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... Isocrates , of whose orations there are twenty- one extant , was somewhat posterior to Lysias . He was a professed rhetorician ; and his pro- ductions are indeed rather to be considered as essays than orations . When I read them as a ...
... Isocrates , of whose orations there are twenty- one extant , was somewhat posterior to Lysias . He was a professed rhetorician ; and his pro- ductions are indeed rather to be considered as essays than orations . When I read them as a ...
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... Isocrates , and seems to have imitated him . Isæus ( ten of whose orations are still extant ) was master to Demosthenes , who , by the assist- ance of a surprising genius , united with inde- fatigable labour and industry , made so much ...
... Isocrates , and seems to have imitated him . Isæus ( ten of whose orations are still extant ) was master to Demosthenes , who , by the assist- ance of a surprising genius , united with inde- fatigable labour and industry , made so much ...
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