Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Volume 2J. Cranwell, 1817 - Literature |
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Page 197
... favour of the Roman . For the pre- ference which he gives to Cicero , he assigns and lays stress on one reason of a pretty extraordi- nary nature , viz . that Demosthenes could not pos- sibly have so complete an insight as Cicero into ...
... favour of the Roman . For the pre- ference which he gives to Cicero , he assigns and lays stress on one reason of a pretty extraordi- nary nature , viz . that Demosthenes could not pos- sibly have so complete an insight as Cicero into ...
Page 204
... favour oratory ; and when we consider that of all the polite nations , it alone pos- sesses a popular government , or admits into the legislature such numerous assemblies as can be sup- posed to lie under the dominion of eloquence ...
... favour oratory ; and when we consider that of all the polite nations , it alone pos- sesses a popular government , or admits into the legislature such numerous assemblies as can be sup- posed to lie under the dominion of eloquence ...
Page 214
... favour of which we seek to determine the hearers . Now , in all attempts to persuade men , we must proceed upon this principle , that it is necessary to convince their understanding . Nothing can be more erro- 1 neous , than to imagine ...
... favour of which we seek to determine the hearers . Now , in all attempts to persuade men , we must proceed upon this principle , that it is necessary to convince their understanding . Nothing can be more erro- 1 neous , than to imagine ...
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... liberties of Greece . The Athenians began to be alarmed ; but their deliberations were slow , and their measures feeble ; several of their favourite orators having been gained by Philip's bribes to favour 230 LECT . XXVII . EXTRACTS FROM.
... liberties of Greece . The Athenians began to be alarmed ; but their deliberations were slow , and their measures feeble ; several of their favourite orators having been gained by Philip's bribes to favour 230 LECT . XXVII . EXTRACTS FROM.
Page 231
... favour his cause . In this critical con- juncture of affairs Demosthenes arose . In the fol- lowing manner he begins his first Philippic ; which , like the exordiums of all his orations , is simple and artless . * << 66 " HAD we been ...
... favour his cause . In this critical con- juncture of affairs Demosthenes arose . In the fol- lowing manner he begins his first Philippic ; which , like the exordiums of all his orations , is simple and artless . * << 66 " HAD we been ...
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