Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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... eloquent of its nobles ? It could not be . His voice had , indeed , been touchingly soft whenever he addressed her . There had been a fascinating tenderness even in the vivacity of his look and conversation . But such were always the ...
... eloquent of its nobles ? It could not be . His voice had , indeed , been touchingly soft whenever he addressed her . There had been a fascinating tenderness even in the vivacity of his look and conversation . But such were always the ...
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... eloquence of Cicero . He sev- eral times attempted to speak , but in vain ; and his voice still faltered with tenderness , when , after a pause of several minutes , he thus addressed her : 66 My own dear Zoe , your love has been ...
... eloquence of Cicero . He sev- eral times attempted to speak , but in vain ; and his voice still faltered with tenderness , when , after a pause of several minutes , he thus addressed her : 66 My own dear Zoe , your love has been ...
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... eloquent statesman of the age remark that , next to Demosthenes , Dante is the writer who ought to be most attentively studied by every man who desires to attain oratorical eminence . But it is time to close this feeble and rambling ...
... eloquent statesman of the age remark that , next to Demosthenes , Dante is the writer who ought to be most attentively studied by every man who desires to attain oratorical eminence . But it is time to close this feeble and rambling ...
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... eloquence , who yet had the wisdom to devise , and the courage to perform , that which they lacked language to explain . Such men often , in troubled times , have worked out the deliverance of nations and their own greatness , not by ...
... eloquence , who yet had the wisdom to devise , and the courage to perform , that which they lacked language to explain . Such men often , in troubled times , have worked out the deliverance of nations and their own greatness , not by ...
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... eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratie , Shook the arsenal , and fulmined over Greece To Macedon and Artaxerxes ' throne . " — MILTON . - - THE celebrity of the great classical writers is con- fined within no limits , except ...
... eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratie , Shook the arsenal , and fulmined over Greece To Macedon and Artaxerxes ' throne . " — MILTON . - - THE celebrity of the great classical writers is con- fined within no limits , except ...
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