Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory, Volume 1Russell & Russell, 1962 - Language Arts & Disciplines |
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John Quincy Adams. LECTURE XVIII . NARRATION . In the composition of a formal oratorical dis- course the narration is the part , which immediately succeds the exordium . The object of the intro- duction being , as in my last lecture I ...
John Quincy Adams. LECTURE XVIII . NARRATION . In the composition of a formal oratorical dis- course the narration is the part , which immediately succeds the exordium . The object of the intro- duction being , as in my last lecture I ...
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... narration is introduced , whether in regular form immediately after the ex- ordium , or at any subsequent stage of the dis- course ; whether in one connected train , or in fre- quent and occasional recurrences , there are cer- tain ...
... narration is introduced , whether in regular form immediately after the ex- ordium , or at any subsequent stage of the dis- course ; whether in one connected train , or in fre- quent and occasional recurrences , there are cer- tain ...
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... narration ; nor is it impossible in pre- scribing brevity to indicate some criterion , by which the looseness of this general precept may be circumscribed . What is the use of the narration ? It is to lay the foundation for the ...
... narration ; nor is it impossible in pre- scribing brevity to indicate some criterion , by which the looseness of this general precept may be circumscribed . What is the use of the narration ? It is to lay the foundation for the ...
Contents
General view of rhetoric and oratory | 33 |
Objections against eloquence considered | 53 |
Origin of oratory | 73 |
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