Elements of RhetoricHarper & Brothers, 1877 - 327 pages |
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... opinion ( which I believe is also common ) that the power of eloquence is lost on those who them- selves possess it ; or at least that a critical knowledge of the art of Composition fortifies any one , in propor- tion to his proficiency ...
... opinion ( which I believe is also common ) that the power of eloquence is lost on those who them- selves possess it ; or at least that a critical knowledge of the art of Composition fortifies any one , in propor- tion to his proficiency ...
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... treatise , and in that on Logic ; and in which , opinions on various subjects are incidentally conveyed ; in all of which , it cannot be expected that every one of my readers will concur . And some may accordingly be PREFACE .
... treatise , and in that on Logic ; and in which , opinions on various subjects are incidentally conveyed ; in all of which , it cannot be expected that every one of my readers will concur . And some may accordingly be PREFACE .
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... opinion . If , in the course of either work , I have advocated any erroneous tenet , the obvious re medy is , to refute it . I am utterly unconscious of hav- ing in any instance resorted to the employment of fal- lacy , or substituted ...
... opinion . If , in the course of either work , I have advocated any erroneous tenet , the obvious re medy is , to refute it . I am utterly unconscious of hav- ing in any instance resorted to the employment of fal- lacy , or substituted ...
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... opinions . I have only to add my acknowledgments to those friends for whose kind and judicious suggestions 1 am so much indebted : and to assure them , that whatever may be the public reception of the work , I shall never cease to feel ...
... opinions . I have only to add my acknowledgments to those friends for whose kind and judicious suggestions 1 am so much indebted : and to assure them , that whatever may be the public reception of the work , I shall never cease to feel ...
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... opinions ; not , as excluding them from advocating by all fair arguments , the conclusions at which they have arrived ... opinion which suits his incli nation , or which is sanctioned by some authority tha he blindly venerates , and then ...
... opinions ; not , as excluding them from advocating by all fair arguments , the conclusions at which they have arrived ... opinion which suits his incli nation , or which is sanctioned by some authority tha he blindly venerates , and then ...
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Page 323 - And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
Page 342 - Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness ; and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy.
Page 90 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Page 129 - IF you should see a flock of pigeons in a field of corn ; and if (instead of each picking where and what it liked, taking just as much as it wanted, and no more) you should see ninety-nine of them gathering all they got, into a heap ; reserving nothing for themselves, but the chaff and the refuse ; keeping this heap for one, and that the weakest, perhaps worst...
Page 342 - God; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul.
Page 217 - ... we have consecrated the state, that no man should approach to look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion; that he should approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe, and trembling solicitude.
Page 228 - We came to our journey's end, at last, with no small difficulty, after much fatigue, through deep roads, and bad weather.
Page 99 - There goes many a ship to sea, with many hundred souls in one ship, whose weal and woe is common, and is a true picture of a commonwealth, or a human combination or society. It hath fallen out sometimes, that both papists and protestants, Jews and Turks, may be embarked in one ship; upon which supposal I affirm, that all the liberty of conscience, that ever I pleaded for, turns upon these two hinges— that none of the papists, protestants...
Page 217 - By this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that by their poisonous weeds, and wild incantations, they may regenerate the paternal constitution, and renovate their father's life.
Page 191 - Consider the lilies how they grow : they toil not, they spin not ; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.