Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory: Delivered to the Classes of Senior and Junior Sophisters in Harvard University, Volume 2Hilliard and Metcalf, 1810 - Oratory |
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... future harvest . Certain signs by the discrimi- nating Greeks were distinguished by a peculiar name , denoting termination , Texμúgiov ; import- ing , says Aristotle , that they put an end 32 [ LECT . XX . CONFIRMATION .
... future harvest . Certain signs by the discrimi- nating Greeks were distinguished by a peculiar name , denoting termination , Texμúgiov ; import- ing , says Aristotle , that they put an end 32 [ LECT . XX . CONFIRMATION .
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... Greek writers , are almost universally significant . The digression was by them termed TagɛnCaois , mean- ing literally something outside of the foundation ; and it is defined by Quinctilian an extraordinary excursion of speech ...
... Greek writers , are almost universally significant . The digression was by them termed TagɛnCaois , mean- ing literally something outside of the foundation ; and it is defined by Quinctilian an extraordinary excursion of speech ...
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... Greek , and the other a Roman ; Lucian and Martial . " If , " says the former in those ironical directions to orators , which I mentioned in one of my earliest lectures , " if , ” says he , “ you have to argue an action for slander or ...
... Greek , and the other a Roman ; Lucian and Martial . " If , " says the former in those ironical directions to orators , which I mentioned in one of my earliest lectures , " if , ” says he , “ you have to argue an action for slander or ...
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... Greeks , as those selected by Martial are allusions to the most memorable periods in the history of Rome . I could easily refer you to similar sallies against the lawyers of modern times , and in divers nations and tongues ; but it is ...
... Greeks , as those selected by Martial are allusions to the most memorable periods in the history of Rome . I could easily refer you to similar sallies against the lawyers of modern times , and in divers nations and tongues ; but it is ...
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... Greek or Roman , an- cient or modern . But in observing upon its proper character and the objects , which it is in- tended to embrace , we cannot forbear to remark an important difference , not only between the rhe- torical writers of ...
... Greek or Roman , an- cient or modern . But in observing upon its proper character and the objects , which it is in- tended to embrace , we cannot forbear to remark an important difference , not only between the rhe- torical writers of ...
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