The Debater: a New Theory of the Art of Speaking: Being a Series of Complete Debates, Outlines of Debates, and Questions for Discussion with References to the Best Sources of InformationLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 - 294 pagina's |
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Pagina vii
... Genius an Innate Capacity ? 280 50. Is a Rude or a Refined Age the more favourable to the production of Works of Imagination ? - 280 51. Is the Shaksperian the Augustan Age of English Literature ? - - 52. Is there any Standard of Taste ...
... Genius an Innate Capacity ? 280 50. Is a Rude or a Refined Age the more favourable to the production of Works of Imagination ? - 280 51. Is the Shaksperian the Augustan Age of English Literature ? - - 52. Is there any Standard of Taste ...
Pagina 37
... genius will always do . Nothing can keep it down ; it is superior to all human obstacles , and will mount . It is for want of genius , therefore , not for want of education , that woman has remained behind in the mental race . I was ...
... genius will always do . Nothing can keep it down ; it is superior to all human obstacles , and will mount . It is for want of genius , therefore , not for want of education , that woman has remained behind in the mental race . I was ...
Pagina 38
... genius down , and as woman has not yet shown equality of mental power , I think we may justly conclude that she is not endowed with it . - THIRTEENTH SPEAKER.- Mr. Chairman , In spite of the learned and eloquent speeches of the ladies ...
... genius down , and as woman has not yet shown equality of mental power , I think we may justly conclude that she is not endowed with it . - THIRTEENTH SPEAKER.- Mr. Chairman , In spite of the learned and eloquent speeches of the ladies ...
Pagina 76
... genius and learning are by no means the instruments that the Gospel uses to propagate its principles . " Not many wise , not many learned , are called " to propound its doc- trines , and to unravel its mysteries ; but men of warm and ...
... genius and learning are by no means the instruments that the Gospel uses to propagate its principles . " Not many wise , not many learned , are called " to propound its doc- trines , and to unravel its mysteries ; but men of warm and ...
Pagina 165
... genius has a tendency to concentration : Shakspere's to diffusion . Milton flies perpendicu- larly , Shakspere horizontally . The question be- comes , therefore - Which flight was the better , more useful , and more admirable of the two ...
... genius has a tendency to concentration : Shakspere's to diffusion . Milton flies perpendicu- larly , Shakspere horizontally . The question be- comes , therefore - Which flight was the better , more useful , and more admirable of the two ...
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Pagina 170 - For softness she and sweet attractive grace, He for God only, she for God in him: His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad...
Pagina 180 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Pagina 176 - Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Pagina 180 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antick sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
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Pagina 27 - SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE OF HIS SHIPWRECK, and consequent Discovery of certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea: with a detail of many extraordinary and highly interesting Events in his Life, from 1733 to 1749, as written in his own Diary. Edited by Miss JANE PORTER.
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Pagina 181 - Shall be unsaid for me : against the threats Of malice or of sorcery, or that power Which erring men call Chance, this I hold firm, Virtue may be assail'd, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthrall'd ; Yea even that which mischief meant most harm, Shall in the happy trial prove most glory...
Pagina 7 - Hints to Mothers, for the Management of their Health during the Period of Pregnancy and in the Lying-in Room: With an Exposure of Popular Errors in connexion with those subjects, &c.
Pagina 19 - Let him follow me! By Oppression's woes and pains! By your sons in servile chains! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free! •Lay the proud usurpers low ! Tyrants fall in every foe ! Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die...