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... fhall be bestowed upon another , authori- ty which fhall this night expire for ever , and praise which , however merited , or however fincere , fhall , after a few moments , be heard no more . In those hours of ferioufnefs and wifdom ...
... fhall be bestowed upon another , authori- ty which fhall this night expire for ever , and praise which , however merited , or however fincere , fhall , after a few moments , be heard no more . In those hours of ferioufnefs and wifdom ...
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... fhall there- fore ftudioufly decline the dialect of grammarians ; though , indeed , it is always difficult , and fometimes fcarcely poffible , to deliver the precepts of an art , without the terms by which the peculiar ideas of that art ...
... fhall there- fore ftudioufly decline the dialect of grammarians ; though , indeed , it is always difficult , and fometimes fcarcely poffible , to deliver the precepts of an art , without the terms by which the peculiar ideas of that art ...
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... fhall " think nothing unconnected with the art of ora- tory , which he that wants cannot be an ora tor . " 66 63 2 66 Confirmed and animated by this illuftrious pre- cedent , I fhall continue my inquiries into Milton's art of ...
... fhall " think nothing unconnected with the art of ora- tory , which he that wants cannot be an ora tor . " 66 63 2 66 Confirmed and animated by this illuftrious pre- cedent , I fhall continue my inquiries into Milton's art of ...
Contents
A deathbed the true fchool of wiſdom The effects | 54 |
The dignity and uſefulneſs of biography | 60 |
Paffion not to be eradicated | 66 |
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