 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
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers (Secondary) - 1866 - 568 pages
...Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ, like a God !" I despair of giving you any idea of tho effect produced by this short sentence, unless you...You are to bring before you the venerable figure of tho preacher ; .his blindness, constantly recalling to your recollection old "Homer, °0ssian, and... | |
 | Horace A. Cleveland - Literature - 1869 - 610 pages
...was aquotation 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 thisshort sentence, unless you could perfectly conceive the whole manner of the man, as well as the... | |
 | Erastus Otis Haven - English language - 1869 - 422 pages
...a quotation from Rousseau : ' Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ — like a God !' Never before did I completely understand what Demosthenes meant by laying such a stress on delivery." 29. Rough and Smooth Sounds. — Some writers on Rhetoric have recommended a... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1870 - 382 pages
...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. 10. You are to bring before you the venerable figure of the preacher; you are to imagine. that you... | |
 | 1870
...quotation from Rousseau: "Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God!" I despair giving you any idea of the effect produced by this short sentence, unless you could conceive the whole manner of the man, as well as the peculiar crisis in the discourse. Never before... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Indiana - 1872 - 382 pages
...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. 10. You are to bring before you the venerable figure of the preacher; you are to imagine that you hear... | |
 | Henry Llewellyn Williams - Recitations - 1872 - 218 pages
...quotation from Rousseau. " Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God/' I despair ot giving you any idea of the effect produced by this...unless you could perfectly conceive the whole manner ot the man, as well as the peculiar crisis in the discourse. Never before did I completely understand... | |
 | American literature - 1875 - 558 pages
...was a quotation from Rousseau : " Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ like a God Г I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced...completely understand what Demosthenes meant by laying stress on delivery. You are to bring before you the venerable figure of the preacher; his blindness... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1878 - 874 pages
...was a quotation from Rousseau : "Socrates died like a philosopher; but Jesus Christ, like a God 1" I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced...bring before you the venerable figure of the preacher, hia blindness constantly recalling to your recollection old Homer, Ossian, and Milton, and associating... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - Readers - 1878 - 444 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... | |
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