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Legendus est hic orator, si quisquam alius, juventuti; non enim solum acuere, sed etiam alere ingenium potest.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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Interiora velut sacri hujus adeuntibus apparebit multa rerum subtilitas, quae non modo acuere ingenia puerilia sed exercere altissimam quoque eruditionem ac scientiam possit.
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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- lem mduilriain, et diligentiam, non parui; a acuere, et incitare, pofEf: his quoque interpre - tamentis Lexica Noui Teftamenti augeiida, et ornanda, effe arbitramur.
Prolusiones de vitiis lexicorum Novi Testamenti [microform] ; separatim antea nunc coniunctim editae multis partibus auctae multisque in locis emendatae Fischer, Johann Friedrich, 1726-1799 1791
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