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... fact , that taking oratory in an ex- tensive view , as including all addresses to the passions , whether in the shape of letters , pamph- lets , or speeches , almost every period of litera- ture has produced more good orators than good ...
... fact , that taking oratory in an ex- tensive view , as including all addresses to the passions , whether in the shape of letters , pamph- lets , or speeches , almost every period of litera- ture has produced more good orators than good ...
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... facts ; and that , when the writer composes not under the influence of passion , or the ardour of con- troversy , which in narrative is seldom the case . I know not whether I shall express myself clearly or not ; but I feel that , in ...
... facts ; and that , when the writer composes not under the influence of passion , or the ardour of con- troversy , which in narrative is seldom the case . I know not whether I shall express myself clearly or not ; but I feel that , in ...
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... facts , you close the book and try to narrate then yourself , when the comparison will shew you your own de- fects , and enable you to avoid them on a fu- ture occasion . For the grave kind of narra- tion examine the style of Robertson ...
... facts , you close the book and try to narrate then yourself , when the comparison will shew you your own de- fects , and enable you to avoid them on a fu- ture occasion . For the grave kind of narra- tion examine the style of Robertson ...
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... facts and incidents . Again , in the delineation of any human cha racter , an historian will give some account of the personal qualities of the individual he de- cribes , as to stature , general appearance , and particularly as to the ...
... facts and incidents . Again , in the delineation of any human cha racter , an historian will give some account of the personal qualities of the individual he de- cribes , as to stature , general appearance , and particularly as to the ...
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... facts and dates , it is now an artificial composition ; a splendid emanation of genius , when well executed , as much as an oration or an epic poem , and scarcely perhaps a less laborious effort .. You will think I shall never have done ...
... facts and dates , it is now an artificial composition ; a splendid emanation of genius , when well executed , as much as an oration or an epic poem , and scarcely perhaps a less laborious effort .. You will think I shall never have done ...
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