Rudiments of Public Speaking and Debate: Or, Hints on the Application of LogicMcElrath and Barker, 1853 - 129 oldal |
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... objects with- out , and thence propagated and communicated to the brain , where all sensation is made . For there is no ... object very remotely distant is perceived by us , since it is by some passion made upon our body , there must of ...
... objects with- out , and thence propagated and communicated to the brain , where all sensation is made . For there is no ... object very remotely distant is perceived by us , since it is by some passion made upon our body , there must of ...
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... object of a wise Rhetoric to increase the number of men who will take sound advice ? If the public should be composed of men who hear only and never practice , who does not see that we may give over all exhortations of amendment ...
... object of a wise Rhetoric to increase the number of men who will take sound advice ? If the public should be composed of men who hear only and never practice , who does not see that we may give over all exhortations of amendment ...
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... object . And as there must be , for a true pursuit , a definite object in view , the principle of unity is im- plied in that of progression . Hence in a true method there must be a definite pursuit , otherwise circumstances will create ...
... object . And as there must be , for a true pursuit , a definite object in view , the principle of unity is im- plied in that of progression . Hence in a true method there must be a definite pursuit , otherwise circumstances will create ...
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... objects , it turns to their relations , which hence become its prime pursuit , and may be called the materials of method . The kinds of relations are two , the one arising from that which must be , the other that by which we merely ...
... objects , it turns to their relations , which hence become its prime pursuit , and may be called the materials of method . The kinds of relations are two , the one arising from that which must be , the other that by which we merely ...
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... object , and we have a common interest in discovering it . Nature made us friends : it is false pride that makes us ... objects are seen in the same light ; and a clear plane is obtained on which principles can be drawn , and a perfect ...
... object , and we have a common interest in discovering it . Nature made us friends : it is false pride that makes us ... objects are seen in the same light ; and a clear plane is obtained on which principles can be drawn , and a perfect ...
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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.