Lectures on Mental and Moral CultureA. S. Barnes & Burr, 1860 - 319 páginas |
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... eloquent and intrepid advocate of royalty ; Lalande , the venerable astronomer ; Marmontel and Lagrange , illus . trious mathematicians , and others whose fame was circulating through Europe . In one corner stood the celebrated Alfieri ...
... eloquent and intrepid advocate of royalty ; Lalande , the venerable astronomer ; Marmontel and Lagrange , illus . trious mathematicians , and others whose fame was circulating through Europe . In one corner stood the celebrated Alfieri ...
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... bayonets . There were no " white - winged " tents ; no amphitheater as at ancient Rome , where the wretched captive chiefs were bru- Preaching of Whitefield . Effect of his eloquence . tally I THE POWER OF SPOKEN THOUGHT,
... bayonets . There were no " white - winged " tents ; no amphitheater as at ancient Rome , where the wretched captive chiefs were bru- Preaching of Whitefield . Effect of his eloquence . tally I THE POWER OF SPOKEN THOUGHT,
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... eloquence . It is not alone the tender - hearted girl that weeps , but the stout heart shares unre- strained the feeling which moves prince and peasant alike . That emotion that comes unbidden , that sus- ceptibility which nature has ...
... eloquence . It is not alone the tender - hearted girl that weeps , but the stout heart shares unre- strained the feeling which moves prince and peasant alike . That emotion that comes unbidden , that sus- ceptibility which nature has ...
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... eloquence , and of its despotic power over every class of mind and character , such as was displayed by this wonderful man . It illustrates the influence which spoken thought is capable of effecting . In general , it is far superior to ...
... eloquence , and of its despotic power over every class of mind and character , such as was displayed by this wonderful man . It illustrates the influence which spoken thought is capable of effecting . In general , it is far superior to ...
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... own power to resist or to yield to persuasion . But the sublime , endued with strength irresistible , strikes down and triumphs over every hearer . The sublime Eloquence defined . Dr. Campbell . Of a critic . SPOKEN THOUGHT . 87.
... own power to resist or to yield to persuasion . But the sublime , endued with strength irresistible , strikes down and triumphs over every hearer . The sublime Eloquence defined . Dr. Campbell . Of a critic . SPOKEN THOUGHT . 87.
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Página 318 - Where low.browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No; men, high.minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain...
Página 278 - Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you " ? This was the doctrine of Lao-tsze.
Página 150 - I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man That love my friend, and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him. For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech To stir men's blood.
Página 279 - For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 109 - Sir, you may destroy this little institution ; it is weak; it is in your hands ! I know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may put it out. But, if you do so, you must carry through your work! You must extinguish, one after another, all those greater lights of science which, for more than a century, have thrown their radiance over our land!
Página 273 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. The village all declared how much he knew: 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher, too; Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran — that he could gauge.
Página 111 - Sir, I know not how others may feel (glancing at the opponents of the college before him), but for myself, when I see my alma mater surrounded like Caesar in the Senate House, by those who are reiterating stab upon stab, I would not for this right hand, have her turn to me, and say, et tu quoque, mi fill ! and thou, too, my son ! — He sat down.
Página 144 - I perceive now it is what you told me. I am not afraid of anything; for I know it is but a play. And if it was really a ghost, it could do one no harm at such a distance, and in so much company; and yet if I was frightened, I am not the only person.
Página 145 - ... any man, that is, any good man, that had such a mother, would have done exactly the same. I know you are only joking with me; but indeed, madam, though I...
Página 110 - ... suffused with tears ; Mr. Justice Washington at his side, with his small and emaciated frame, and countenance more like marble than I ever saw on any other human being — leaning forward with an eager, troubled look ; and the remainder of the court, at the two extremities, pressing, as it were, towards a single point, while the audience below were wrapping themselves round in closer folds beneath the bench to catch. each look, and every movement of the speaker's face.