The Principles of EloquenceHarper, 1843 - 308 pages |
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... Exordium Page 39 ib . 41 · 43 • 44 • 47 52 · 55 57 . 61 63 • 65 • • 70 · 77 · 86 94 103 . 108 • 114 XI . Of the Explication of the Subject XII . Of the Production of Ideas XIII . Of the Eloquence of the Bar XIV . Of Cicero . XV . Of ...
... Exordium Page 39 ib . 41 · 43 • 44 • 47 52 · 55 57 . 61 63 • 65 • • 70 · 77 · 86 94 103 . 108 • 114 XI . Of the Explication of the Subject XII . Of the Production of Ideas XIII . Of the Eloquence of the Bar XIV . Of Cicero . XV . Of ...
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... ble force the minds of their hearers . To gain clear ideas of eloquence , we must distinguish between two meanings of the term , which , though quite different , are often con- founded X INTRODUCTION . Of the Exordium.
... ble force the minds of their hearers . To gain clear ideas of eloquence , we must distinguish between two meanings of the term , which , though quite different , are often con- founded X INTRODUCTION . Of the Exordium.
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... exordium , adopts a method very favourable to the advancement of his proofs , which obliges him to be surpassing himself continually by fresh efforts , in proportion as he proceeds in the difficulties of his subject . Open his Orations ...
... exordium , adopts a method very favourable to the advancement of his proofs , which obliges him to be surpassing himself continually by fresh efforts , in proportion as he proceeds in the difficulties of his subject . Open his Orations ...
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... EXORDIUM . WIT pleases in an epigram or a song , but it nev- er produces great effects in a numerous assembly . True eloquence proscribes all those thoughts which are too refined or far - fetched to strike the people ; for , indeed ...
... EXORDIUM . WIT pleases in an epigram or a song , but it nev- er produces great effects in a numerous assembly . True eloquence proscribes all those thoughts which are too refined or far - fetched to strike the people ; for , indeed ...
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... exordium . Let us , therefore , in this part of the discourse , avoid " The first quality of an exordium is brevity . This , however , has a proper measure ; for as it ought not to be excessively long , so neither should it be too short ...
... exordium . Let us , therefore , in this part of the discourse , avoid " The first quality of an exordium is brevity . This , however , has a proper measure ; for as it ought not to be excessively long , so neither should it be too short ...
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