 | 1810 - 578 sidor
...and clean composition of sentence; sweet falling of the clause; varying an illustration by figures ; weight of matter ; worth of subject ; soundness of argument ; life of invention ; depth of judgment. ' Before you enter on the main subject, endeavour to gain the affection of your... | |
 | William Wirt - 1804 - 120 sidor
...the sentence, and the sweet fallings of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with trop'es and figures, than after the weight of...argument, life of invention, or depth of judgment." Mr. 's temper and habits lead himto the swelling,stately manner of Bolingbroke ; but either from want... | |
 | William Wirt - 1805 - 144 sidor
...sentence, and the sweet fallings of " the clauses, and the- varying and ittustration of " their works with tropes and figures, than after " the weight of matter, worth of subject, sound" ness of argument, life of invention, or depth of "judgment." Mr. ........'s temper and habits... | |
 | William Roscoe - 1806 - 538 sidor
...sentence, and the sweet " falling of the clauses, and the varying and illus" tration of their works with tropes and figures, " than after the weight of...argument, life of invention, or " depth of judgment. Then grew the flowing " and watery vein of Osorius the Portugal bishop, ." to be in price ; then did... | |
 | 1806 - 422 sidor
...the sentence, and the sweet falling of the claus" es, and the varying and illustration of their works with " tropes and figures, than after the weight of...argument, life of invention, or " depth of judgment." A discourse delivered in Haverhill March 22 1 805 nt the funeral of jfabcz Kimball AM attorney at law,... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 528 sidor
...the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and figures, than after the weight of...argument, life of invention, or depth of judgment. Then grew the flowing and watery vein of Osorius, the Portugal bishop, to be in price. Then did Sturmius... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 528 sidor
...the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and figures, than after the weight of...argument, life of invention, or depth of judgment. Then grew the flowing and watery vein of Osorius, the Portugal bishop, to be in price. Then did Sturmius... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 970 sidor
...the sentence, andthe sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and figures, than after the weight of...argument, life of invention, or depth of judgment. Then grew the flowing and watery vein of Osorius, the Portugal bishop, to be in price. Then did Sturmius... | |
 | William Gerard Hamilton - 1808 - 314 sidor
...clean composition of sentence ; sweet falling of the clause ; varying an illustration by figures ; weight of matter ; worth, of subject ; soundness of argument ; life of invention, depth of judgment. Understand those to whom you are to speak ; consider what they will hear with most... | |
 | William Gerard Hamilton - 1808 - 316 sidor
...clean composition of sentence ; sweet falling of the clause ; varying an illustration by figures ; weight of matter ; worth of subject ; soundness of argument ; life of invention, depth of judgment. Understand those to whom you are to speak ; consider what they will hear with most... | |
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This grew speedily to an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter ; and more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration... 
