Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects: essays, moral, political and literary, Band 1Bell & Bradfute, 1825 - 544 Seiten |
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... Eloquence XIV . Of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences XV . The Epicurean XVI . The Stoic XVII . The Platonist XVIII . The Sceptic XIX . Of Polygamy and Divorces ...... ............... XX . Of Simplicity and Refinement in ...
... Eloquence XIV . Of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences XV . The Epicurean XVI . The Stoic XVII . The Platonist XVIII . The Sceptic XIX . Of Polygamy and Divorces ...... ............... XX . Of Simplicity and Refinement in ...
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... eloquence , and had prevailed so far as to get him condemned to the utmost extent of the laws ; yet that cruel tyrant lived peaceably to old age , VOL . I. C in opulence and ease , and , thirty years afterwards POLITICS A SCIENCE . 17.
... eloquence , and had prevailed so far as to get him condemned to the utmost extent of the laws ; yet that cruel tyrant lived peaceably to old age , VOL . I. C in opulence and ease , and , thirty years afterwards POLITICS A SCIENCE . 17.
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... our public impotence and inability for defence , to curse our very liberty , and wish ourselves in the same state of servitude with all the nations that sur- round us ? ESSAY XIII . · · OF ELOQUENCE . THOSE who 90 ESSAY XII .
... our public impotence and inability for defence , to curse our very liberty , and wish ourselves in the same state of servitude with all the nations that sur- round us ? ESSAY XIII . · · OF ELOQUENCE . THOSE who 90 ESSAY XII .
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... ELOQUENCE . THOSE who consider the periods and revolutions of hu-- man kind , as represented in history , are entertained with a spectacle full of pleasure and variety , and see with sur → prise , the manners , customs and opinions of ...
... ELOQUENCE . THOSE who consider the periods and revolutions of hu-- man kind , as represented in history , are entertained with a spectacle full of pleasure and variety , and see with sur → prise , the manners , customs and opinions of ...
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... eloquence . In ancient times , no work of genius was thought to re- quire so great parts and capacity , as the speaking in pu- blic ; and some eminent writers have pronounced the ta- lents , even of a great poet or philosopher , to be ...
... eloquence . In ancient times , no work of genius was thought to re- quire so great parts and capacity , as the speaking in pu- blic ; and some eminent writers have pronounced the ta- lents , even of a great poet or philosopher , to be ...
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