The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 63
... Demosthenes has begun to satisfy . The Welsh Triads say , " Many are the friends of the golden tongue . " Who can wonder at the attractiveness of Parliament , or of Congress , or the bar , for our ambitious young men , when the highest ...
... Demosthenes has begun to satisfy . The Welsh Triads say , " Many are the friends of the golden tongue . " Who can wonder at the attractiveness of Parliament , or of Congress , or the bar , for our ambitious young men , when the highest ...
Page 69
... Demosthenes , the most laborious student in that kind , signified his sense of this necessity when he wrote , " Good Fortune , " as his motto on his shield . As we know , the power of discourse of certain individuals amounts to ...
... Demosthenes , the most laborious student in that kind , signified his sense of this necessity when he wrote , " Good Fortune , " as his motto on his shield . As we know , the power of discourse of certain individuals amounts to ...
Page 73
... Demosthenes , on hearing the report of one of his orations , " Had I been there , he would have persuaded me to take up arms against myself ; " and Warren Hastings said of Burke's speech on his impeachment , “ As I lis- tened to the ...
... Demosthenes , on hearing the report of one of his orations , " Had I been there , he would have persuaded me to take up arms against myself ; " and Warren Hastings said of Burke's speech on his impeachment , “ As I lis- tened to the ...
Page 85
... Demosthenes , of Æschines , of Demades the natural orator , of Fox , of Pitt , of Patrick Henry , of Adams , of Mirabeau , de- serve a special enumeration . We must not quite omit to name the principal pieces . The orator , as we have ...
... Demosthenes , of Æschines , of Demades the natural orator , of Fox , of Pitt , of Patrick Henry , of Adams , of Mirabeau , de- serve a special enumeration . We must not quite omit to name the principal pieces . The orator , as we have ...
Page 99
... Demosthenes's own time found running through all his orations , this namely , that " virtue secures its own success . ' " To stand on one's own feet " Heeren ' finds the key - note to the discourses of Demosthenes , as of Chatham ...
... Demosthenes's own time found running through all his orations , this namely , that " virtue secures its own success . ' " To stand on one's own feet " Heeren ' finds the key - note to the discourses of Demosthenes , as of Chatham ...
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