The New-York Review, Volume 9; Volumes 17-18Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell George Dearborn & Company, 1841 - American periodicals |
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... true and only models of popular eloquence - as its beau idéal not Greek , not Attic , not ancient , not local or transitory or peculiar , as Lord Brougham vainly imagines them to be , but made like the Apollo or the Parthenon for all ...
... true and only models of popular eloquence - as its beau idéal not Greek , not Attic , not ancient , not local or transitory or peculiar , as Lord Brougham vainly imagines them to be , but made like the Apollo or the Parthenon for all ...
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... true that the name of this Homer of orators , * and certain epi- thets which school - boys are taught to associate with it , are as familiar as household words . But it is also true , to an extent not to be conceived by any but scholars ...
... true that the name of this Homer of orators , * and certain epi- thets which school - boys are taught to associate with it , are as familiar as household words . But it is also true , to an extent not to be conceived by any but scholars ...
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... true that his eloquence , with all its unrivalled power and beauty , breathes in general a spirit of rudeness , ferocity and violence , ‡ * Orat . 31 . + Esch . Since writing the above , we remark that Dionysius says his only defect is ...
... true that his eloquence , with all its unrivalled power and beauty , breathes in general a spirit of rudeness , ferocity and violence , ‡ * Orat . 31 . + Esch . Since writing the above , we remark that Dionysius says his only defect is ...
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... true state of facts . The very attempts made to enforce the laws in their pristine severity show how frequently , how easily , and how glaringly they were violated with impunity.t So much for the matter of these admirable speeches . The ...
... true state of facts . The very attempts made to enforce the laws in their pristine severity show how frequently , how easily , and how glaringly they were violated with impunity.t So much for the matter of these admirable speeches . The ...
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... true in modern times , is inapplicable to antiquity , is preposterous . If Lord Brougham really thinks so , he is the first person of any note we have ever heard of , who would profit by that learned dis- sertation mentioned in Gil Blas ...
... true in modern times , is inapplicable to antiquity , is preposterous . If Lord Brougham really thinks so , he is the first person of any note we have ever heard of , who would profit by that learned dis- sertation mentioned in Gil Blas ...
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Page 536 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 19 - ... true eloquence I find to be none, but the serious and hearty love of truth, and that whose mind soever is fully possessed with a fervent desire to know good things, and with the dearest charity to infuse the knowledge of them into others, when such a man would speak, his words...
Page 327 - And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the HOLY GHOST was upon him.
Page 367 - To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man.
Page 219 - But, if an act be done under a law, a succeeding legislature cannot undo it. The past cannot be recalled by the most absolute power.
Page 322 - ... in times like these in which we live, it will not do to be overscrupulous. It is easy to sacrifice the substantial interests of society by a strict adherence to ordinary rules.
Page 409 - God, and one with another, to receive whatsoever light or truth shall be made known to us from his written Word ; but withal exhorted us to take heed what we received for truth, and well to examine and compare it and weigh it with other Scriptures of truth before we received it. For, saith he, it is not possible the Christian world should come so lately out of such thick antichristian darkness, and that full perfection of knowledge should break forth at once.
Page 374 - The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound!
Page 409 - God had not revealed his whole will to them ; and were they now living, saith he, they would be as ready and willing to embrace further light, as that they had received. Here also he...
Page 408 - Lord had appointed it or not; he charged us, before God and his blessed angels, to follow him no further than he followed Christ; and if God should reveal anything to us by any other Instrument of his, to be as ready to receive it, as ever we were to receive any truth by his Ministry. For he was very confident the Lord had more truth and light yet to break forth out of his holy Word.