Dialogues Concerning Eloquence in General: And Particularly that Kind which is Fit for the PulpitR. and A. Foulis, 1760 - 333 Seiten |
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... studies of men , nothing may be fooner obtained , than this vicious a- bundance of phrase , this trick of metaphors , this volubility of tongue , which makes fo great noife in the world . but I spend words in vain ; for the evil is now ...
... studies of men , nothing may be fooner obtained , than this vicious a- bundance of phrase , this trick of metaphors , this volubility of tongue , which makes fo great noife in the world . but I spend words in vain ; for the evil is now ...
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... study , and his parish ought to be his chief em- ployments .---- Bp . Burnet's difc . of the paftoral care , Ch . viii . from grofs fcandals ; but keep | squandring away his time in too at the fartheft distance from them , ---- fuch ...
... study , and his parish ought to be his chief em- ployments .---- Bp . Burnet's difc . of the paftoral care , Ch . viii . from grofs fcandals ; but keep | squandring away his time in too at the fartheft distance from them , ---- fuch ...
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... , non folum ipfius dignitatem , fed et privatorum plurimorum , et univerfae rei- publicae falutem maxime con- tineri - Cic . de Orat , lib . i . § . 8 . of rhetoricians is their studying the art of perfuafion , CONCERNING ELOQUENCE . 47.
... , non folum ipfius dignitatem , fed et privatorum plurimorum , et univerfae rei- publicae falutem maxime con- tineri - Cic . de Orat , lib . i . § . 8 . of rhetoricians is their studying the art of perfuafion , CONCERNING ELOQUENCE . 47.
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... studying the art of perfuafion , before they have learned , ( from the principles of true philofophy , ) what those things are of which they ought to perfuade men . he would have orators begin with the study of mankind in general ; and ...
... studying the art of perfuafion , before they have learned , ( from the principles of true philofophy , ) what those things are of which they ought to perfuade men . he would have orators begin with the study of mankind in general ; and ...
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... study of the poets : be- cause of the great resemblance there is betwixt the fi- gures of poetry , and thofe of eloquence . in fine , he often declares that an orator ought to furnish his mind with a clear comprehensive view of things ...
... study of the poets : be- cause of the great resemblance there is betwixt the fi- gures of poetry , and thofe of eloquence . in fine , he often declares that an orator ought to furnish his mind with a clear comprehensive view of things ...
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affecting againſt almoſt antients atque beauty becauſe beſt Chriſtian CICERO cuſtom declaimers defign DEMOSTHENES deſcribe difcourfe diſcourſe effe eloquence endeavour enim eſt expreffions exprefs faid fame fancy fays fcripture feem fentiments fermons ferve fhall fhew fimple fimplicity firſt folid fome fpeak ftile ftill fubject fublime fuch give greateſt Greeks hearers himſelf hiſtory Homer Horace Ifocrates inſtruction itſelf juſt language leaſt lefs likewiſe Longinus manner mind moſt muſt myſelf natural nihil noble numbers obferve occafion orator ornaments paffages paffions perfons perfuade philofopher Plato pleaſe pleaſure poet poetry praiſe preach preacher quae quam quid quod raiſe reaſon repreſent ſay ſee ſeems ſenſe ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſome ſpeak ſtile ſtill ſtrength ſtudy ſuch taſte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thoughts true truth underſtand uſe verſes Virgil virtue wiſdom wiſh words καὶ τὴν τὸ τῶν
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 138 - Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Seite 139 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Seite 137 - For the Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Seite 139 - Have ye not known ? have ye not heard ? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in...
Seite 140 - She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks : Among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her : All her friends have dealt treacherously with her, They are become her enemies.
Seite 141 - The mountains quake at Him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at His presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. Who can stand before His indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by Him.
Seite 137 - He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock...
Seite 142 - Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, Which camp in the hedges in the cold day, But when the sun ariseth they flee away, And their place is not known where they are.
Seite 141 - Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
Seite 26 - Studies of men, nothing may be sooner obtain'd, than this vicious abundance of Phrase, this trick of Metaphors, this volubility of Tongue, which makes so great a noise in the World. But I spend words in vain ; for the evil is now so inveterate, that it is hard to know whom to blame, or where to begin to reform. We all value one another...