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It reminds us in many ways of the Socratic 'Elenchus' as displayed in the Platonic dialogues.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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For the whole passage (which I have abridged) see "Elenchus," etc., p. 351.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Gilbert White 1756
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Probably, however, the earliest confession of faith of any Baptist community is that given by Zwingli in the second part of his _Elenchus contra Catabaptistas_, published in 1527.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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Elenchus of Opinions concerning the Small Pox; by _Tobias Whitaker_
The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery Robert May
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Elenchus omnium ecclesiarum diæcesis Kielcensis (Kielce, 1910);
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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See also Botero, Dell 'ufficio del cardinale (Rome, 1599); Platus, De cardinalis dignitate et officio tractatus (Rome, 1602); Contelorius, Elenchus cardinalium ab anno 1294 ad annum 1430 (Rome, 1641); AubÉry, Histoire générale des cardinaux (Paris, 1642 sqq.); Cohellius, Notitia cardinalatus
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Catabaptistarum Strophas Elenchus_, [Sidenote: July 1527] Zwingli's only argument is a criticism of some inconsistencies in the
The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910
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Elenchus Articulorum in disputationem primam promulgatorum ab
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Nothing is gained by concealing that not every part of Emerson's work will stand the test of the Elenchus, nor bear reduction into honest and intelligible English.
Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 1, Essay 5, Emerson John Morley 1880
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Brooks's Menagerie in 1774, and named it the "White-cheeked Weasel," which Boddart afterwards in 1785 introduced into his 'Elenchus
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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