Modern Eloquence, Volume 15Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh University Society, 1903 |
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Page 1748
... heart through the groundwork of a story which engages the passions ; is it that we are like iron , and must first be heated before we can be wrought upon ; or is the heart so in love with deceit that where a true report will not reach ...
... heart through the groundwork of a story which engages the passions ; is it that we are like iron , and must first be heated before we can be wrought upon ; or is the heart so in love with deceit that where a true report will not reach ...
Page 1750
... heart - the only source from which truth can flow in a passionate , persuasive torrent . Nothing can be juster than Quintilian's remark ( X. 7 , 15 ) : " Pectus est , quod disertos facit , et vis mentis : ideoque imperitis quoque , si ...
... heart - the only source from which truth can flow in a passionate , persuasive torrent . Nothing can be juster than Quintilian's remark ( X. 7 , 15 ) : " Pectus est , quod disertos facit , et vis mentis : ideoque imperitis quoque , si ...
Page 1764
... heart and soul in the greatness of this country , because we feel the thrill of hardy life in our veins , and are confident that to us is given the privilege of playing a leading part in the century that has just opened , that we hail ...
... heart and soul in the greatness of this country , because we feel the thrill of hardy life in our veins , and are confident that to us is given the privilege of playing a leading part in the century that has just opened , that we hail ...
Page 1771
... heart and conscience no less than of the mind . It is an admirable thing , a most necessary thing , to have a sound body . It is an even better thing to have a sound mind . But infinitely better than either is it to have that for the ...
... heart and conscience no less than of the mind . It is an admirable thing , a most necessary thing , to have a sound body . It is an even better thing to have a sound mind . But infinitely better than either is it to have that for the ...
Page 1775
... hearts of all fathers and mothers . Without such love there is nothing but black despair for the family ; but the love must respect both itself and the one beloved . It is not true love to invite future disaster by weak indul- gence for ...
... hearts of all fathers and mothers . Without such love there is nothing but black despair for the family ; but the love must respect both itself and the one beloved . It is not true love to invite future disaster by weak indul- gence for ...
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