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Crassus himself informs us, that, for two years together, a new race of men, called Rhetoricians, or masters of eloquence, kept open schools at Rome, till he thought fit to exercise his censorian authority, and by an edict to banish the whole tribe from the city of
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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The purity of the language was completely undermined by the rhyming self-called Rhetoricians, and their abandoned courses brought poetry itself into disrepute.
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Like the players, the Rhetoricians were the brief abstract and chronicle of the time, and neither prince nor private person desired their ill report.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Like the players, the Rhetoricians were the brief abstract and chronicle of the time, and neither prince nor private person desired their ill report.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-66) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Like the players, the Rhetoricians were the brief abstract and chronicle of the time, and neither prince nor private person desired their ill report.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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"Rhetoricians" effectually achieved the great and important work of attracting an entire people in an age of ignorance and of darkness towards a love of letters, and thereby broke the ground for the great revival of the 17th century.
History of Holland George Edmundson 1889
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The "Rhetoricians" are not responsible for all the bad taste of their generation.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The "Rhetoricians" are not responsible for all the bad taste of their generation.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The "Rhetoricians" are not responsible for all the bad taste of their generation.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-66) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The "Rhetoricians" are not responsible for all the bad taste of their generation.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 02: Introduction II John Lothrop Motley 1845
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