Orations: Trans. Into English; with Notes, Historical and Critical, and Arguments to Each, Volume 1T. Maiden, 1806 |
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Pagina ii
... expression may be just , the disposition artful , and the conclusion rational ; but still it must be void of the spirit and strength that characterize a De- mosthenes or a Cicero . One may easily conceive what a noble pride these great ...
... expression may be just , the disposition artful , and the conclusion rational ; but still it must be void of the spirit and strength that characterize a De- mosthenes or a Cicero . One may easily conceive what a noble pride these great ...
Pagina iii
... expression , which had be- come habitual , while his power and eloquence were honoured and supported by the highest dis- tinctions which his country could bestow . This is the true reason why we must despair of ever seeing an orator ...
... expression , which had be- come habitual , while his power and eloquence were honoured and supported by the highest dis- tinctions which his country could bestow . This is the true reason why we must despair of ever seeing an orator ...
Pagina vii
... expression of Pindar ) he does not fertilize his genius by col- lecting the waters that fall in rain from the clouds ; but , formed by the kind indulgence of Providence , he pours along in a resistless flood , that Eloquence may make an ...
... expression of Pindar ) he does not fertilize his genius by col- lecting the waters that fall in rain from the clouds ; but , formed by the kind indulgence of Providence , he pours along in a resistless flood , that Eloquence may make an ...
Pagina xvii
... expression , the round- ness of his periods , and , above all , the passion ' of his sentiments . I imagined that to succeed in these , was to conquer the main difficulty of translating Cicero : I therefore fixed upon some VOL . I. a of ...
... expression , the round- ness of his periods , and , above all , the passion ' of his sentiments . I imagined that to succeed in these , was to conquer the main difficulty of translating Cicero : I therefore fixed upon some VOL . I. a of ...
Pagina xix
... expression , to vindicate his sense from the dust , to snatch it from the trifling , and to clear it from the dawbing , of ' Commentators . I have endeavoured to profit from the labours of learned men , but to avoid their prejudices ...
... expression , to vindicate his sense from the dust , to snatch it from the trifling , and to clear it from the dawbing , of ' Commentators . I have endeavoured to profit from the labours of learned men , but to avoid their prejudices ...
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