 | James Howell - England - 1655 - 552 pages
...Ancients did put 'twixt a tef ter, and an Oration, that the one fliould be attir'd like a Woman, die other like a Man : The latter of the two is allowed large ¡ide robes, as long periods, parenthefis, fimiles, examples, and other parts of Rhetorical flouriihes... | |
 | James Howell - England - 1688 - 554 pages
...quaint difference the Ancients did put *twixta Lttttr and an Omtian, thatthe one fhould be attir'd like a Woman, the other like a Man : The latter of the two в allowed large fide-Robes, as long Periods, Parenthefis, Similes, Examples, and other parts of Rhetorical... | |
 | James Howell - England - 1754 - 534 pages
...betwixt a. Letter and ah Oration ; that the one mould be attired like a Woman, the other like a Mart : The latter of the two is allowed large fide Robes,...other Parts of Rhetorical Flourifhes : But a Letter or Epi/ile flioidd be fhort-coated, and clofely couched ; a Hungerlin becomes a Letter more handfomely... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English letters - 1790 - 912 pages
...Leeds Co/lie. Sir, Wcftmin. 15 July, 1625. IT was a quaint difference the ancients did put betwixt a letter and an oration; that the one fhould be attired...allowed large fide robes, as long periods, parenthefes, limilies, examples, and other parts of rhetorical flourilhes : but a letter or epiftle mould be ihort-coated... | |
 | Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pages
...IT was a quaint difference the ancients did put betwixt a letter and an oration; that the one should be attired like a woman, the other like a man : the latter of the two is allowed large side robes, as long periods, parentheses, similies, examples, and other parts of rhetorical flourishes... | |
 | United States - 1845 - 648 pages
...It was a quaint difference the ancients did put betwixt a letter and an oration; that the one should be attired like a woman, the other like a man. The latter of the two is allowed large siderobes, as long periods, parentheses, similes, examples, and other parts of rhetorical flourishes... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - English literature - 1847 - 322 pages
...was a quaint difference the ancients did put betwixt a letter and an oration ; that the one should be attired like a woman, the other like a man. The latter of the two is allowed large siderobes, as long periods, parentheses, similes, examples, and other parts of rhetorical nourishes... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - American literature - 1857 - 306 pages
...was a quaint difference the ancients did put betwixt a letter and an oration ; that the one should be attired like a woman, the other like a man. The latter of the two is allowed large siderobes, as long periods, parentheses, similes, examples, and other parts of rhetorical flourishes:... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - American literature - 1857 - 312 pages
...was a quaint difference the ancients did put betwixt a letter and an oration ; that the one should be attired like a woman, the other like a man. The latter of the two is allowed large siderobes, as long periods, parentheses, similes, examples, and other parts of rhetorical flourishes... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - Rare books - 1866 - 380 pages
...quaint difference the ancients did put 'twixt a letter and an oration—that the one should be attir'd like a woman, the other like a man; the latter of the two is allowed large side-robes, as long periods, parentheses, similes, examples, and other parts of rhetorical flourishes... | |
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It was a quaint difference the ancients did put betwixt a letter and an oration ; that the one should be attired like a woman, the other like a man : the latter of the two is allowed large... 
