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... course being based on works by Aristotle , Cicero , Pliny and Plato . He would learn how to argue a case , answer objections and defend or attack a point of view . He would have to practise in public speechmaking and disputation . Such ...
... course being based on works by Aristotle , Cicero , Pliny and Plato . He would learn how to argue a case , answer objections and defend or attack a point of view . He would have to practise in public speechmaking and disputation . Such ...
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... course of the food year . Each season and each month had its character , which was com- pounded of its complexion in proportion of elements , its place in sequence , its zodiac ties and its use to man . The spring months of April , May ...
... course of the food year . Each season and each month had its character , which was com- pounded of its complexion in proportion of elements , its place in sequence , its zodiac ties and its use to man . The spring months of April , May ...
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... course , yet hath not bene missayd To shew the courtesie by him profest ... VI . xii , 2 The displaying of virtue in action , the progress in understanding that virtue , by the Knight and by the reader who follows his course , takes ...
... course , yet hath not bene missayd To shew the courtesie by him profest ... VI . xii , 2 The displaying of virtue in action , the progress in understanding that virtue , by the Knight and by the reader who follows his course , takes ...
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