Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science: With Lists of the Most Approved Authors, Including the Best Editions of the Classics ; Designed Chiefly for the Junior Students in the Universities and the Higher Classes in Schools ; in Two Volumes. 1Messrs. Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard; Hatchard, Piccadilly; and Egerton, Withehall; J. Parker and J. Cooke, Oxford; and Deighton, Cambridge, 1806 - 564 oldal |
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133. oldal
... Quintilian , that the confent of the learned , and not the practice of the popu- lace , ought to give the law to converfation . Much depends upon the rank and refpectability of those who fanction any practice whatever : numerous ano ...
... Quintilian , that the confent of the learned , and not the practice of the popu- lace , ought to give the law to converfation . Much depends upon the rank and refpectability of those who fanction any practice whatever : numerous ano ...
158. oldal
... QUINTILIAN , in an incomparable work , writ- ten to give directions for the complete education of a Roman orator , and abounding with the pureft principles of judgment , and the choiceft treafures of learning and experience ...
... QUINTILIAN , in an incomparable work , writ- ten to give directions for the complete education of a Roman orator , and abounding with the pureft principles of judgment , and the choiceft treafures of learning and experience ...
159. oldal
... Quintilian was neither vitiated by falfe refinement , nor perverted by the prejudices of his contemporaries . " Were we to divide the whole space from Au- guftus to Conftantine into two equal periods of time , we could not obferve ...
... Quintilian was neither vitiated by falfe refinement , nor perverted by the prejudices of his contemporaries . " Were we to divide the whole space from Au- guftus to Conftantine into two equal periods of time , we could not obferve ...
190. oldal
... of knowledge , the Encyclopædia Britan nica , article Oratory ; and likewife to Ariftotle's Rhetoric , Cicero de Oratore , de Inventione ; and Quintilian . 1 ftrument strument of evil as well as of good , it 190 ELOQUENCE .
... of knowledge , the Encyclopædia Britan nica , article Oratory ; and likewife to Ariftotle's Rhetoric , Cicero de Oratore , de Inventione ; and Quintilian . 1 ftrument strument of evil as well as of good , it 190 ELOQUENCE .
191. oldal
... words , affected brevity , long and perplexed periods , " See Quintilian's admirable chapter , An utilis fit Rhetorice , lib . ii . c . 17 , and and confufed metaphors . If a compofition be per- fpicuous ELOQUENCE . 191.
... words , affected brevity , long and perplexed periods , " See Quintilian's admirable chapter , An utilis fit Rhetorice , lib . ii . c . 17 , and and confufed metaphors . If a compofition be per- fpicuous ELOQUENCE . 191.
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Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal ... Henry Kett Nincs elérhető előnézet - 1806 |
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