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Page xiii
... rhetorically splendid , but probably too high - flown for its relevant readership ( see below , p . 97 ) ; even through the supposedly accommodating jocularity of a college entertainment we ... rhetorical design of Milton's Introduction xiii.
... rhetorically splendid , but probably too high - flown for its relevant readership ( see below , p . 97 ) ; even through the supposedly accommodating jocularity of a college entertainment we ... rhetorical design of Milton's Introduction xiii.
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... rhetorical devices but also more than rhetorical devices . He fre- quently expressed doubts , on the one hand , about the difficulties of living in the long disciplined periods of waiting , of constantly preparing for action , of being ...
... rhetorical devices but also more than rhetorical devices . He fre- quently expressed doubts , on the one hand , about the difficulties of living in the long disciplined periods of waiting , of constantly preparing for action , of being ...
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... rhetorical shaping of the work : ' Sir would you know what the remonstrance of these men would have , what their ... rhetorically , like a preacher , to promote kinship of feeling through creating a kind of intimacy , this suggests that ...
... rhetorical shaping of the work : ' Sir would you know what the remonstrance of these men would have , what their ... rhetorically , like a preacher , to promote kinship of feeling through creating a kind of intimacy , this suggests that ...
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the Vacation Exercise and Early Latin | 1 |
the Nativity Ode | 19 |
Italy Politics and the Voice of Authority | 59 |
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