The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending a Diversity of Oratorical Specimens, of the Eloquence of Popular Assemblies, of the Bar, of the Pulpit, &c. Principally Intended for the Use of Schools and Academies. To which are Prefixed a Dissertation on Oratorical Delivery and the Outlines of GestureSidney's Press, for John Babcock & Son, New-Haven, and S. & W.R. Babcock, Charleston, S.C., 1819 - 408 oldal |
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... becomes strict demonstration . Such reasoning is found in logic , mathematics , evidences of facts , and law ar- guments . Reasoning , in this sense , is distinct from oratory both , indeed , aim at bringing over men to their opinions ...
... becomes strict demonstration . Such reasoning is found in logic , mathematics , evidences of facts , and law ar- guments . Reasoning , in this sense , is distinct from oratory both , indeed , aim at bringing over men to their opinions ...
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... become a convert to a religion every where spoken ' against ? who threw another into a fit of trembling , as he sat upon his judge'ment seat ? who made a defence before the learned court of Areopagus , which gained him for a convert , a ...
... become a convert to a religion every where spoken ' against ? who threw another into a fit of trembling , as he sat upon his judge'ment seat ? who made a defence before the learned court of Areopagus , which gained him for a convert , a ...
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... becoming useless by a daring negligence , the other by a scrupulous solicitude : the one collects many ideas , but confused and indistinct ; the other is buried in minute accuracy , but without compass , and without dignity . Let old ...
... becoming useless by a daring negligence , the other by a scrupulous solicitude : the one collects many ideas , but confused and indistinct ; the other is buried in minute accuracy , but without compass , and without dignity . Let old ...
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... becomes the first in the latter . As every climax is a series , it must be pronounced with an increasing swell and elevation of the voice . The Minor longs to be of age , then to be a man of bus'iness , then to make up an estàte , then ...
... becomes the first in the latter . As every climax is a series , it must be pronounced with an increasing swell and elevation of the voice . The Minor longs to be of age , then to be a man of bus'iness , then to make up an estàte , then ...
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... becomes at last so disagreeable , as to defeat all together the success of a public speaker , by exciting the utmost impatience , and disgust in his audience . The following states of the voice may be consider- ed as pitches or keys ...
... becomes at last so disagreeable , as to defeat all together the success of a public speaker , by exciting the utmost impatience , and disgust in his audience . The following states of the voice may be consider- ed as pitches or keys ...
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286. oldal - The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds; but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought, and nourished up ; and it grew up together with him, and with his children : it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
365. oldal - Twilight gray had in her sober livery all things clad : Silence accompanied ; for Beast and Bird, they to their grassy couch, these to their nests, were slunk, — all but the wakeful nightingale; she, all night long, her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased. Now...
356. oldal - The NORTH, in an unrestrained intercourse with the SOUTH, protected by the equal laws of a common government, finds in the productions of the latter, great additional resources of maritime and commercial enterprise, and precious materials of manufacturing industry. The SOUTH, in the same intercourse benefiting by the agency of the NORTH, sees its agriculture grow, and its commerce expand.
245. oldal - I send thee ; to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God ; that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified, by faith that is in me.
118. oldal - To spend too much time in studies, is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar; they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience...
369. oldal - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
364. oldal - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse: which I, observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That. I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
358. oldal - One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings which spring from these misrepresentations: they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.
372. oldal - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest, who have learned to dance : 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense.
364. oldal - I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her.