Rhetoric - Early works to 1800
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A system of rhetorick, in a method entirely new. Containing all the tropes and figures, necessary to illustrate the classicks, Both poetical and historical. For the use of schools. By John Sterling, M.A. To which is added, The art of rhetorick made easy: or, the elements of oratory, briefly stated, and sitted for the practice of the studious youth of Great-Britain and Ireland: Illustrated with proper examples to each figure, best English authors. By John Holmes.
Stirling, John, d. 1777.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- E-books
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Clavis eloquentiæ Ciceronianæ sive rhetorica ex operibus Ciceronis excerpta, suamque ipsius artem oratoriam exhibens. In usum studiosæ juventutis.
CiceroDate: MDCCXXXVII. [1735]- E-books
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Troposche�matologia maximam partem ex Indice rhetorico Farnabii deprompta: additis insuper anglicanis exemplis. In usum Schol? Regi? Grammaticalis apud S. Edmundi Burgum. Editio decima tertia, prioribus Multu�m emendatior reddita. Adjecta sunt Adagia miscellanea.
Farnaby, Thomas, 1575?-1647.Date: [1737]- E-books
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A discourse of logomachys , or controversys about words, so common among learned men. To which is added, a dissertation concerning meteors of stile, or false sublimity. Both written in Latin, By Samuel Werenfelsius of Basil, and translated into English.
Werenfels, Samuel, 1657-1740.Date: M.DCC.XI. [1711]- E-books
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The chreia and ancient rhetoric : classroom exercises / translated and edited by Ronald F. Hock and Edward N. O'Neil.
Date: c2002