The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres: Or, An Introduction to Languages, Poetry, Rhetoric, History, Moral Philosophy, Physics, & C. ...W.J. and J. Richardson, J. Walker, 1803 |
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... orator , pleading for Ligarius , had told Cæsar , that princes resemble the gods in nothing more than in doing good to men ; he might have barely said , that his fortune and kind disposition pro- cured him that glorious advantage : this ...
... orator , pleading for Ligarius , had told Cæsar , that princes resemble the gods in nothing more than in doing good to men ; he might have barely said , that his fortune and kind disposition pro- cured him that glorious advantage : this ...
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... orator be ridiculous , should he attempt to effect this by regular periods , antitheses , and such like Figures , which are proper only to dis- tinguish the passions , and to expose the vanity of an orator solely intent upon himself ...
... orator be ridiculous , should he attempt to effect this by regular periods , antitheses , and such like Figures , which are proper only to dis- tinguish the passions , and to expose the vanity of an orator solely intent upon himself ...
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... orator thought it was necessary to divert the judges , and at the same time intended to make Ver- res ridiculous and contemptible ? Sometimes the resemblance between words , or the bare changing a preposition , or the same word used in ...
... orator thought it was necessary to divert the judges , and at the same time intended to make Ver- res ridiculous and contemptible ? Sometimes the resemblance between words , or the bare changing a preposition , or the same word used in ...
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... orator should do : it is when he speaks of the pa- lace of Pompey the great , which Antony had seized . He asks the latter , if he thought he was entering his own house , when he entered this porch adorned with the spoils of the enemies ...
... orator should do : it is when he speaks of the pa- lace of Pompey the great , which Antony had seized . He asks the latter , if he thought he was entering his own house , when he entered this porch adorned with the spoils of the enemies ...
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... orator goes still farther . He sometimes opens graves , and makes the dead rise out of them , to admonish or reprimand the living . We have two fine examples of this Figure in [ o ] Cicero's plea for Coelius , to which I refer the ...
... orator goes still farther . He sometimes opens graves , and makes the dead rise out of them , to admonish or reprimand the living . We have two fine examples of this Figure in [ o ] Cicero's plea for Coelius , to which I refer the ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
admiration ancient Aristides army Astyages Athenians Athens atque auditors Austin Babylon beautiful Brut cause Christ Cicero Cimon cùm Cyaxares Cyrus Demosthenes dicendi dicere discourse Egypt Eloquence employed endeavour enemy enim etiam Eutropius excellent expression eyes father favour Figures genius give glory Greece Greeks hæc hand hath hear heart holy honour Ibid illa imagine instruct Isocrates Jerusalem Joseph judge kind king lively Lord magis magnificence manner master Medes merit mihi mind natural neque neral nihil noble obliged observed occasion orator passions Pericles Persians person pleading Plut Plutarch preacher prince prophet quæ quàm quid Quint Quintilian quod racter riches Roman sacred says Scriptures Senec Sennacherib sentiments shew soul speak style sublime sunt tamen taste tender Themistocles thing thou thought tion truth Verres victory virtue whilst whole words youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 358 - This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, his legs of iron, his feet part of iron 5 and part of clay.
Página 191 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure ; Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Página 204 - Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
Página 358 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors ; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Página 202 - The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation : he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation ; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Página 348 - I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest.
Página 219 - For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
Página 165 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Página 203 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Página 165 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery (italics mine), which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God...