rhetoric

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Were it not so, how many rhetors would be abolitionists?

From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count

Juvenal, indeed, was a cultivated man, who knew Greek literature, and had been formed by Greek rhetors in the schools.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

Those who followed them in the first century learned in the schools of the Greek rhetors the long oratorical periods and pompous style.

From History Of Ancient Civilization by Seignobos, Charles

She employed the most renowned rhetors of the age to immortalize the glory of her husband, by writing and reciting his praises.

From The Friendships of Women by Alger, William Rounseville

Persius shows it as much as Seneca; the historians as much as the rhetors.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas