 | Alonzo Reed, Brainerd Kellogg - 1897 - Počet stránok 318
...modifies books adjectively. This is probably equivalent to as those are which he writes. 230 — 2. It is only by the fresh feelings of the heart that mankind can be very powerfully affected. It, the subject of the main clause, is modified by the explanatory clause introduced by that. Only... | |
 | William Swinton - 1905 - Počet stránok 404
...declare the causes which impel them to the separation. B. 1. I do not admire such books as he writes.* 2. It is only by the fresh feelings of the heart that mankind can be very powerfully affected.t 3. That man has been from time immemorial a right-handed animal is beyond dispute.! 4. He... | |
 | Herrick Johnson - 1908 - Počet stránok 554
...than a piece of reading." And Sydney Smith waxes merry with the subject after this fashion : " Pulpit discourses have insensibly dwindled from speaking...itself sufficient to stifle every germ of eloquence. . . . What can be more ludicrous than an orator delivering stale indignation and fervour of a week... | |
 | 1898 - Počet stránok 726
..."Pulpit discourses have insensibly dwindled from speaking to reading; a practice which of itself is sufficient to stifle every germ of eloquence. It is...can be very powerfully affected. What can be more ridiculous than an orator delivering stale indignation and fervor a week old; turning over whole pages... | |
 | James Langdon Hill - 1919 - Počet stránok 366
...witness the full expression of his strength. He makes past events live again. He spoke as one inspired. It is only by the fresh feelings of the heart that mankind can be powerfully affected. "I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know."... | |
 | 1846 - Počet stránok 638
...is secured in every other instance. " Pulpit discourses have insensibly dwindled from speaking into reading; a practice of itself sufficient to stifle...can be very powerfully affected. What can be more unfortunate, than an orator delivering stale indignation, and fervor of a week old ; turning over •... | |
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Pulpit discourses have insensibly dwindled from speaking to reading ; a practice, of itself, sufficient to stifle every germ of eloquence. It is only by the fresh feelings of the heart, that mankind can be very powerfully affected. What can be more ludicrous,... 
