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... speech is more than eloquence , and to speake agreeably to him , with whom we deale is more than to speake in good words or in good order . A good continued speech without a good speech of interlocution sheweth slownesse : and a good ...
... speech is more than eloquence , and to speake agreeably to him , with whom we deale is more than to speake in good words or in good order . A good continued speech without a good speech of interlocution sheweth slownesse : and a good ...
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... speech , without a good speech of interlocution , showeth slowness : and a good reply , without a good set speech , showeth shallowness and weakness . To use many circumstances , ere you come to the matter , is wearisome ; and to use ...
... speech , without a good speech of interlocution , showeth slowness : and a good reply , without a good set speech , showeth shallowness and weakness . To use many circumstances , ere you come to the matter , is wearisome ; and to use ...
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... speech , I call to mind what Cornelius Taci- tus saith of Augustus Cæsar ; " Augusto profluens , et quæ principem deceret , eloquentia fuit . " For , if we note it well , speech that is uttered with labour and difficulty , or speech ...
... speech , I call to mind what Cornelius Taci- tus saith of Augustus Cæsar ; " Augusto profluens , et quæ principem deceret , eloquentia fuit . " For , if we note it well , speech that is uttered with labour and difficulty , or speech ...
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