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Critical WORKS

OF

Monfieur RAPIN,

In Two Volumes.

VOL. II.

CONTAINING

I. His Reflections on Eloquence in General ; and particularly on that of the Bar and Pulpit.

II. His Reflections on Aristotle's Treatise of
Poefte; with a large Preface by Mr. Rymer.

III. His Reflections upon History.
IV. ---- Upon Philofophy in General.

V. ---- Upon Logick.

VI. ---- Upon Morality.
VII. ----Upon Physicks.
VIII. ---- Upon Metaphyficks.

IX. ---- Upon the Use of Philofophy in Religion.

Newly Tranflated into ENGLISH, by BASIL KENNET, D. D. late President of Corpus Chrifti College, Oxon; and Others

The Second Edition Coreaed.

LONDON: Printed for R. Bonwicke and Richard Wilkin in St. Paul's Church-yard; F. Walthoe and Tho. Ward in the Temple; T. Goodwin, M. Wotton and B. Tooke in Fleet-street; F. Nicholson in Little-Britain; and S. Manship and R. Smith near the Royal Exchange. 1716.

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a Decorum.

XVI. Eloquence spoilt by too much Ornament.
XVII. True Eloquence always natural.
XVIII. The Neceffity of Studying the Language.
XIX. The Eloquence of the Imagination, but a

vain Flow of Words

XX. Of the Ordonnance of a Discourse.

XXI. True Eloquence rather strikes the Heart than

the Head.

XXII. The Affectation of Speaking finely, very often
no more than a Shew of Eloquence.

XXIII The Eloquence of Things, (which alone
is true Eloquence,) consists in the Turn that is

given them.

XXIV. Eloquence becomes admirable, only by the

Pourtraits of the Manners and Paffions.

XXV. Virtue and Modesty, the Character of a
publick Speaker.

XXVI. Evil Education of Youth, the great
Cause, why so few Orators fucceed.

XXVII. No perfect Eloquence without the Afsistance

of Art.

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