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Elements of Rhetoric Comprising an Analysis of the Laws of Moral Evidence and Persuasion with Rules for Argumentative… (1852) 42 eksemplarer
Bacon's Essays with Annotations — annotated by — 4 eksemplarer
Substance of a Speech: Delivered in the House of Lords, on Friday, the 26th of March, 1847, on the Motion for a… (2017) 2 eksemplarer
Paley's Evidences of Christianity 1 eksemplar
Essays on Some of the Difficulties in the Writings of the Apostle Paul and in Others Parts of the New Testament (2020) 1 eksemplar
Easy lessons on Reasoning 1 eksemplar
Remains of the Late Edward Coppleston D.D. Bishop of Llandaff with an Introduction containing some reminiscences of his… (1854) 1 eksemplar
Cautions for the Times: Addressed to the Parishioners of a Parish in England by Their Former Rector (Classic Reprint) (2015) 1 eksemplar
The Kingdom Of Christ Delineated, In Two Essays On Our Lord's Own Account Of His Person And Of The Nature Of His… (1841) 1 eksemplar
Essays on some of the difficulties in the writings of St. Paul and in other parts of the New Testament 1 eksemplar
Apostolical Succession Considered Or The Constitution Of A Christian Church Its Powers And Ministry (2004) 1 eksemplar
Detached thoughts and apophthegms : 1st series 1 eksemplar
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The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (1999) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver — 178 eksemplarer
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Written by Richard Whatley, archbishop of Dublin, and published in 1828. This is a workbook intended for the college student, indeed it is based upon the ideas of Whately's lectures at Oxford in 1825.
I don't know if fine writing is ultimately of any great value, but Bacon's Essays would surely have to be described as remarkably fine writing. "What is truth, said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer". Can there be a better first line for an essay anywhere in English?
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Half leather with leather tips, firm binding, shows corner/edge wear, four raised bands with gold lettering and gold ornamentation on spine. Pages clean and tightly bound with foxing to few pages; edges and end papers with marbled swirling design.
Though Bacon considered the Essays as recreation to other studies, it was given high praise by his contemporaries, even to the point of crediting him with having invented the essay form. Annotated by Richard Whately, an English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian who also served as the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin.… (mere)