The Principles of EloquenceHarper, 1842 - 308 pages |
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... irresisti ble force the minds of their hearers . To gain clear ideas of eloquence , we must distinguish between two meanings of the term , which , though quite different , are often con- founded Χ INTRODUCTION . Of the Exordium.
... irresisti ble force the minds of their hearers . To gain clear ideas of eloquence , we must distinguish between two meanings of the term , which , though quite different , are often con- founded Χ INTRODUCTION . Of the Exordium.
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... force and light to what is said . It makes them accompany the speaker easily and readily , as he goes along , and makes them feel the full effect of every argument which he employs . " In every sort of oration , a clear method is of the ...
... force and light to what is said . It makes them accompany the speaker easily and readily , as he goes along , and makes them feel the full effect of every argument which he employs . " In every sort of oration , a clear method is of the ...
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... force to the points ad- duced , to give weight to the argument , and energy to the rhetorical movements . It is as rare as it is difficult to render both parts of a sermon equally ex- cellent , because the same resources seldom present ...
... force to the points ad- duced , to give weight to the argument , and energy to the rhetorical movements . It is as rare as it is difficult to render both parts of a sermon equally ex- cellent , because the same resources seldom present ...
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... force of words better than Cicero . He rolls them along with the greatest beauty and pomp , and in the structure of his sentences is curious and exact to the highest degree . He is always full and flowing , never abrupt . He is a great ...
... force of words better than Cicero . He rolls them along with the greatest beauty and pomp , and in the structure of his sentences is curious and exact to the highest degree . He is always full and flowing , never abrupt . He is a great ...
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... force , and elevation of mind as De- mosthenes must have had to compose them . Whether it be owing to an old prepossession in favour of an author we have constantly read from our tender years , or that we are accustomed to a style which ...
... force , and elevation of mind as De- mosthenes must have had to compose them . Whether it be owing to an old prepossession in favour of an author we have constantly read from our tender years , or that we are accustomed to a style which ...
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Page 277 - 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 harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 246 - Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
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Page xxvi - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing...
Page 276 - ... attack from the whites. Cresap and his party concealed themselves on the bank of the river, and the moment the canoe reached the shore, singled out their objects, and at one fire, killed every person in it. This happened to be the family of Logan, who had long been distinguished as a friend of the whites.