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DE LA BRUYERE The Characters or Manners of the Present Age. Ch. I. Eloquence may be found in Conversation and all kinds of Writings; 'tis rarely where we seek it, and sometimes where 'tis least expected.

i. DE LA BRUYERE -- The Characters or Manners of the Present Age. Ch I.

Profane Eloquence is transfer'd from the Bar, where it formerly reign'd, to the Pulpit, where it never ought to come. J.

DE LA BRUYERE-The Characters or Manners of the Present Age. Ch. XV. Were we as cloquent as angels, we should please some men, some women, and some children much more by listening than by talking. kc. Pour the full tide of eloquence along, Serenely pure, and yet divinely strong. 1. POPE-Imitation of Horace. Bk. II. Ep. II. Line 171.

C. C. COLTON-Lacon.

It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers.

r. SENECA- Of a Happy Life. Ch. XV. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she.

Be not her maid, since she is envious.
8. Romeo and Juliet. Act II. Sc. 2.

In seeking tales and informations
Against this man, (whose honesty the devil
And his disciples only envy at,)
Ye blew the fire that burns ye.
Henry VIII. Act V.

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The multitude is always in the wrong. WENTWORTH DILLON (Earl of Roscommon)-Essay on Translated Verse. Line 184.

Errors like straws upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive below.

2. DRYDEN-All for Love. Prologue. Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong. y. GAY-Beggar's Opera. Act II. Sc. 2. Knowledge being to be had only of visible and certain truth, error is not a fault of our knowledge, but a mistake of our judgment, giving assent to that which is not true. LOCKE-Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Bk. IV. Of Wrong, Assent or Error. Ch. XX.

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