expreffing any thought in juft and proper language , they may have recourfe to their memory , that like a rich treasury may fupply them with all the expreffions they have occafion to use . ARTICLE I. Of Themes . HE ...
... occafion offers for expreffing any thought in juft and proper language , they may have recourfe to their memory , that like a rich treasury may fupply them with all the expreffions they have occafion to use . ARTICLE I. Of Themes . HE ...
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... occafion among country - people ; bet- ❝ter pleased , and perhaps greater before God , when " he established the repofe of a poor family , at the bottom of a fhady walk , and upon a tribunal of " turf , than when he difpofed of the ...
... occafion among country - people ; bet- ❝ter pleased , and perhaps greater before God , when " he established the repofe of a poor family , at the bottom of a fhady walk , and upon a tribunal of " turf , than when he difpofed of the ...
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... occafion to make ufe of them ; to be every . " where without being feen ; in a word , to put in " motion , or reftrain at pleasure , an infinite and tú- " multuous multitude ; and to be continually the ac- " tive and almoft unknown foul ...
... occafion to make ufe of them ; to be every . " where without being feen ; in a word , to put in " motion , or reftrain at pleasure , an infinite and tú- " multuous multitude ; and to be continually the ac- " tive and almoft unknown foul ...
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Page 349 - Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
Page 335 - Judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it?
Page 335 - Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
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