Rudiments of Public Speaking and Debate: Or, Hints on the Application of LogicMcElrath and Barker, 1853 - 129 oldal |
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40. oldal
... lived and taught the philoso- phers of bower and porch , of pride and pleasure , of deep specu- lation and of useful action , who developed all the acuteness , and refinement , and excursiveness , and energy of mind , and were the glory ...
... lived and taught the philoso- phers of bower and porch , of pride and pleasure , of deep specu- lation and of useful action , who developed all the acuteness , and refinement , and excursiveness , and energy of mind , and were the glory ...
63. oldal
... lived in the country , took care of his estate , built this house and paid for it , managed well , saved money , and died rich . That is his son ; he was made a lord , took a place at court , spent his estate , and died a beggar ! " A ...
... lived in the country , took care of his estate , built this house and paid for it , managed well , saved money , and died rich . That is his son ; he was made a lord , took a place at court , spent his estate , and died a beggar ! " A ...
109. oldal
... lived on friendly terms on the high hills of Lime- stone . At last they fell out over a dog . Von Vampt killed Van Bones ' canine companion . Bones , choosing to assume the killing to have been intentional , sued Vampt for damages ...
... lived on friendly terms on the high hills of Lime- stone . At last they fell out over a dog . Von Vampt killed Van Bones ' canine companion . Bones , choosing to assume the killing to have been intentional , sued Vampt for damages ...
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... lived , he is justly denominated the " Father of History . " Herodotus was a conscien- tious narrator of what he saw and heard . In his manner there is much of the old epic style ; indeed , his work may be considered as the connecting ...
... lived , he is justly denominated the " Father of History . " Herodotus was a conscien- tious narrator of what he saw and heard . In his manner there is much of the old epic style ; indeed , his work may be considered as the connecting ...
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... lived , he is justly denominated the " Father of History . " Herodotus was a conscien- tious narrator of what he saw and heard . In his manner there is much of the old epic style ; indeed , his work may be considered as the connecting ...
... lived , he is justly denominated the " Father of History . " Herodotus was a conscien- tious narrator of what he saw and heard . In his manner there is much of the old epic style ; indeed , his work may be considered as the connecting ...
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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.