Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Zväzok 2Thomas Kirk, 1807 |
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Strana 8
... heart or head , that carry the force of conviction . In a former Lecture , when entering on this subject , I observed , that all high Eloquence must be the offspring of passion , or warm emotion . It is this which makes every man ...
... heart or head , that carry the force of conviction . In a former Lecture , when entering on this subject , I observed , that all high Eloquence must be the offspring of passion , or warm emotion . It is this which makes every man ...
Strana 12
... heart can only answer to the heart . The great rule here , as indeed in every other case , is , to follow na- ture ; never to attempt a strain of Eloquence which is not se- conded by our own genius . One may be a speaker , both of much ...
... heart can only answer to the heart . The great rule here , as indeed in every other case , is , to follow na- ture ; never to attempt a strain of Eloquence which is not se- conded by our own genius . One may be a speaker , both of much ...
Strana 20
... heart of their country ; such his professions to those of Pheræ , until the moment he attacked their walls : and thus he amused the Olynthians till he came within a few miles of them , and then he sent them a message , that either they ...
... heart of their country ; such his professions to those of Pheræ , until the moment he attacked their walls : and thus he amused the Olynthians till he came within a few miles of them , and then he sent them a message , that either they ...
Strana 26
... heart , as well as to the understanding . But , at the bar , conviction is the great object . There , it is not the speaker's business to persuade the judges to what is good or useful , but to show them what is just and true ; and of ...
... heart , as well as to the understanding . But , at the bar , conviction is the great object . There , it is not the speaker's business to persuade the judges to what is good or useful , but to show them what is just and true ; and of ...
Strana 46
... heart ; and such as admit , at the same time , both the highest embellishment in describing , and the greatest vehemence and warmth in enforc- ing them . The preacher has also great advantages in treating his subjects . He speaks not to ...
... heart ; and such as admit , at the same time , both the highest embellishment in describing , and the greatest vehemence and warmth in enforc- ing them . The preacher has also great advantages in treating his subjects . He speaks not to ...
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Strana 239 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Strana 243 - Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your old bards, the famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream. Ay me, I fondly dream ! Had ye been there...
Strana 247 - Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name : bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness : fear before him, all the earth.
Strana 255 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Strana 248 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Strana 254 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Strana 67 - Gather my saints together unto me ; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness : for God is judge himself. Selah. 7 Hear, 0 my people, and I will speak; 0 Israel, and I will testify against thee : I am God, even thy God.
Strana 14 - ... semperque in omni parte orationis , ut vitae, quid deceat, est considerandum : quod et in re, de qua agitur , positum est, et in personis et eorum , qui dicunt , et eorum , qui audiunt.
Strana 307 - He seems to have been well acquainted with his own genius, and to know what it was that nature had bestowed upon him more bountifully than upon others ; the power of displaying the vast, illuminating the splendid, enforcing the awful, darkening the gloomy, and aggravating the dreadful...
Strana 251 - And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water : in the habitation of dragons where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.