The method of teaching and studying the belles lettres, or, An introduction to languages, poetry ... &c. Transl, 2. köide1742 |
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... moving the affections ; fuch as noble thoughts , rich expreffions , bold figures , and lively paffions . It is this fort of eloquence that govern- ed all things in old Athens and Rome , and determined abfolutely in the public counfils ...
... moving the affections ; fuch as noble thoughts , rich expreffions , bold figures , and lively paffions . It is this fort of eloquence that govern- ed all things in old Athens and Rome , and determined abfolutely in the public counfils ...
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... moving ftrokes ; because E find equally in both kinds , a manner of thinking and expreffion , great and noble , which is the effence of the fublime . I. The plain ftile of which I treated at first , though it be perfect in its kind ...
... moving ftrokes ; because E find equally in both kinds , a manner of thinking and expreffion , great and noble , which is the effence of the fublime . I. The plain ftile of which I treated at first , though it be perfect in its kind ...
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... moving manner , by asking whether there is the least probability that Milo , whose thoughts had been fo long employed entirely on this great day of elec- tion , durft appear before so auguft an affembly as that of the people , with ...
... moving manner , by asking whether there is the least probability that Milo , whose thoughts had been fo long employed entirely on this great day of elec- tion , durft appear before so auguft an affembly as that of the people , with ...
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... moving . * Per ego te , fili , quæcumque jura liberos jungunt pa- rentibus , præcor quæfoque , ne ante oculos patris facere & pati omnia infanda velis . This confused difpofition , per ego te , is very fuitable to the concern and ...
... moving . * Per ego te , fili , quæcumque jura liberos jungunt pa- rentibus , præcor quæfoque , ne ante oculos patris facere & pati omnia infanda velis . This confused difpofition , per ego te , is very fuitable to the concern and ...
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... moving figures . Every thing is full of fpirit and fire ; no doubt but his eyes , his coun- tenance and hands , were more cloquent than his tongue . But he is foftened on a fudden : he affumes a more fedate tone , and concludes with ...
... moving figures . Every thing is full of fpirit and fire ; no doubt but his eyes , his coun- tenance and hands , were more cloquent than his tongue . But he is foftened on a fudden : he affumes a more fedate tone , and concludes with ...
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affiftance againſt almoſt atque auditors beauty becauſe Befides cafus caufa caufe cauſe Chrift Chriftian Cicero confifts cùm defign Demofthenes dicendi dicere difcourfe difplay diſcover effe ejus elogium eloquence enim etiam expreffions exprefs faid fame fays feems felf felves fenfe fenfible fentiments fhall fhew fhould fibi fimple fimplicity fince firft firſt folid fome fometimes fpeak fpeech ftile ftill ftrength ftrong ftudy fubject fublime fuch fuffer funt fupport genius give greateſt hæc himſelf Ibid illa inftruct itſelf juft kind laft lefs Lord mafter manner moft moſt muft muſt neceffary nihil obferve occafion omnia orator ourſelves paffage paffions perfon pleaſe pleaſure prefent proofs puniſhment Pythius quæ quafi quam quid Quint Quintil Quintilian quod racter raiſe reafon ſpeak ſtudy tamen thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thoughts Turenne uſe whofe words youth
Popular passages
Page 303 - The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 327 - Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
Page 323 - WILL sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 323 - The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation : he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation ; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Page 295 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Page 281 - God : praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints ; and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the Gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds : that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Page 302 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 294 - A man blowing a furnace is in works of heat, but the sun burneth the mountains three times more; breathing out fiery vapours, and sending forth bright beams, it dimmeth the eyes. Great is the Lord that made it; and at his commandment it runneth hastily.
Page 323 - Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power : thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
Page 340 - And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled : and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?