Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles LettresBumpus and Griffin, 1831 - 679 pages |
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... Public Speaking - History of Eloquence-- Grecian Eloquence -- Demosthenes XXVI . History of Eloquence continued - Roman Eloquence- Cicero - Modern Eloquence 314 329 ............. LECT . XXVII . Different Kinds of Public Speaking -
... Public Speaking - History of Eloquence-- Grecian Eloquence -- Demosthenes XXVI . History of Eloquence continued - Roman Eloquence- Cicero - Modern Eloquence 314 329 ............. LECT . XXVII . Different Kinds of Public Speaking -
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... Demosthenes and Plato . As for what is called the sublime style , it is , for the most part , a very bad one ; and has no relation whatever to the real sublime . Persons are apt to imagine , that magnificent words , accumulated epithets ...
... Demosthenes and Plato . As for what is called the sublime style , it is , for the most part , a very bad one ; and has no relation whatever to the real sublime . Persons are apt to imagine , that magnificent words , accumulated epithets ...
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... 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 next to sublimity , it is the most copious ...
... 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 next to sublimity , it is the most copious ...
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... Demosthenes was the greatest obstacle to his de- signs . Wisdom ; prudence . Wisdom , leads us to speak and act what is most proper ; prudence , prevents our speaking or acting im- properly . A wise man employs the most proper means for ...
... Demosthenes was the greatest obstacle to his de- signs . Wisdom ; prudence . Wisdom , leads us to speak and act what is most proper ; prudence , prevents our speaking or acting im- properly . A wise man employs the most proper means for ...
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... Demosthenes , who , by many degrees , excelled the other ; at least , as an orator . " Here the natural close of the sentence is at these words , ex- celled the other . " These words conclude the proposition ; we look for no more ; and ...
... Demosthenes , who , by many degrees , excelled the other ; at least , as an orator . " Here the natural close of the sentence is at these words , ex- celled the other . " These words conclude the proposition ; we look for no more ; and ...
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