A Dissertation on the Principles of Human Eloquence: With Particular Regard to the Style and Composition of the New Testament. In which the Observations on this Subject by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester, in His Discourse on the Doctrine of Grace are Distinctly Considered. Being the Substance of Several Lectures Read in the Oratory-school of Trinity-College, Dublin |
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A Dissertation on the Principles of Human Eloquence with Particular Regard ... Thomas Leland Zobrazenie úryvkov - 1764 |
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