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... oratory of the pulpit , the bar , and the popular assembly . They do not aim at a work purely original ; for this would have been to circumscribe their utility ; neither in point of style are they polished with the same degree of care ...
... oratory of the pulpit , the bar , and the popular assembly . They do not aim at a work purely original ; for this would have been to circumscribe their utility ; neither in point of style are they polished with the same degree of care ...
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... orator ; " that the orator ought to be an accom- plished scholar , and conversant in every part of learning . It is indeed impossible to contrive an • * The author was the first who read lectures on this subject in the University of ...
... orator ; " that the orator ought to be an accom- plished scholar , and conversant in every part of learning . It is indeed impossible to contrive an • * The author was the first who read lectures on this subject in the University of ...
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... oratory , and debased it below its true standard . The graces of compo- sition have been employed to disguise or to supply the want of matter ; and the temporary applause of the ignorant has been courted , instead of the lasting ...
... oratory , and debased it below its true standard . The graces of compo- sition have been employed to disguise or to supply the want of matter ; and the temporary applause of the ignorant has been courted , instead of the lasting ...
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... orator . Supposing natural genius to be favourable , more , by a great deal , will depend upon private applica- tion and study , than upon any system of instruc- tion that is capable of being publicly communicat- ed . But at the same ...
... orator . Supposing natural genius to be favourable , more , by a great deal , will depend upon private applica- tion and study , than upon any system of instruc- tion that is capable of being publicly communicat- ed . But at the same ...
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... orator . IT is proper also to observe , that genius is a word which , in common acceptation , extends much farther than to the objects of taste . It is used to signify that talent or aptitude which we re- ceive from nature , for ...
... orator . IT is proper also to observe , that genius is a word which , in common acceptation , extends much farther than to the objects of taste . It is used to signify that talent or aptitude which we re- ceive from nature , for ...
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