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The Principles of Eloquence

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Jean Siffrein Maury

Harper, 1843 - 308 pages

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Of Plans drawn from the Text	vii

Of the Progression of the Plan	viii

Of the Injury Wit does to Eloquence	ix

Of the Exordium	x

Page	xxviii

Of Variety of Style	xxxv

Of Perspicuity	xxxvi

Of Striking Passages	xxxvii

Of Saurin Page	109

Of the Choice of Subjects	114

Of Panegyrics	117

Of Vincent de Paul	124

Of describing Characters XXIII Of Compliments	129

Of an Ardent Style	140

Of Epithets	146

Of the Necessity of an Orators refining his Style	148

ib	41

Of Bourdaloue XLIV Of Massillon	53

108	63

Of the Production of Ideas	65

Of the Eloquence of the	70

Of Cicero	77

Of Demosthenes	86

Of Bossuet	94

Of Interrogation XVIII Of the Eloquence of Bridaine	103

Of a proper Selection of Words XXIX Of Metaphors XXX Of Technical Expressions XXXI Of Dignity of Style XXXII Of Transitions XXXIII Of a C...	151

Richardson Boling broke Fox Boyles Lecture Clarke XLVII Of Tillotson	230

Of Barrow Young Maddox c State of Pulpit eloquence among the English	239

Of M Thomas and the Revolution he effected in the Style of Rhetorical Composition	245

Of the Use of the Holy Scriptures LI Of the Fathers of the Church LII Of Quotations from Profane Authors	248

Of Pathos	264

Of the Pathos of Fenelon	266

Bourdaloue Fla vian Las Casas Cheminais Ken Grosve nor Sterne	268

Of Motives to excite the Emulation of Chris tian Orators	292

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Title	The Principles of Eloquence Volume 184 of Family library Issue 184 of Harper's family library Volume 183 of School district library
Author	Jean Siffrein Maury
Editor	A. Potter
Contributor	A. Potter
Publisher	Harper, 1843
Original from	The Ohio State University
Digitized	1 Oct 2014
Length	308 pages

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