The Principles of Eloquence: Adapted to the Pulpit and the BarD. and G. Bruce, 1807 - 275 من الصفحات |
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... sufficiently persuasive to overcome his oppo- sition , will equally controul a large assembly . The orator will ... sufficient to inspire that man with such elevation " and warmth , as both gives rise to strong expressions , and 66 ...
... sufficiently persuasive to overcome his oppo- sition , will equally controul a large assembly . The orator will ... sufficient to inspire that man with such elevation " and warmth , as both gives rise to strong expressions , and 66 ...
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... sufficiently copious to embrace the substance of a discourse in all its extent , scarcely form a subdivision fertile enough · A sermon , ' says Mons . CLAUDE , should clearly and ' purely explain a text , make the sense easy to be ...
... sufficiently copious to embrace the substance of a discourse in all its extent , scarcely form a subdivision fertile enough · A sermon , ' says Mons . CLAUDE , should clearly and ' purely explain a text , make the sense easy to be ...
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... sufficiently distinct to be retained , nor suffi- ciently important to be filled up , and which only hold out vain and useless speculations ; plans built either upon undistinguishing epithets , which open no field for argument , or upon ...
... sufficiently distinct to be retained , nor suffi- ciently important to be filled up , and which only hold out vain and useless speculations ; plans built either upon undistinguishing epithets , which open no field for argument , or upon ...
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... sufficient re- compence . But if motives so pure have not suf- ficient sway in your breast , calculate , at least , the advantages of self - love , and you may perceive how inseparably connected these are with the suc- cess of your ...
... sufficient re- compence . But if motives so pure have not suf- ficient sway in your breast , calculate , at least , the advantages of self - love , and you may perceive how inseparably connected these are with the suc- cess of your ...
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... sufficient pains with their causes . They are more copious C ' proached .'- ROLLIN's Belles Lettres , vol . ii . ch . iii . §3 , Art . ii . p . 262-266 . See the various useful remarks of the same author on the Eloquence of the Bar ...
... sufficient pains with their causes . They are more copious C ' proached .'- ROLLIN's Belles Lettres , vol . ii . ch . iii . §3 , Art . ii . p . 262-266 . See the various useful remarks of the same author on the Eloquence of the Bar ...
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 209 - Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
الصفحة 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,...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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?
الصفحة 122 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same ; Unerring Nature, still divinely bright, One clear...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 40 - Something, whose Truth convinc'd at Sight we find, That gives us back the Image of our Mind...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 209 - Expression is the dress of thought, and still Appears more decent as more suitable.