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... causes and circumstances . Eloquence , it would seem , depends , in a great mea- sure , on the strength of the moral ... cause . No man becomes eloquent but by having his mind roused and agitated by some ennobling sentiment or passion ...
... causes and circumstances . Eloquence , it would seem , depends , in a great mea- sure , on the strength of the moral ... cause . No man becomes eloquent but by having his mind roused and agitated by some ennobling sentiment or passion ...
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... causes the phenomenon described . " A VOLCANO . " Upon proceeding up the cone of Vesuvius , the party found the crater at the summit , in a very active state , throwing out volleys of immense stones translucent with vitrification , and ...
... causes the phenomenon described . " A VOLCANO . " Upon proceeding up the cone of Vesuvius , the party found the crater at the summit , in a very active state , throwing out volleys of immense stones translucent with vitrification , and ...
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... cause , in form of battle stood , Whilst Catiline came on , not with the face Of any man , but of a public ruin : His countenance was a civil war itself ; And all his host had , standing in their looks , The paleness of the death that ...
... cause , in form of battle stood , Whilst Catiline came on , not with the face Of any man , but of a public ruin : His countenance was a civil war itself ; And all his host had , standing in their looks , The paleness of the death that ...
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... cause above our reason's reach ; If that clear flame deduce its heat from Heaven , " Tis , like its cause , eternal ; always one , As is th ' instiller of divinest love , Unchanged by time , immortal , maugre death . But , oh , ' tis ...
... cause above our reason's reach ; If that clear flame deduce its heat from Heaven , " Tis , like its cause , eternal ; always one , As is th ' instiller of divinest love , Unchanged by time , immortal , maugre death . But , oh , ' tis ...
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... causes , which the man of cultivated mind is accustomed to exert in his literary studies , would be equally useful and properly applied to the pur- suits of active life . In affirming , however , that litera- ture might be rendered ...
... causes , which the man of cultivated mind is accustomed to exert in his literary studies , would be equally useful and properly applied to the pur- suits of active life . In affirming , however , that litera- ture might be rendered ...
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ancient appear Bachelor beauty Benedict breath caboceer called cataract Catiline CHAP character church Demonax Devil Don Quixote Dr Johnson dreadful Duke of Burgundy earth EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE effect English equal eyes fall FAUST feel fire friends genius Gil Blas give gold Greek hand hath hear heard heart heaven holy honour human Hyder Ali imagination Ioannina Jaffa king less live look Lord magnificent manner MARGARET ment Mephistopheles merits mind morning nature never night o'er object observed Odoacer opinion ornaments palaces passages peculiar perhaps persons pleasure poet poetical poetry possess principles racter replied the Nymph respect Roman round scarcely scene sentiments Shirley Sibylline books side song Sotheby's soul spirit steam stood style sweet taste thee thing thou thought tion Tom Jones truth Warburton whole