The Most Eminent Orators and Statesmen of Ancient and Modern Times: Containing Sketches of Their Lives, Specimens of Their Eloquence, and an Estimate of Their GeniusCharles Scribner, 1857 - 518 страница |
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... glows in every breast - quivers on the lip - kindles in the eye . Finally , he calls up the images of the past . The earlier glories of Athens ; the spirit of their fathers , who preferred death to ignominy ; that renown , beyond the ...
... glows in every breast - quivers on the lip - kindles in the eye . Finally , he calls up the images of the past . The earlier glories of Athens ; the spirit of their fathers , who preferred death to ignominy ; that renown , beyond the ...
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... glowing spirit is poured into their sympathizing souls , success must crown his noble efforts , and the highest end of eloquence be attained . True eloquence is " logic set on fire . It is a great and fervent spirit , pouring itself ...
... glowing spirit is poured into their sympathizing souls , success must crown his noble efforts , and the highest end of eloquence be attained . True eloquence is " logic set on fire . It is a great and fervent spirit , pouring itself ...
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... his enunciation , the gracefulness and vehemence of his action , the glowing expression of his countenance , the fire of his eye , the thunder of his voice , - all combined to render him the first of orators , DEMOSTHENES . 31.
... his enunciation , the gracefulness and vehemence of his action , the glowing expression of his countenance , the fire of his eye , the thunder of his voice , - all combined to render him the first of orators , DEMOSTHENES . 31.
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... glowing , in proportion as Verres grows more daring in his guilt . The sacred character borne over all the world by a Roman citizen , must be fully remembered , in order to read with due feeling the description of the punishment of ...
... glowing , in proportion as Verres grows more daring in his guilt . The sacred character borne over all the world by a Roman citizen , must be fully remembered , in order to read with due feeling the description of the punishment of ...
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... glowing verbal description can but imperfectly paint the charms of Ciceronian eloquence . Its greatest force lay in the living voice- the vehement gesture the ani- mated and expressive countenance - the beaming eye- the impassioned flow ...
... glowing verbal description can but imperfectly paint the charms of Ciceronian eloquence . Its greatest force lay in the living voice- the vehement gesture the ani- mated and expressive countenance - the beaming eye- the impassioned flow ...
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Страница 153 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles, and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in — glittering like the morning star, full of life and splendor and joy.
Страница 154 - I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.
Страница 320 - Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third " "Treason ! " cried the speaker, John Robinson, and " Treason 1 treason ! " re-echoed from every part of the house.
Страница 470 - Liberty first and Union afterwards'; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable...
Страница 153 - ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.
Страница 467 - ... arm with whatever of vigor it may still retain, over the friends who gather round it ; and it will fall at last, if fall it must, amidst the proudest monuments of its own glory, and on the very spot of its origin.
Страница 510 - Ye stars are but the shining dust Of my divine abode, The pavement of those heavenly courts Where I shall reign with God.
Страница 157 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Страница 137 - Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them, than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude, and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil.
Страница 120 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!