In the third place what is necessary ? Of what use will an acquaintance with them be? What exercise is recommended in this case? What fourthly must be attended to? Why? What fifthly must be observed? ELOQUENCE....ORIGIN OF ELOQUENCE. What is Eloquence? What are its essential requisites? What must be its foundation? What is the distinction between convincing and per suading? Who is to convince us? Can persuasion be stable, that is not founded on conviction? What besides solid argument and clear method enters into the idea of eloquence? How many degrees does eloquence consist of? What is the second? What is the third? Of what is the highest species of eloquence the offspring? What is meant by passion? When do we perceive the first remarkable appearance of eloquence, as the art of persuasion ? Had it a wide field in those republics ? How came it to have? Who was their greatest orator? Was he formed by nature for an orator? What distinguishes the style of Demosthenes? ROMAN ELOQUENCE. From whom did the Romans derive their Eloquence, In what did the Romans differ from them? How does he begin his orations? What are the characteristic excellencies of his style? What are his defects? Was the Grecian, or Roman, orator most generally preferred? Did eloquence flourish long among the Romans? Has public speaking been valued as highly in any Why in Great-Britain? Can any reason be assigned why modern eloquence has been so humble and confined in its efforts? What has particularly checked the efforts of eloquence in the British Parliament ? What made the eloquence of the Bar more flourishing among the ancients than with us? What has checked the eloquence of the Pulpit? ELOQUENCE OF POPULAR ASSEMBLIES. What is the foundation of every species of eloquence? What should be the first study of him, who means to address a popular assembly? What is the capital rule to render him a persuasive speaker? Are set speeches approved in public meetings? Of what use are short notes of the substance of a discourse? What forms the peculiar character of popular eloquence in its highest perfection? What is the best rule by which to attain excellence in the higher strains of oratory? Is there any danger in this case of being too vehement? On what ideas should an orator adjust the whole train and manner of his speaking? What style is best, the diffuse, or concise? ELOQUENCE OF THE BAR. To what is the eloquence of an orator at the bar chiefly addressed? By what is his sphere of speaking limited? Why will not the judicial orations of the ancients answer as models of that kind of speaking which is adapted to the present state of the bar? In what must the foundation of a lawyer's reputation and success be laid? Are we to conclude, because the ancient manner of pleading is in a great measure superseded, that there is no room for eloquence at the bar? What is chiefly to be studied in the species of eloquence suited to the bar? How should it be shown? Why is conciseness in narration at the bar very necessary ? Why is more diffuseness in argument requisite ? ELOQUENCE OF THE PULPIT. What peculiar advantages attend pulpit eloquence? What disadvantages? What is necessary in order to excel in preaching? What is this object? What are the characteristics of pulpit eloquence? What does a proper union of these two form? What quality of style must be particularly attended to in a sermon? Which are the most useful kind of sermons? What subjects are best suited to a sermon? What study is peculiarly necessary for a preacher ? COMPARATIVE MERIT OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. In what had the ancients pre-eminence? What circumstances were favourable to the exertions of genius among the ancients? Have any advantages been gained by the moderns -in poetry ? HISTORICAL WRITING. What is History ? What are the great requisites in an historian ? What should be the first object in historical detail ? What knowledge is particularly necessary for an historian ? Of what use will it be? How is an historian to impart his political knowledge ? What are primary virtues in an historical narration ? When are these attained? What renders an historian interesting? Of what use is deliniation of characters to an historian? Is morality essential to history? In modern times, where has historical genius shone most ? What are Annals? What are Memoirs ? What is Biography? Who is the most celebrated writer of biography? What improvements have been lately introduced into historical writing? PHILOSOPHICAL WRITING....DIALOGUE. What is the professed design of Philosophy? Are style, form, and dress, therefore to be neglected? What beyond mere perspicuity are required in a philosophical writer ? What style is suited to philosophical writings? What model of this style does our language afford? What form did philosophical writing assume among the ancients ? What are the characteristical distinctions of writers in this way? EPISTOLARY WRITING. What are the fundamental requisites of Epistolary writing? What style is suitable ? What are the distinguishing excellencies of the va rious celebrated writers in this way? FICTITIOUS HISTORY. What does this species of composition include? Is the fondness for this kind of writing common to all mankind ? |