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The art of speaking written in French by Messieurs du Port Royal in pursuance of a former treatise intituled, The art of thinking ; rendred into English.
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- Title
- The art of speaking written in French by Messieurs du Port Royal in pursuance of a former treatise intituled, The art of thinking ; rendred into English.
- Author
- Lamy, Bernard, 1640-1715.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by W. Godbid, and are to be sold by M. Pitt ...,
- 1676.
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- Rhetoric -- Early works to 1800.
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"The art of speaking written in French by Messieurs du Port Royal in pursuance of a former treatise intituled, The art of thinking ; rendred into English." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A70499.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.
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enough. When a Man is inraged, Ar∣guments present themselves in crowds to his Mind: He would willingly make use of them all, but fears they may be troublesome: Besides, the activity of his agitation hinders him from enlar∣ging upon all of them, so he is forc'd to deliver them in a huddle, and pre∣tend that he has not so much time as they require to be dilated on. I will not speak (Gentlemen) of the Injury that my Enemy has done me: I am willing to forget the wrong that I have received from him: I shut mine Eyes at all his contrivances a∣gainst me.