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A translation of Tully de oratore. By G.P.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.Date: MDCCXXIII. [1723]- Books
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Dialogues concerning eloquence in general; and particularly that kind which is fit for the pulpit: by the late Archbishop of Cambray. With his letter to the French academy, concerning rhetoric, poetry, history, and a comparison betwixt the antients and moderns. Translated from the French, and illustrated with notes and quotations; by William Stevenson, M.A. rector of Morningthorp in Norfolk.
Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715.Date: MDCCL. [1750]- Books
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The art of speaking. Containing, I. An essay; in which are given rules for expressing properly the principal passions and humours, which occur in reading, or public speaking; and II. Lessons taken from the ancients and moderns, (with additions and alterations, where thought useful) exhibiting a variety of matter for practice; the emphatical words printed in italics; with notes of direction referring to the essay. To which are added, a table of the lessons; and an index of the various passions and humours in the essay and lessons. [Four lines in Latin from Cicero]
Burgh, James, 1714-1775.Date: M,DCC,LXXV. [1775] (Price six shillings bound)- Books
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M. Fabii Quintiliani Institutionum oratoriarum libri duodecim. Ad usum scholarum accommodati, recisis quae minus necessaria visa sunt, et brevibus notis illustrati, a Carolo Rollin, Antiquo Rectore Universitatis Parisiensis, Regio Eloquentiae Professore, nec non Regiae Inscriptionum ac Numismatum Academiae Socio.
Quintilian.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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Some rules for speaking and action; to be observed at the bar, in the pulpit, and the senate, and by every one that speaks in publick. In a letter to a friend.
Date: MDCCXVI. [1716]