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... Cicero - XXIII . The true rhetorical art consists in blending the virtues of ancient oratory with the beauties of the modern style - XXIV . Maternus observes that there can be no dispute about the superior reputation of the an- cient ...
... Cicero - XXIII . The true rhetorical art consists in blending the virtues of ancient oratory with the beauties of the modern style - XXIV . Maternus observes that there can be no dispute about the superior reputation of the an- cient ...
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... Cicero - 13 . The loss of liberty was the ruin of genuine oratory ; Demosthenes florished under a free go- vernment : the original goes on from this place to the end of the dialogue - XXXVI . Eloquence florishes most in times of public ...
... Cicero - 13 . The loss of liberty was the ruin of genuine oratory ; Demosthenes florished under a free go- vernment : the original goes on from this place to the end of the dialogue - XXXVI . Eloquence florishes most in times of public ...
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... Cicero has de- scribed this mode of punishment . The parricide , ' he says , was sowed in a sack , that he who murdered the author of his being should no longer enjoy the elements by which all things are formed . The law would not ...
... Cicero has de- scribed this mode of punishment . The parricide , ' he says , was sowed in a sack , that he who murdered the author of his being should no longer enjoy the elements by which all things are formed . The law would not ...
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... Cicero or by Sallust , is not the most wonderful instance , even in civil society . Among rude and savage tribes , where nature works without restraint , the contrast is obvious . Every thing is in the extreme ; peace and war , activity ...
... Cicero or by Sallust , is not the most wonderful instance , even in civil society . Among rude and savage tribes , where nature works without restraint , the contrast is obvious . Every thing is in the extreme ; peace and war , activity ...
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... Cicero , in Pisonem , says there was nothing in his house neat or elegant . Five Greeks , and often more , lay crowded on one couch . Tacitus seems never to be better pleased than when he has an opportunity of passing an oblique censure ...
... Cicero , in Pisonem , says there was nothing in his house neat or elegant . Five Greeks , and often more , lay crowded on one couch . Tacitus seems never to be better pleased than when he has an opportunity of passing an oblique censure ...
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Seite 267 - Look then abroad through Nature, to the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene With half that kindling majesty dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of Caesar's fate, Amid the crowd of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending, like eternal Jove When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his...
Seite 39 - A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the holy house, a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides, and a voice against this whole people!
Seite 91 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart.
Seite 289 - Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of.
Seite 159 - The punishing of wits enhances their authority," saith the Viscount St. Albans, "and a forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth that flies up in the faces of them who seek to tread it out.
Seite 265 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee : nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Seite 3 - And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
Seite 265 - I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; it is therefore not of the body?
Seite 56 - And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Seite 123 - ... wearing apparel. The slave obeys, and the state of servitude extends no further. All domestic affairs are managed by the master's wife and children. To punish a slave with stripes, to load him with chains, or condemn him to hard labour, is unusual.