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" ... their works with tropes and figures, than after the weight of matter, worth of subject, soundness of argument, life of invention, or depth of judgment. Then grew the flowing and watery vein of Osorius, the Portugal bishop, to be in price. Then did... "
Monk and Knight: An Historical Study in Fiction - Page 88
by Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus - 1891 - 707 pages
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The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth, Volume 4

William Roscoe - Papal States - 1806 - 538 pages
...then did Sturmius spend such " infinite and curious pains upon Cicero the ora" tor, and Herinogenes the rhetorician, besides his " own books of periods,...Demosthenes, and allure all young " men that were studious unto that delicate and " polished kind of learning. Then did Erasmus " take occasion to make the scoffing...
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The life and pontificate of Leo the Tenth: In six volumes

William Roscoe - 1806 - 546 pages
...and curious pains Upon Cicero the *. Pont. ix. " orator, and Hermogenes the rhetorician, be" sides his own books of periods, and imitation, " and the...like. Then did Car of Cambridge, -" •and Ascham, Avith their lectures and writ-" ings almost deify Cicero and Demosthenes, " and allure all young men...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 2

George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pages
...eloquence, and copia of speech, which then began to flourish. This grew speedily into an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter; and...Demosthenes, and allure all young men that were studious, unto that delicate and polished kind of learning. Then did Erasmus take occasion to make the scoffing...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 528 pages
...into an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter; and more after the chtiiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition...Demosthenes, and allure all young men that were studious, unto that delicate and polished kind of learning. Then did Erasmus take occasion to make the scoffing...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 2

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 970 pages
...more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, andthe sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and...writings, almost deify Cicero and Demosthenes, and al-' lure all young men that were studious, unto that delicate and polished kind of learning. Then...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1813 - 524 pages
...eloquence, and copia of speech, which then began to flourish. This grew speedily into an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter ; and...Demosthenes, and allure all young men that were studious, unto that delicate and polished kind of learning. Then did Erasmus take occasion to make the scoffing...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 1

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...grew the flowing and watry vein of Osorius, the Portugal bishop, to be in price. Then did Stursius spend such infinite and curious pains upon Cicero...Demosthenes, and allure all young men, that were studious, unto that delicate and polished kind of learning. Then did Erasmus take occasion to make the scoffing...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 642 pages
...Osorius, the Portugal bishop, to be in price. Then did Sturmius spend such infinite and curious pain- upon Cicero the orator, and Hermogenes the rhetorician,...and Ascham, with their lectures and writings, almost defy Cicero and Demosthenes, and allure all young men, that were studious, into that delicate and polished...
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The Two Books of Francis, Lord Verulam: Of the Proficience and Advancement ...

Francis Bacon - Logic - 1825 - 432 pages
...copia" I (fluency) of speech, which then began to flourish. '• This grew speedily to an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter;' and...Demosthenes, and allure all young men, that were studious, unto that delicate and polished kind of learning. Then did Erasmus take occasion to make the scoffing...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...copia" of speech, which then began to flourish. This grew speedily to an excess ; for men began to bunt more after words than matter; and more after the choiceness...almost deify Cicero and Demosthenes, and allure all yogng men, that were studious, unto that delicate and polished kind of learning. Then did Erasmus take...
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