Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volumen2Thomas Kirk, 1807 |
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... points out to us , taken from the three great scenes of eloquence , 1 popular assemblies , the bar , and the pulpit Leet Page DIFFERENT Kinds, of Public Speaking Eloquence of Popular Assemblies , Extracts from Demosthenes.
... points out to us , taken from the three great scenes of eloquence , 1 popular assemblies , the bar , and the pulpit Leet Page DIFFERENT Kinds, of Public Speaking Eloquence of Popular Assemblies , Extracts from Demosthenes.
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... scene of public speaking , to which I now proceed , and my observations upon which , will therefore be the shorter . All , however , that was said in the former Lecture must not be applied to it ; and it is of importance , that I begin ...
... scene of public speaking , to which I now proceed , and my observations upon which , will therefore be the shorter . All , however , that was said in the former Lecture must not be applied to it ; and it is of importance , that I begin ...
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... scene of public speaking where Eloquence is more necessary . For , on other occasions , the subject on which men speak in public , is frequently sufficient , by itself , to interest the hearers . But the dryness and subtilty of the sub ...
... scene of public speaking where Eloquence is more necessary . For , on other occasions , the subject on which men speak in public , is frequently sufficient , by itself , to interest the hearers . But the dryness and subtilty of the sub ...
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... scene of infamy and complicated guilt , as gives a shocking pic- ture of the manners of that age ; and such as would seem in- credible , did not Cicero refer to the proof that was taken in the former trial , of the facts which he ...
... scene of infamy and complicated guilt , as gives a shocking pic- ture of the manners of that age ; and such as would seem in- credible , did not Cicero refer to the proof that was taken in the former trial , of the facts which he ...
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... scene . At length , in the morning , the consuls return to the camp , and inform them that they could receive no other terms but that of sur- rendering their arms , and passing under the yoke , which was considered as the last mark of ...
... scene . At length , in the morning , the consuls return to the camp , and inform them that they could receive no other terms but that of sur- rendering their arms , and passing under the yoke , which was considered as the last mark of ...
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Página 239 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Página 243 - Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your old bards, the famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream. Ay me, I fondly dream ! Had ye been there...
Página 247 - Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name : bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness : fear before him, all the earth.
Página 255 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Página 248 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Página 254 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Página 67 - Gather my saints together unto me ; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness : for God is judge himself. Selah. 7 Hear, 0 my people, and I will speak; 0 Israel, and I will testify against thee : I am God, even thy God.
Página 14 - ... semperque in omni parte orationis , ut vitae, quid deceat, est considerandum : quod et in re, de qua agitur , positum est, et in personis et eorum , qui dicunt , et eorum , qui audiunt.
Página 307 - He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others ; the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful...
Página 251 - And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water : in the habitation of dragons where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.