The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches in the English Language; Arranged Under Three Distinct Heads of Popular, Parliamentary, and Judicial Oratory: with Historical Illustrations: to which is Prefixed, an Introduction to the Study and Practice of Eloquence, Volum 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 |
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Side 16
... the transcendent powers of a PITT , who , though more indebted to Nature than any other orator that ever existed , was not under less obligation to good good fortune in having appeared on the great theatre of 16 INTRODUCTION .
... the transcendent powers of a PITT , who , though more indebted to Nature than any other orator that ever existed , was not under less obligation to good good fortune in having appeared on the great theatre of 16 INTRODUCTION .
Side 19
... less brilliant than solid : few of his cotemporaries equalled him in vigour of un- derstanding or in extent of knowledge ; and when he spoke in public , he always commanded attention , not by the splendor of his eloquence , but the ...
... less brilliant than solid : few of his cotemporaries equalled him in vigour of un- derstanding or in extent of knowledge ; and when he spoke in public , he always commanded attention , not by the splendor of his eloquence , but the ...
Side 25
... less entitled to indulgence in proportion to the little care with which it might have been avoided , I took occasion , at the same time , to suggest to my friend another very prevalent mistake , that the study of Latin Grammar would ...
... less entitled to indulgence in proportion to the little care with which it might have been avoided , I took occasion , at the same time , to suggest to my friend another very prevalent mistake , that the study of Latin Grammar would ...
Side 30
... less till they become masters of it . Shew them the irre- sistible powers of persuasive language and of a graceful address , in obtaining any favor from their teachers or their friends ; and you will find them ready to crowd about you ...
... less till they become masters of it . Shew them the irre- sistible powers of persuasive language and of a graceful address , in obtaining any favor from their teachers or their friends ; and you will find them ready to crowd about you ...
Side 45
... spirit of revenge , his insatiate rapacity and bound- less ambition ? And will not the demonstrative be thus introduced into the deliberative ? Even in those speeches which are of the judicial kind , do not the which OF RHETORIC . 45.
... spirit of revenge , his insatiate rapacity and bound- less ambition ? And will not the demonstrative be thus introduced into the deliberative ? Even in those speeches which are of the judicial kind , do not the which OF RHETORIC . 45.
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Side 504 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Side 56 - Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand ? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight ? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain ? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As this which now I draw.
Side 50 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Side 113 - But his unbiased opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure; no, nor from the law and the Constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable. Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Side 47 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Side 76 - Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus ; but use all gently ; for in the very torrent, tempest, and, as I may say, whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.
Side 136 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Side 136 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Side 76 - ... twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of the which one must, in your allowance, o'erweigh a whole theatre of others.
Side 17 - The secretary stood alone. Modern degeneracy had not reached him. Original and unaccommodating, the features of his character had the hardihood of antiquity. His august mind overawed majesty, and one of his sovereigns thought royalty so impaired in his presence that he conspired to remove him, in order to be relieved from his superiority.