 The first sentence with which he broke the awful silence was a quotation from Rousseau : — " Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ, like a God !" I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced by this short sentence, unless you...  The Letters of the British Spy - Page 83by William Wirt - 1805 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 372 pages
...was a quotation from Rousseau : <l Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God ! !" Never before did I completely understand what Demosthenes meant by laying such stress on delivery. The " Blind Preacher" is from the " British Spy," of which the late honorable and lamented William... | |
 | Salem Town - Elocution - 1847 - 420 pages
...was a quotation from Rousseau." " Socrates11 died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God ! " I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced...understand what Demosthenes" meant by laying such stress on delivery11. You are to bring before you the venerable figure of the preacher; his blindness, constantly... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1849 - 348 pages
...was a quotation from Rousseau : " Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ, like a God !" I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced...Demosthenes meant by laying such stress on delivery. 9. You are to bring before you the venerable figure of the preacher; his blindness, constantly recalling... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...was a quotation from Rousseau. * " Socratesb died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God ! " I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced...discourse. Never before did I completely understand what Demosthenes1 meant by laying such stress on delivery. 11. You are to bring before you the venerable... | |
 | Henry Howe - District of Columbis - 1852 - 614 pages
...silence, was a quotation from Rousseau, " Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God !" I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced...the whole manner of the man, as well as the peculiar crias in the discourse. Never before did I completely understand what Demosthenes meant by laying such... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 344 pages
...was a quotation from Kousseau : " Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ, like a God ! " I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced...Demosthenes meant by laying such stress on + delivery. 9. You are to bring before you the venerable figure of the preacher; his blindness, constantly recalling... | |
 | John Kitto - 1853 - 302 pages
...silence was a quotation from Rousseau : " Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God!" I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced...completely understand what Demosthenes meant by laying such a stress on delivery. You are to bring before you the venerable figure of the preacher ; his blindness... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 350 pages
...philosopher, but Jesus Christ, like a God !" I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced hy this short sentence, unless you could + perfectly...Demosthenes meant by laying such stress on * delivery. 9. You are to bring before you the venerable figure of th=> preacher; his blindness, constantly recalling... | |
 | American prose literature - 1855 - 506 pages
...was a quotation from Rousseau : " Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ, like a God !" I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced...crisis in the discourse. Never before did I completely underssand what Demosthenes meant by laying such stress on delivery. You are to bring before you the... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1856 - 420 pages
...was a quotation from Rousseau.* " Socratesb died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God ! " I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced...Demosthenes' meant by laying such stress on delivery. 11. You are to bring before you the venerable figure of ths preacher; his blindness, constantly recalling... | |
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