The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending a Diversity of Oratorical Specimens, of the Eloquence of Popular Assemblies, of the Bar, of the Pulpit, &c. Principally Intended for the Use of Schools and Academies. To which are Prefixed a Dissertation on Oratorical Delivery and the Outlines of GestureSidney's Press, for John Babcock & Son, New-Haven, and S. & W.R. Babcock, Charleston, S.C., 1819 - 408 страници |
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... glory , is but a reed floating on the stream of time , and forced to follow every new direction of the current . A temperate spirit , and moderate expectations , are the best safe - guard of the mind , in this uncertain and changeful ...
... glory , is but a reed floating on the stream of time , and forced to follow every new direction of the current . A temperate spirit , and moderate expectations , are the best safe - guard of the mind , in this uncertain and changeful ...
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... glory and power , that he will not seem to speak or to plead , but as it happened to Pericles , to lighten and thun- der . But I should never have done , were I to in- dulge the pleasure I feel in expatiating upon this sub- ject . What ...
... glory and power , that he will not seem to speak or to plead , but as it happened to Pericles , to lighten and thun- der . But I should never have done , were I to in- dulge the pleasure I feel in expatiating upon this sub- ject . What ...
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... glory of God , he resigned his secular employ , and came by invitation to Bengal , where he is now engaged in translating the scriptures into the Persian language . This work hath not hitherto been execu- ted , for want of a translator ...
... glory of God , he resigned his secular employ , and came by invitation to Bengal , where he is now engaged in translating the scriptures into the Persian language . This work hath not hitherto been execu- ted , for want of a translator ...
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... glory which fol- lows great success . A blind desire to shine and to please , is often at the expence of that substantial ho- nour , which might be obtained , were they to give themselves up to the pure emotion of piety . which so well ...
... glory which fol- lows great success . A blind desire to shine and to please , is often at the expence of that substantial ho- nour , which might be obtained , were they to give themselves up to the pure emotion of piety . which so well ...
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... glory ? -You fly from it . Wit alone is never sublime ; and it is only by the vehemence of the passions that you can become eloquent . Reckon up all the illustrious orators . Will you find among them conceited , subtle , or epigrammatie ...
... glory ? -You fly from it . Wit alone is never sublime ; and it is only by the vehemence of the passions that you can become eloquent . Reckon up all the illustrious orators . Will you find among them conceited , subtle , or epigrammatie ...
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Страница 81 - ... twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theatre of others.