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... tural , proper and expreffive ; it can't then . be too fhort and plain , both to delight and inftruct ; the two great ends of language . A ftyle overloaded with ftudied orna- ments grows prolix ; and prolixity always weakens or obfcures ...
... tural , proper and expreffive ; it can't then . be too fhort and plain , both to delight and inftruct ; the two great ends of language . A ftyle overloaded with ftudied orna- ments grows prolix ; and prolixity always weakens or obfcures ...
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... it , or fet others a wondering what you can make of it . Difcourfes from fuch texts ( c ) Burnet's Paft . Care , p . 226 , 227 . ( d ) Id . p . 280 . texts must be either unprofitable or unna- tural ( e The Student and Paftor . 45.
... it , or fet others a wondering what you can make of it . Difcourfes from fuch texts ( c ) Burnet's Paft . Care , p . 226 , 227 . ( d ) Id . p . 280 . texts must be either unprofitable or unna- tural ( e The Student and Paftor . 45.
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John Mason. texts must be either unprofitable or unna- tural ( e ) . 2. Having chofen your fubject ; your next care is , to be furnished with a store of useful and pertinent thoughts upon it . Having fixed your spot on which to build ...
John Mason. texts must be either unprofitable or unna- tural ( e ) . 2. Having chofen your fubject ; your next care is , to be furnished with a store of useful and pertinent thoughts upon it . Having fixed your spot on which to build ...
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... tural , ( f ) Cambray's Dialogues on Eloquence , p . 9 . tural , as fome modern preachers do . ' Tis The Student and Paftor . 47.
... tural , ( f ) Cambray's Dialogues on Eloquence , p . 9 . tural , as fome modern preachers do . ' Tis The Student and Paftor . 47.
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John Mason. tural , as fome modern preachers do . ' Tis a falfe delicacy to aim at reducing a fer- mon to the form of a polite harangue . The other method of expreffing the num- ber of the heads in their proper order , is not only more ...
John Mason. tural , as fome modern preachers do . ' Tis a falfe delicacy to aim at reducing a fer- mon to the form of a polite harangue . The other method of expreffing the num- ber of the heads in their proper order , is not only more ...
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