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 III. His Reflections upon History. V. ---- Upon Logick. VI. ---- Upon Morality. 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. III. Nature and Genius, the chief Foundation of IV. Study may accomplish it, by adding a great IX. To study and follow One's own Genius, another X. Nothing more essential than the Pronunciation. XI. Logick by Perfecting our Discourse, gives Perfe- XII. An Orator must proportion his Discourse to a Decorum. XVI. Eloquence spoilt by too much Ornament. vain Flow of Words XX. Of the Ordonnance of a Discourse. XXI. True Eloquence rather strikes the Heart than XXII. The Affectation of Speaking finely, very often XXIII The Eloquence of Things, (which alone XXIV. Eloquence becomes admirable, only by the Pourtraits of the Manners and Paffions. XXV. Virtue and Modesty, the Character of a XXVI. Evil Education of Youth, the great Reflections upon the Eloquence of the II. The Study of the Law prejudicial to that of Elo- III. Forms of Practice, likewise prejudicial. IX. The good Opinion of the Orator's Modera- tion and Temper, a great Means of Persua- |