An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricThomas Carey, 1818 - 300 էջ |
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... orator ought to be con- . versant in every department of learn- ing . No art indeed can be contrived which can stamp merit on a composi tion , rich or splendid in expression , but barren or erroneous in sentiment . Oratory , it is true ...
... orator ought to be con- . versant in every department of learn- ing . No art indeed can be contrived which can stamp merit on a composi tion , rich or splendid in expression , but barren or erroneous in sentiment . Oratory , it is true ...
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... orator . Private application and study , sup- posing natural genius to be favoura ble , are certainly superior to any system of public instruction . But , though rules and instructions cannot effect every thing which is requisite , they ...
... orator . Private application and study , sup- posing natural genius to be favoura ble , are certainly superior to any system of public instruction . But , though rules and instructions cannot effect every thing which is requisite , they ...
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... orators . The principles of taste must therefore be deeply founded in the human mind . To have some discernment of beauty is no less essential to man , than to possess the attributes of speech and reason . Though no human being can be ...
... orators . The principles of taste must therefore be deeply founded in the human mind . To have some discernment of beauty is no less essential to man , than to possess the attributes of speech and reason . Though no human being can be ...
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... orator has of the object , which he exhibits ; and upon his being deeply affected and animated by the sublime idea , which he would convey . If his own feeling be languid , he can never inspire his reader with any strong emotion ...
... orator has of the object , which he exhibits ; and upon his being deeply affected and animated by the sublime idea , which he would convey . If his own feeling be languid , he can never inspire his reader with any strong emotion ...
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... ty and grace , rather than of sublimity . Among orators , Cicero has more of the beautiful , than Demosthenes , whose genius led him wholly to ward vehemence and strength . So much it is necessary to have said upon the 40 Beauty and other.
... ty and grace , rather than of sublimity . Among orators , Cicero has more of the beautiful , than Demosthenes , whose genius led him wholly to ward vehemence and strength . So much it is necessary to have said upon the 40 Beauty and other.
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