 | William Melmoth - English letters - 1769 - 476 pages
...fornewhat to the difficulty of reconciling us to a ftudy of this kind ; as at firll glance it may feem to lead an orator from his grand and principal aim, and tempt him to mnk'ea facrifice of fenfe to found. It muft be acknowledged, hiO * deed, that in the times which fucceeded... | |
 | 1787 - 528 pages
...(broewhat to the difficulty of reconciling us to a ft utl y of this kind; as at firlf. »tance it may fe«m to lead an orator from his grand and principal aim, and tempt him to nr.ike a facrifice uf fenfe to fcund. It muft be acknowledged, in-1 «teed, that in the times which... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...fomevvhat to the difficulty of reconciling us to a lludy of this kind; as at firil glance it may feem to lead an orator from his grand and principal aim,...acknowledged, indeed, that in the times which fucceeded the dilfolution of the Roman republic, this art was fo perverted from its true end, as to become the fingle... | |
 | English literature - 1797 - 680 pages
...iomewhat to the difficulty of reconciling us to a fludy of this kind ; a¿ at lirft glance it may fecm to lead an orator from his grand and principal aim,...and tempt him to make a facrifice of fenfe to found. Jt mult be acknowledged, indeed, that in the times which fucccedcd tiie diffolution ot the Roman republic,... | |
 | David Irving - English language - 1803 - 266 pages
...toencreafe the difficulty of reconciling us to a ftudy of this kind ; as at firft glance it may feem to lead an orator from his grand and principal aim, and tempt him to make a facrifiee of fenfe to found. It muft be acknowledged, indeed, that in the times which fucceeded the... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - Clergy - 1804 - 160 pages
...somewhat to the difficulty of reconciling us to a study of this kind ; as at first glance it may seem to lead an orator from his grand and principal aim, and tempt him to make a sacrifice of sense to sound. It must be acknowledged, indeed, that in the times which succeeded the... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - Pastoral theology - 1808 - 142 pages
...fomewhat to the difficulty of reconciling us to a Andy of this kind ; as at lirll glance it may leem to lead an orator from his grand and principal aim,...was fo perverted from its true end as to become the finglc Itudy of their enervated orators. Pliny the younger often complains of this contemptible affectation... | |
 | William Melmoth - English letters - 1815 - 314 pages
...somewhat to the difficulty of reconciling us to a study of this kind ; as at first glance it may seem to lead an orator from his grand and principal aim, and tempt him to make a sacrifice of sense to sound. It must be acknowledged, ' indeed, that in the times which succeeded the... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 336 pages
...somewhat to the difficulty of reconciling us to a study of this kind ; as at first glance it may seem to lead an orator from his grand and principal aim, and tempt him to make a sacrifice of sense to sound. It must be acknowledged, indeed, that in the times which succeeded the... | |
 | David Irving - English language - 1821 - 336 pages
...increase the difficulty of reconciling us to a study of this kind ; as at first glance it may seem to lead an orator from his grand and principal aim, and tempt him to make a sacrifice of sense to sound. It must be acknowledged, indeed, that in the times which succeeded the... | |
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It muft be acknowledged, indeed, that in the times which fucceeded the diflblution of the Roman republic, this art was fo perverted from its true end as to become the fingle ftudy of their enervated orators. 
