The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... Cicero defines confirmation to be " that which gives proof , authority , and support to a cause by reason- ing " and this is effected by different modes , according to the nature of the subject , and the character who handles it : the ...
... Cicero defines confirmation to be " that which gives proof , authority , and support to a cause by reason- ing " and this is effected by different modes , according to the nature of the subject , and the character who handles it : the ...
Page 118
... Cicero . We also can justly boast of our Cicero , in the wise , the virtuous , the eloquent AMES , now , alas ! slumbering in the grave ! It would on this occasion , be an act of injustice to his memory , to my sub- ject , to your taste ...
... Cicero . We also can justly boast of our Cicero , in the wise , the virtuous , the eloquent AMES , now , alas ! slumbering in the grave ! It would on this occasion , be an act of injustice to his memory , to my sub- ject , to your taste ...
Page 167
... CICERO . ON fine days , about the noon tide hour , I generally sally out , and , to recreate my mind , wearied with morning study , I instant- ly plunge into the most populous parts of the city , and gaze most pleasurably and ...
... CICERO . ON fine days , about the noon tide hour , I generally sally out , and , to recreate my mind , wearied with morning study , I instant- ly plunge into the most populous parts of the city , and gaze most pleasurably and ...
Page 173
... Cicero or Cæsar , and that Buchanan was a more elę- gant poet than Virgil or Horace . In my rhetorical lectures , and whenever I have occasion to speak on this subject to those who pay any regard to my opinion , I always maintain a ...
... Cicero or Cæsar , and that Buchanan was a more elę- gant poet than Virgil or Horace . In my rhetorical lectures , and whenever I have occasion to speak on this subject to those who pay any regard to my opinion , I always maintain a ...
Page 186
... CICERO elegantly observes , Were man permitted to ascend into Heaven , where he might behold the sublime order of the world , and the glories of the firmament , that they would afford only wonder , unmingled with interest and barren of ...
... CICERO elegantly observes , Were man permitted to ascend into Heaven , where he might behold the sublime order of the world , and the glories of the firmament , that they would afford only wonder , unmingled with interest and barren of ...
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