Rudiments of Public Speaking and Debate: Or, Hints on the Application of LogicMcElrath and Barker, 1853 - 129 oldal |
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... language relishing more of the clown than the gentleman . But herein also affectation must be avoided ; it being better for a man by a native and clear eloquence to express himself , than by those words which may smell either of the ...
... language relishing more of the clown than the gentleman . But herein also affectation must be avoided ; it being better for a man by a native and clear eloquence to express himself , than by those words which may smell either of the ...
11. oldal
... language , applies her warm and glowing tints to the portrait , and exhibits the grandeur of the universe , the productions of genius , and all the works of art , as copies of the fair original . " * He who gives directions for the ...
... language , applies her warm and glowing tints to the portrait , and exhibits the grandeur of the universe , the productions of genius , and all the works of art , as copies of the fair original . " * He who gives directions for the ...
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... language , beginning with h , the h is not sounded . These words must be carefully attended to , and all other words beginning with h must have that letter distinctly heard . In illustration of this neglect of aspiration where proper ...
... language , beginning with h , the h is not sounded . These words must be carefully attended to , and all other words beginning with h must have that letter distinctly heard . In illustration of this neglect of aspiration where proper ...
20. oldal
... language the grounds on which it rested , that they no longer appeared to me to be so clear and conclusive as I had fancied them to be . I determined to make it the subject of a patient and dispas- sionate examination . The result has ...
... language the grounds on which it rested , that they no longer appeared to me to be so clear and conclusive as I had fancied them to be . I determined to make it the subject of a patient and dispas- sionate examination . The result has ...
21. oldal
... language , and requiring a copious glossary to render it intelligible to the reader . The general principles , say of phrenology , indicate the` outlines of human nature , and the study of men and manners fills up the detail . An old ...
... language , and requiring a copious glossary to render it intelligible to the reader . The general principles , say of phrenology , indicate the` outlines of human nature , and the study of men and manners fills up the detail . An old ...
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admirable Ancient argument attention audience auditors beautiful Bishop of Exeter Cæsar Catiline CHAPTER character Cicero clear confound conviction debate Demosthenes discipline discourse disputants distinct edition effect eloquence Emerson enforce error escutcheons Ewbank's exordium expression fact feel Fitzroy Kelly genius give Guénon's heard Herodotus History History of Herodotus human idea illustration impression intellectual judgment language learning Lectures Libourne Macaulay mankind manner matter mechanical philosophy method mind Mirabeau moral nature never object observed octavo opinion opponent orator oratory passion Peloponnesian war persons perspicuity philosophy poet poetic poetry practical present Price principles published qualities question reader reason remarks reply rhetoric rule Sam Slick says sense Shakspeare similes simplicity speak speaker speech strength style Tacitus Tact things THOMAS BABBINGTON MACAULAY thought Thucydides tion true truth understanding voice volume whole wisdom wise words writing Xenophon young
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72. oldal - For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement exhortation, for subtle disquisition, for every purpose of the poet, the orator, and the divine, this homely dialect, the dialect of plain working men, was perfectly sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we would so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language, no book which shows so well how rich that language is in its own proper wealth, and how little it has been improved by all that it has borrowed.
72. oldal - The style of Bunyan is delightful to every reader, and invaluable as a study to every person who wishes to obtain a wide command over the English language. The vocabulary is the vocabulary of the common people. There is not an expression, if we except a few technical terms of theology, which would puzzle the rudest peasant. We have observed several pages which do not contain a single word of mo're than two syllables. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant to say.
89. oldal - Pulpit discourses have insensibly dwindled from speaking to reading ; a practice, of itself, sufficient to stifle every germ of eloquence. It is only by the fresh feelings of the heart, that mankind can be very powerfully affected.
124. oldal - An admonition to the people of England; Wherein are answered, not onely the slaunderous vntruethes, reprochfully vttered by MARTIN the Libeller, but also many other Crimes by some of his broode, objected generally against all Bishops, and the chiefe of the Cleargie, purposely to deface and discredite the present state of the Church.
62. oldal - Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession.