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A25820 Aristotle's Rhetoric, or, The true grounds and principles of oratory shewing the right art of pleading and speaking in full assemblies and courts of judicature / made English by the translators of The art of thinking ...; Rhetoric. English Aristotle.; Anaximenes, of Lampsacus. Rhetorica ad Alexandrum. English. 1686 (1686) Wing A3695; ESTC R21111 145,667 300

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