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The Art of Rhetoric

by Thomas Wilson · 1525–1581

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The arte of rhetorique for the vse of all suche as are studious of eloquence, sette forth in English, by Thomas Wilson.

[[London] Richardus Graftonus, typographus regius excudebat] Anno Domini. M.D.LIII. [1553] Mense Ianuarij.

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Front matter
Title page
PoemGVALTERVS HADDONVS D. IVRIS CIVILIS, ET OXOniens…s Collegij Magdalenensis Praese….
PoemNICOLAI VDALLI IN OPERIS COMmendationem Tetrastic…on.
PoemROBERTI HILERMII IN RHETORICEM THOmae Vuilsoni, Epigramma.
PoemTHOMAS VVILSONVS IN Anglicam Rhetoricen.
DedicationTo the right honorable Lorde, Iohn Dudley, Lorde Lisle, Earle of Warwike, and maister of the horse to the…
Preface¶Eloquence first geuen by God, after loste by man, and laste repayred by God agayne.

The rule of reason, conteinyng the arte of logique, set forth in Englishe, by…

1551

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Part
56 sections
Book 2¶The seconde Booke.
Part
15 sections
Part¶Of disposicion and apte orderyng of thynges.
2 sections
Book 3¶The third boke.
Part
91 sections
PartOf Pronunciation.
2 sections
Errata¶Faultes escaped in thenprintyng.
Table of contents¶A Table to fynde out suche matter as is conteined in this Booke, first by the Leafe, and nexte by the…
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Author: Thomas Wilson (1525–1581)
Imprint: [[London] Richardus Graftonus, typographus regius excudebat] Anno Domini. M.D.LIII. [1553] Mense Ianuarij.
Extent: [6], 117, [5] leaves
Language: English
Catalogue: STC 25799 · ESTC S111753
Source: TCP A15530
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)