The academie of eloquence containing a compleat English rhetorique, exemplified with common-places and formes digested into an easie and methodical way to speak and write fluently according to the mode of the present times : together with letters both amorous and moral upon emergent occasions / by Tho. Blount, Gent.

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The academie of eloquence containing a compleat English rhetorique, exemplified with common-places and formes digested into an easie and methodical way to speak and write fluently according to the mode of the present times : together with letters both amorous and moral upon emergent occasions / by Tho. Blount, Gent.
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Blount, Thomas, 1618-1679.
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London :: Printed by T.N. for Humphrey Moseley ...,
1654.
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English language -- Rhetoric -- Early works to 1800.
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"The academie of eloquence containing a compleat English rhetorique, exemplified with common-places and formes digested into an easie and methodical way to speak and write fluently according to the mode of the present times : together with letters both amorous and moral upon emergent occasions / by Tho. Blount, Gent." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28452.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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LII. To a Brother.

Dear brother,

YOurs equally full of love and good Coun∣cell came to my hands with no small content∣ment, since I perceive you interesse your

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self (as a very kind friend) in all things that con∣cern my good, which as I can never forget, so do I ever account my self most happy, when I hear of your progresse in all perfections and good quali∣ties, wherewith to see you accomplished is the passionate desire of

Your most affectionate brother, T.B.

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