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French language - Rhetoric - Early works to 1800

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    A new a bridgment of the rules of French prosodia, according to bussier's observations . Shewing I. The nature and quantity of heroic verses. II. The difference between masculine and feminine verses. III. The nature of the cesura. IV. Of the mutual relation verses bear to each other. V. Of the epigram, madrigal, and sonnet. VI. Odes and rondeaux & c. to which is added, the fourth satire of Mr. Boileau despreaux, addressed to Mr. Moliere. By Terence Ryley, teacher of French in the University of Oxford.

    Ryley, Terence | Date: Printed in the year, 1756
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    The art of speaking: written in French by Messieurs du Port Royal: in persuance of a former treatise, intituled, The art of thinking. Rendred into English

    Lamy, Bernard, 1640-1715. | Date: MDCCVIII. [1708]

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