Orations: Trans. Into English; with Notes, Historical and Critical, and Arguments to Each, Volume 1T. Maiden, 1806 |
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Pagina vi
... one thing yield to De- mosthenes , who lived before him , and formed great part of the Roman's excellency for to me it appears , that Cicero , applying himself intirely to to the imitation of the Greeks , united in his vi PREFACE .
... one thing yield to De- mosthenes , who lived before him , and formed great part of the Roman's excellency for to me it appears , that Cicero , applying himself intirely to to the imitation of the Greeks , united in his vi PREFACE .
Pagina vii
... appear in him the easy flow of nature ; and his eloquence , though exquisitely and beautifully finished , ap- pears to be but the happy turn of genius . " It was therefore not without reason that , by his contemporaries , he was said to ...
... appear in him the easy flow of nature ; and his eloquence , though exquisitely and beautifully finished , ap- pears to be but the happy turn of genius . " It was therefore not without reason that , by his contemporaries , he was said to ...
Pagina viii
... appear from this ; that , though they have been often attempt- ed by some of the most learned men of a neigh- bouring nation , yet I will venture to say , that there is not a single page in all the translations that have been published ...
... appear from this ; that , though they have been often attempt- ed by some of the most learned men of a neigh- bouring nation , yet I will venture to say , that there is not a single page in all the translations that have been published ...
Pagina xi
... appears in most of our modern per- formances , when placed by their great originals . It is living manners alone that can communicate the spirit of an original ; to possess which , though it is not the only , yet it is an indispensable ...
... appears in most of our modern per- formances , when placed by their great originals . It is living manners alone that can communicate the spirit of an original ; to possess which , though it is not the only , yet it is an indispensable ...
Pagina xiv
... appear in any pleading . Nay , I may venture to say , that were Tully to plead in the English language , and in his own manner , in Westminster Hall , however his eloquence might be admired , his success would be but very indif- ferent ...
... appear in any pleading . Nay , I may venture to say , that were Tully to plead in the English language , and in his own manner , in Westminster Hall , however his eloquence might be admired , his success would be but very indif- ferent ...
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