The Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces : Together with Rules : Calculated to Improve Youth and Others in the Ornamental and Useful Art of Eloquence |
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... eye as the former does by the ear , gesture in the nature of it seems to have this advan- tage , that it conveys the impression more speedily to the mind ; for the sight is the quickest of all our senses . Nor is its influence less upon ...
... eye as the former does by the ear , gesture in the nature of it seems to have this advan- tage , that it conveys the impression more speedily to the mind ; for the sight is the quickest of all our senses . Nor is its influence less upon ...
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... eyes , by so many different actions ; which cannot possibly be represented by any gestures of the body , if the eyes are kept in a fixed posture . " Com mon experience does in a great measure confirm the truth of this observation . We ...
... eyes , by so many different actions ; which cannot possibly be represented by any gestures of the body , if the eyes are kept in a fixed posture . " Com mon experience does in a great measure confirm the truth of this observation . We ...
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... eyes denotes levity and wanton- ness . A gentle and moderate motion of the eyes is , therefore , in common , most suitable ; always directed to some of the audience , and gradually turning from side to side with an air of respect and ...
... eyes denotes levity and wanton- ness . A gentle and moderate motion of the eyes is , therefore , in common , most suitable ; always directed to some of the audience , and gradually turning from side to side with an air of respect and ...
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... eyes , and action of his hands , as may best help the imagination of his hearers . Where he introduces another person speak- ing , or addresses an absent person , it should be with some degree of imitation . And in dialogue , the voice ...
... eyes , and action of his hands , as may best help the imagination of his hearers . Where he introduces another person speak- ing , or addresses an absent person , it should be with some degree of imitation . And in dialogue , the voice ...
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... eyes and hands . On the contrary , contempt sinks and protracts the voice . All exclamations , should be violent . When we ad- dress inanimate things , the voice should be higher than when animated beings ; and appeals to Heaven must be ...
... eyes and hands . On the contrary , contempt sinks and protracts the voice . All exclamations , should be violent . When we ad- dress inanimate things , the voice should be higher than when animated beings ; and appeals to Heaven must be ...
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Popular passages
Page 149 - Profoundly penetrated with this idea, I shall carry it with me to my grave as a strong incitement to unceasing vows that Heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence; that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual; that the free Constitution which is the work of your hands may be sacredly maintained...
Page 265 - ... mercenary aid on which you rely. For it irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your enemies, to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting them and their 'possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty. If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never ! Your own army is infected with the contagion of these illiberal allies.
Page 184 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Page 150 - I shall also carry with me the hope, that my Country will never cease to view them with indulgence; and that, after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.
Page 149 - ... the happiness of the people of these States, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete by so careful a preservation and so prudent a use of this blessing as will acquire to them the glory of recommending it to the applause, the affection, and adoption of every nation which is yet a stranger to it.
Page 149 - If benefits have resulted to our country from these services, let it always be remembered to your praise, and as an instructive example in our annals, that under circumstances in which the passions, agitated in every direction, were liable to mislead, amidst appearances sometimes dubious, vicissitudes of fortune often discouraging...
Page 147 - THE period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States, being not far distant ; and the time actually arrived, when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person, who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now...
Page 35 - I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to tha present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being, who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect...
Page 35 - I dare hope is that if, in executing this task, I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens, and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me, my error will be palliated by the motives which mislead me, and its consequences be judged by my country with some share of the partiality in which they originated.
Page 267 - Rome fall a moment ere her time? No, let us draw her term of freedom out In its full length, and spin it to the last, So shall we gain still one day's liberty; And let me perish, but in Cato's judgment, A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.