The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches in the English Language; Arranged Under Three Distinct Heads of Popular, Parliamentary, and Judicial Oratory: with Historical Illustrations: to which is Prefixed, an Introduction to the Study and Practice of Eloquence, Volym 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 |
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... feel ourselves under very great obligations to him ; but the richness of his own fund far surpassed all that he could borrow from others ; and though , in the amazing number of his original ex- periments and practical obfervations , we ...
... feel ourselves under very great obligations to him ; but the richness of his own fund far surpassed all that he could borrow from others ; and though , in the amazing number of his original ex- periments and practical obfervations , we ...
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... mains of solid eloquence . In contemplating such sad periods of human degradation , we feel the same indignant emotions as HAYLEY , and exclaim with him , B 4 86 Those " Those bane of liberal knowledge ! Nature's Curse ! INTRODUCTION . 7.
... mains of solid eloquence . In contemplating such sad periods of human degradation , we feel the same indignant emotions as HAYLEY , and exclaim with him , B 4 86 Those " Those bane of liberal knowledge ! Nature's Curse ! INTRODUCTION . 7.
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... feel some part of its force and pertinency even in my humble at- tempt to preserve its spirit , though the change of circum- stances and character has rendered some alterations ne- cessary . In this hope only , I presume to say to them ...
... feel some part of its force and pertinency even in my humble at- tempt to preserve its spirit , though the change of circum- stances and character has rendered some alterations ne- cessary . In this hope only , I presume to say to them ...
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... feel some confidence that genuine oratory will not be suffered to languish amongst us . We have many advantages almost peculiar to our country , arising out of the very form of our constitution and government : we have also before us ...
... feel some confidence that genuine oratory will not be suffered to languish amongst us . We have many advantages almost peculiar to our country , arising out of the very form of our constitution and government : we have also before us ...
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... feel the beauties of language , before we attempted to give them clear ideas of the principles on which those beauties de- pended , or of the combined efforts of nature and art which produced them . Such a procedure will render the ...
... feel the beauties of language , before we attempted to give them clear ideas of the principles on which those beauties de- pended , or of the combined efforts of nature and art which produced them . Such a procedure will render the ...
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Sida 504 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Sida 56 - Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand ? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight ? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain ? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As this which now I draw.
Sida 50 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Sida 113 - But his unbiased opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure; no, nor from the law and the Constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable. Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Sida 47 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Sida 76 - Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus ; but use all gently ; for in the very torrent, tempest, and, as I may say, whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.
Sida 136 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Sida 136 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Sida 76 - ... twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of the which one must, in your allowance, o'erweigh a whole theatre of others.
Sida 17 - The secretary stood alone. Modern degeneracy had not reached him. Original and unaccommodating, the features of his character had the hardihood of antiquity. His august mind overawed majesty, and one of his sovereigns thought royalty so impaired in his presence that he conspired to remove him, in order to be relieved from his superiority.