PRINCIPLES OF ELOQUENCE, ADAPTED TO THE PULPIT AND THE BAR. BY THE ABBE' MAURY. Translated from the FRENCH; with additional Notes, BY JOHN NEAL LAKE, A. M. Neque verò mihi quidquam præstabilius videtur, quám posse dicendo tenere hominum catus, mentes allicere, voluntates impellere quò velit: unde autem velit, deducere.-CICERO. We must not judge so unfavourably of Eloquence, as to reckon it only a frivolous art, that a declaimer uses to im pose upon the weak imagination of the multitude, and to serve his own ends. It is a very serious art; designed to instruct people; suppress their passions and reform their to make men good and happy.-FENELON. manners; to support the laws; direct public councils, and NEW-YORK: PRINTED BY D. AND G. BRUCE, FOR THOMPSON, HART AND CO No. 186 Pearl-street. ΤΟ THE RIGHT REVEREND BEILBY, LORD BISHOP OF LONDON. MY LORD, WHATEVER HATEVER relates to the subject of Eloquence in general, and to the Eloquence of the Pulpit in particular, has a peculiar claim to be dedicated to one, who, in addition to his other eminent qualities, has exhibited, both from the Pulpit and the Press, so distinguished a model of the excellence and commanding influence of this art. Should this translation, with the accompanying notes and illustrations, chiefly derived from authors of celebrity, serve to promote in the English reader, and particularly in students for the Pulpit or the Bar, an attention to those principles which may conduce to their future usefulness in life, my utmost wishes will be gratified. I have the honour to be, my Lord, JOHN NEAL LAKE. B |