The Life of Edmund BurkeG. Cawthorn; sold by Richardson, 1798 - 592 páginas |
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... Cicero , in materials , disposi- tion , language , and objects of eloquence , 197 to 206 . Burke chosen for Bristol , 208. Effects of the mercantile profession , 209 . Characteristic talents of the principal members of the new ...
... Cicero , in materials , disposi- tion , language , and objects of eloquence , 197 to 206 . Burke chosen for Bristol , 208. Effects of the mercantile profession , 209 . Characteristic talents of the principal members of the new ...
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... Cicero and Virgil were the au- thors I was secretly devouring . " In the like manner , works of taste , genius , and philosophy attracted Burke more powerfully than usage , decision , and statute . Homer and Longinus occupied his mind ...
... Cicero and Virgil were the au- thors I was secretly devouring . " In the like manner , works of taste , genius , and philosophy attracted Burke more powerfully than usage , decision , and statute . Homer and Longinus occupied his mind ...
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... Cicero , that an orator ought to be ac- quainted with every great and important sub- ject of art and nature . Ac mea quidem sententia , nemo poterit esse omni laude cumulatus orator , nisi erit omnium rerum magnarum atque artium , scien ...
... Cicero , that an orator ought to be ac- quainted with every great and important sub- ject of art and nature . Ac mea quidem sententia , nemo poterit esse omni laude cumulatus orator , nisi erit omnium rerum magnarum atque artium , scien ...
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... Cicero . There is , no doubt , a general resemblance between two of the most learned men and greatest orators of the most learned and eloquent ages and countries . Both are men of extraordinary genius : both had acquired an uncommon ...
... Cicero . There is , no doubt , a general resemblance between two of the most learned men and greatest orators of the most learned and eloquent ages and countries . Both are men of extraordinary genius : both had acquired an uncommon ...
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... Cicero . There is much more of generaliza- tion in politics , as in all subjects . To compose eloquent orations , in the age of Cicero , required neither the same extent and multiplicity of knowledge , nor enlargement of views , as in ...
... Cicero . There is much more of generaliza- tion in politics , as in all subjects . To compose eloquent orations , in the age of Cicero , required neither the same extent and multiplicity of knowledge , nor enlargement of views , as in ...
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