A Dissertation on the Principles of Human Eloquence: With Particular Regard to the Style and Composition of the New Testament. In which the Observations on this Subject by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester, in His Discourse on the Doctrine of Grace are Distinctly Considered. Being the Substance of Several Lectures Read in the Oratory-school of Trinity-College, Dublin |
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... manner in which the truths of Chrif- tianity have been conveyed , can be defended against the cavils of infidelity , without any hardy oppofi- tion to the general sense of Mankind . A ( A DISSERTATION ΟΝ ΤΗΕ PRINCIPLES . OF ELOQUENCE ...
... manner in which the truths of Chrif- tianity have been conveyed , can be defended against the cavils of infidelity , without any hardy oppofi- tion to the general sense of Mankind . A ( A DISSERTATION ΟΝ ΤΗΕ PRINCIPLES . OF ELOQUENCE ...
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... manner are the fame in which fuch paffions are ever ex- preffed by all nations and languages in real life . And why do we admire the poet ? Because his observation hath been just , and his imitation not only lively but accurate . He ...
... manner are the fame in which fuch paffions are ever ex- preffed by all nations and languages in real life . And why do we admire the poet ? Because his observation hath been just , and his imitation not only lively but accurate . He ...
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... manner , Demofthenes pleads against his adversary in the famous cause relative to the CROwn . Πολλὰ τοίνυν , ὦ ἄνδρες Αθηναῖοι , καὶ ἄλλα κατηγορηκότα αὐτοῦ καὶ κατεψευσμένο , ἓν μάλιστ ̓ ἐθαύμασα ἀπανων · ὅτι τῶν συμβεβηκόντων τότε τῇ ...
... manner , Demofthenes pleads against his adversary in the famous cause relative to the CROwn . Πολλὰ τοίνυν , ὦ ἄνδρες Αθηναῖοι , καὶ ἄλλα κατηγορηκότα αὐτοῦ καὶ κατεψευσμένο , ἓν μάλιστ ̓ ἐθαύμασα ἀπανων · ὅτι τῶν συμβεβηκόντων τότε τῇ ...
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... manner . * " " Yes , my fellow foldiers ! You have restored these our " unoffending , our miferable companions , to freedom and fecurity . But fay , who fhall reftore to my brother his dear " life ? Who shall give my brother back to ...
... manner . * " " Yes , my fellow foldiers ! You have restored these our " unoffending , our miferable companions , to freedom and fecurity . But fay , who fhall reftore to my brother his dear " life ? Who shall give my brother back to ...
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... manner of addrefs , as a perfuafive turn given to the elocution , to fupply the defect of an inward confcious perfuafion in the Speaker ? On the con- trary , even on the firft perufal of the narrative , I presume it will be deemed no ...
... manner of addrefs , as a perfuafive turn given to the elocution , to fupply the defect of an inward confcious perfuafion in the Speaker ? On the con- trary , even on the firft perufal of the narrative , I presume it will be deemed no ...
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Page 54 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 4 - Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here...
Page 4 - Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of myself, by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent : Tell me, how may I know him, how adore, From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know.
Page 98 - And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid.
Page 10 - Besides, the communicating of ideas marked by words is not the chief and only end of language, as is commonly supposed. There are other ends, as the raising of some passion, the exciting to or deterring from an action, the putting the mind in some particular disposition...
Page 104 - For the Word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Page 49 - Therefore let no man glory in men ; for all things are yours ; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things prefent, or things to come\ all are yours, and ye are CbriJPs, andChriftis God's.
Page 98 - behold,. I bring you good tidings of great joy, which fhall " be to all people. For to you is born this day, in the city of " David, a Saviour, which is Chrift the Lord.
Page 98 - And fuddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly hoft praifing God, and faying, Glory to God in the higheft, and on earth peace, good will towards men...
Page 28 - Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wreathed Smiles...