The Principles of Eloquence: Adapted to the Pulpit and the BarD. and G. Bruce, 1807 - 275 Seiten |
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... less necessary to elevate his imagination , than to be deeply impressed with his subject . If you have studied the sacred books ; if you have observed men ; if you have attended to wri- ters on morals who serve you instead of Histo ...
... less necessary to elevate his imagination , than to be deeply impressed with his subject . If you have studied the sacred books ; if you have observed men ; if you have attended to wri- ters on morals who serve you instead of Histo ...
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... , nothing is of greater " consequence than a proper and clear method . Though the " method be not laid down in form , no discourse of any less , adopt it without fearing to diminish the en- 26 THE PRINCIPLES Of the Plan of a Discourse.
... , nothing is of greater " consequence than a proper and clear method . Though the " method be not laid down in form , no discourse of any less , adopt it without fearing to diminish the en- 26 THE PRINCIPLES Of the Plan of a Discourse.
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Adapted to the Pulpit and the Bar Jean Siffrein Maury. less , adopt it without fearing to diminish the en- ergy of rhetorical movements , while it directs them with greater exactness . Genius needs to be guided in its progress , and the ...
Adapted to the Pulpit and the Bar Jean Siffrein Maury. less , adopt it without fearing to diminish the en- ergy of rhetorical movements , while it directs them with greater exactness . Genius needs to be guided in its progress , and the ...
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... less forcible . " Milo , " says he , " hath not " slain Clodius ; if he had slain him , he would " have done well . " The mind of man cannot rea- son with more perspicuity and energy . Nor are we to conclude that Cicero proceeds thus ...
... less forcible . " Milo , " says he , " hath not " slain Clodius ; if he had slain him , he would " have done well . " The mind of man cannot rea- son with more perspicuity and energy . Nor are we to conclude that Cicero proceeds thus ...
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... less remarked there ; whether it be reser ved to gentlemen of the profession to be tho- roughly sensible of its value in the opening of a cause ; or whether it be that arguments becom- ing more gradually forcible in juridical discus ...
... less remarked there ; whether it be reser ved to gentlemen of the profession to be tho- roughly sensible of its value in the opening of a cause ; or whether it be that arguments becom- ing more gradually forcible in juridical discus ...
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Seite 241 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat: if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Seite 209 - Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
Seite 97 - Europe,— not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts:— but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected,...
Seite 241 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance: for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbour a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Seite 117 - Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Seite 122 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same ; Unerring Nature, still divinely bright, One clear...
Seite 184 - And now, Gentlemen, on this serious day, when I come, as it were, to make up my account with you, let me take to myself some degree of honest pride on the nature of the charges that are against me. I do not here stand before you accused of venality, or of neglect of duty. It is not said that, in the long period of my service, I have, in a single instance, sacrificed the slightest of your interests to my ambition or to my fortune.
Seite 40 - Something, whose Truth convinc'd at Sight we find, That gives us back the Image of our Mind...
Seite 117 - How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die, "And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Seite 209 - Expression is the dress of thought, and still Appears more decent as more suitable.