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... natural pow- ers ; and yet it may be of service towards their improvement . The youthful Achilles acquired skill in hurling the javelin under the instruction of Chiron , though the master could not compete with the pupil in vigor of arm ...
... natural pow- ers ; and yet it may be of service towards their improvement . The youthful Achilles acquired skill in hurling the javelin under the instruction of Chiron , though the master could not compete with the pupil in vigor of arm ...
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... naturally took place ; and we find even Aristotle , the earliest systematic writer on the subject whose works have come down to us , in- cluding in his Treatise rules for such compositions as were not intended to be publicly recited ...
... naturally took place ; and we find even Aristotle , the earliest systematic writer on the subject whose works have come down to us , in- cluding in his Treatise rules for such compositions as were not intended to be publicly recited ...
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... naturally suggest themselves , which on exam- ination will be found very closely connected together : first , what is the cause of the careful and extensive cultivation , among the ancients , of an Art which the moderns have ...
... naturally suggest themselves , which on exam- ination will be found very closely connected together : first , what is the cause of the careful and extensive cultivation , among the ancients , of an Art which the moderns have ...
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... natural gift , or , at least , is to be acquired by mere practice , and is not to be attained or improved by any system of rules . And this opinion is favoured not least by those ( as has been just observed ) whose own experience would ...
... natural gift , or , at least , is to be acquired by mere practice , and is not to be attained or improved by any system of rules . And this opinion is favoured not least by those ( as has been just observed ) whose own experience would ...
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... natural powers are different : but none of these conces- sions at all invalidate the positions of Aristotle ; that some succeed better than others in explaining their opin- ions , and bringing over others to them ; and that , not merely ...
... natural powers are different : but none of these conces- sions at all invalidate the positions of Aristotle ; that some succeed better than others in explaining their opin- ions , and bringing over others to them ; and that , not merely ...
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