...always some end proposed, or some effect which the speaker intends to produce in the hearer. The word eloquence in its greatest latitude denotes, " That art or talent by which the dis" course is adapted to its end *." * " Dicere secundum virtutem orationis. Scientia bene dicendi."...

...belonged to me. To come therefore to the point in hand; it was observed in a former lecture that the word eloquence, in its greatest latitude, denotes that art or talent by which the discourse is adapted to its end. Now all the legitimate ends of speaking, whatever be the subject,...

...to me. To come, therefore, to the point in hand : it was observed in a former lecture that the word eloquence, in its greatest latitude, denotes that art or talent by which the discourse is adapted to its end. | Now all the legitimate ends of speaking, whatever I be the subject,...

...that expressed by Dr. Campbell in the first sentence of his PHILOSOPHY OF RHETORIC : " Eloquence is that art or talent by which " a discourse is adapted to its end." The same sentiment is intimated by Quintilian, when he says, " Quo " quisque plus efficit dicendo,...

...possesses the fullest and best arranged mind in general, will be most able to give due effect to " that art or talent by which a discourse is adapted to its end." When Horace observed that " Cui Iccta, &c. Nee facundia, &c." he did not mean that a mere exclusive...

...orationis." Dr Campbell, again, with similar vagueness, tells us, in his text,* that the word eloquence denotes " that art or talent by which a discourse is adapted to its end;" while, in the note, he candidly informs us, that the term, in common conversation, is seldom used in...

...but I know not the moaning thereof." If Campbell's definition of eloquence be just, that it is the " \ D |rqm^ ?{ݳ ŘM ̢$ M钺 <oc v6=9I . 3 FX there can be no sacred eloquence which does not more than amuse, more than interest, more than astonish,...

...but I know not the meaning thereof." If Campbell's definition of eloquence be just, that it is the " art or talent by which a discourse is adapted to its end," there can be no sacred eloquence which does not more than amuse, more than interest, more than astonish,...

...acquaintance with models. PART I. " THE word Eloquence," says Campbell, adopting the ancient definitions, " in its greatest latitude, denotes ' that art or talent by which a discourse is adapted to its end.' All the ends of speaking are reducible to four ; every speech being intended to enlighten the understanding,...

...to composition, that ought to be followed in each. It was observed in a former lecture that the word eloquence, in its greatest latitude, denotes that art or talent by which the discourse is adapted to its end. Now all the legitimate ends of speaking, whatever be the subject,...