Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Zväzok 1Bell & Bradfute, 1813 |
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... Cicero serves however to shew , that his ideas on this subject agree perfectly with what has been said above . He is speaking of the beauties of style and numbers : " Illud autem nequis admiretur quonam modo hæc vulgus im- peritorum in ...
... Cicero serves however to shew , that his ideas on this subject agree perfectly with what has been said above . He is speaking of the beauties of style and numbers : " Illud autem nequis admiretur quonam modo hæc vulgus im- peritorum in ...
Strana 104
... Cicero has more of the beautiful than Demosthenes , whose genius led him wholly towards vehemence and strength . THIS much it is sufficient to have said upon the subject of beauty . We have traced it through a variety of forms ; as ...
... Cicero has more of the beautiful than Demosthenes , whose genius led him wholly towards vehemence and strength . THIS much it is sufficient to have said upon the subject of beauty . We have traced it through a variety of forms ; as ...
Strana 126
... Cicero , that it was a contest between him and Roscius , whether he could express a sentiment in a greater variety of phrases , or Roscius in a greater variety of intel- ligible significant gestures . At last gesture came to engross 120 ...
... Cicero , that it was a contest between him and Roscius , whether he could express a sentiment in a greater variety of phrases , or Roscius in a greater variety of intel- ligible significant gestures . At last gesture came to engross 120 ...
Strana 139
... Cicero , from whom I have translated these words , just reverses this order : beginning with the object , placing that first which was the exciting idea in the speaker's mind , and ending with the speaker and his action . " Tantam man ...
... Cicero , from whom I have translated these words , just reverses this order : beginning with the object , placing that first which was the exciting idea in the speaker's mind , and ending with the speaker and his action . " Tantam man ...
Strana 227
... Cicero , however , has shewn us , that there is a very clear distinction be- twixt them . " Quid ergo , " says he , in one of his epistles , " tibi commendem eum quem tu ipse di- ligis ? Sed tamen ut scires eum non a me diligi " solum ...
... Cicero , however , has shewn us , that there is a very clear distinction be- twixt them . " Quid ergo , " says he , in one of his epistles , " tibi commendem eum quem tu ipse di- ligis ? Sed tamen ut scires eum non a me diligi " solum ...
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