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Christianae, et in rhetorica melius quam in theologia versatus.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Well, OK, that's rhetorica; I don't actually wonder.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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& 1926, Joannis Itali Opuscula selecta, vol. I: De arte dialectica & II: De syllogismis, De arte rhetorica, Tbilisi.
Byzantine Philosophy Ierodiakonou, Katerina 2008
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#63: That was typical rhetorica hyperbole we are all accustomed to from the unions.
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I think what you did should count as "good karma" also known as "paying it forward," "networking," or whatever other trite rhetorica elide is in fad now.
A hypothetical situation. Angry Professor 2007
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Non enim erat salus, quam docebat in rhetorica, et tamen eam publice professus erat.
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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Non enim erat salus, quam docebat in rhetorica, et tamen eam publice professus erat.
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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_ -- Quintilian refers to a work _de causis corruptae eloquentiae_, and to an _ars rhetorica_ in two Books.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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For Dante poetry was _nihil aliud quam fictio rhetorica in musicaque posita_.
Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Benedetto Croce 1909
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"Erat paene rudis (says the orthodox Bull) disciplinae Christianae, et in rhetorica melius quam in theologia versatus."
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 Edward Gibbon 1765
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