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Neither the high court of Parliament in Great Britain , nor the courts of justice in the empire , are constituted on the model of the celebrated court of Areopagus . 20 Rhetorica quoque apud nos , perinde atque grammatica , INTRODUCTION ...
Neither the high court of Parliament in Great Britain , nor the courts of justice in the empire , are constituted on the model of the celebrated court of Areopagus . 20 Rhetorica quoque apud nos , perinde atque grammatica , INTRODUCTION ...
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Aberat tertia illa laus , qua permoveret , atque incitaret animos , quam plurimum pollere diximus . Nec erat ulla vis , atque contentio : sive consilio , quod eos , quorum altior oratio , actioque esset ardentior , furere et bacchari ...
Aberat tertia illa laus , qua permoveret , atque incitaret animos , quam plurimum pollere diximus . Nec erat ulla vis , atque contentio : sive consilio , quod eos , quorum altior oratio , actioque esset ardentior , furere et bacchari ...
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Humeros raro elevandos atque contrahendos . Exemplo esse Demosthenem , qui cum humeros jactare soleret , hoc vitium tandem metu hastæ humero imminentis emendavit . Brachia moderate projicienda esse remissis humeris , atque explicantibus ...
Humeros raro elevandos atque contrahendos . Exemplo esse Demosthenem , qui cum humeros jactare soleret , hoc vitium tandem metu hastæ humero imminentis emendavit . Brachia moderate projicienda esse remissis humeris , atque explicantibus ...
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Chironomia or a Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery | 1 |
Of the Voice | 27 |
Of the VoiceGeneral Precepts | 67 |
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