The Principles of Eloquence: Adapted to the Pulpit and the BarT. Mason and G. Lane, 1837 - 266 pages |
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... Bourdaloue XLIV . Of Massillon XLV . Of Saurin XLVI . Of English Eloquence : Richardson , Bo- lingbroke , Fox , Boyle's Lecture , Clarke XLVII . Of Tillotson XLVIII . Of Barrow , Young , Maddox , & c . State of Pulpit Eloquence among ...
... Bourdaloue XLIV . Of Massillon XLV . Of Saurin XLVI . Of English Eloquence : Richardson , Bo- lingbroke , Fox , Boyle's Lecture , Clarke XLVII . Of Tillotson XLVIII . Of Barrow , Young , Maddox , & c . State of Pulpit Eloquence among ...
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... Bourdaloue , Saurin , Bridaine , & c . , are sensible and solid ; and his precepts and rules are every way adapted to form the taste of a young orator to that affecting simplicity which disdains all frivolous ornaments , and has no ...
... Bourdaloue , Saurin , Bridaine , & c . , are sensible and solid ; and his precepts and rules are every way adapted to form the taste of a young orator to that affecting simplicity which disdains all frivolous ornaments , and has no ...
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... Bourdaloue , whom he styles , " after Arnaud , the most illustrious man in France , " * After this brief sketch of the eloquence of French advocates , it will afford the reader no unpleasing comparison if he turn his thoughts to the ...
... Bourdaloue , whom he styles , " after Arnaud , the most illustrious man in France , " * After this brief sketch of the eloquence of French advocates , it will afford the reader no unpleasing comparison if he turn his thoughts to the ...
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... Bourdaloue ; though I think he would have written still better had he imitated them less ; for by that means he now and then heightens his expression a little too much , and becomes unnatural . " - Letter xiv . In another letter , he ...
... Bourdaloue ; though I think he would have written still better had he imitated them less ; for by that means he now and then heightens his expression a little too much , and becomes unnatural . " - Letter xiv . In another letter , he ...
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... Bourdaloue , of whom he was the forerunner and model . Yes ; Bossuet never appears to me greater than when I read Bourdaloue , who , twenty years afterward , entered this new road , where he had the skill to show himself an original by ...
... Bourdaloue , of whom he was the forerunner and model . Yes ; Bossuet never appears to me greater than when I read Bourdaloue , who , twenty years afterward , entered this new road , where he had the skill to show himself an original by ...
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