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... considerably cultivated in the time of Homer . No man can avoid this conclusion , if he reads the Iliad , remembering that it was a copy of real life and manners , when it was written . If eloquence was unknown at that peri- od , why ...
... considerably cultivated in the time of Homer . No man can avoid this conclusion , if he reads the Iliad , remembering that it was a copy of real life and manners , when it was written . If eloquence was unknown at that peri- od , why ...
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... considerable degree , involves the property or reputation of an individual , we expect will awaken all the energy of the senator or pleader . Is he then , who is to treat the most elevated and awful subjects , which the universe can ...
... considerable degree , involves the property or reputation of an individual , we expect will awaken all the energy of the senator or pleader . Is he then , who is to treat the most elevated and awful subjects , which the universe can ...
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... poet that the world has produced , lived in nearly the same latitude with ourselves ; and the third , considerably farther north . If the comparison were extended to distinguished poets 7 OBSTACLES TO THE CULTIVATION OF ELOQUENCE . 49.
... poet that the world has produced , lived in nearly the same latitude with ourselves ; and the third , considerably farther north . If the comparison were extended to distinguished poets 7 OBSTACLES TO THE CULTIVATION OF ELOQUENCE . 49.
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... considerable extent , either he will not be heard at all , and so his discourse will be absolutely lost , or what is more common , he will be heard par- tially and with difficulty . Now laborious listening excites impatience in a hearer ...
... considerable extent , either he will not be heard at all , and so his discourse will be absolutely lost , or what is more common , he will be heard par- tially and with difficulty . Now laborious listening excites impatience in a hearer ...
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... considerable attainments , and had taken some pains with himself for his natural defect , with- out success ; yet the moment an interesting poem was opened , his defect completely vanished , from his being led captive by the force of ...
... considerable attainments , and had taken some pains with himself for his natural defect , with- out success ; yet the moment an interesting poem was opened , his defect completely vanished , from his being led captive by the force of ...
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Side 174 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.
Side 161 - Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou ? whom seekest thou ? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni ; which is to sa.y. Master.
Side 169 - And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
Side 173 - The addition of his empire, how it show'd In prospect from his throne, how good, how fair, Answering his great idea. Up he rode, Follow'd with acclamation, and the sound Symphonious of ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic harmonies: the earth, the air Resounded, (thou remember'st, for thou heard'st,) The heavens and all the constellations rung, The planets in their station listening stood, While the bright pomp ascended jubilant. Open, ye everlasting gates!
Side 174 - Sing, O heavens ; and be joyful, O earth ; and break forth into singing, O mountains : for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Side 157 - Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Side 174 - For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Side 174 - WHEN Israel went out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language ; Judah was his sanctuary, And Israel his dominion.
Side 160 - ... others slowly and servilely creeping in his train, while the poet himself is all the time proceeding with an unaffected and equal majesty before them. However, of the two extremes one...
Side 117 - The great pest of speech is frequency of translation. No book was ever turned from one language into another, without imparting something of its native idiom...