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A67264
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Some instructions concerning the art of oratory collected for the use of a friend a young student.
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Walker, Obadiah, 1616-1699.
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Wing W410; ESTC R17434
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auditor_n may_v notwithstanding_o find_v every_o one_o something_o with_o which_o he_o may_v be_v take_v or_o at_o least_o that_o the_o likeness_n of_o it_o may_v not_o cause_v a_o tediousness_n to_o they_o or_o in_o the_o speaker_n bewray_v affectation_n add_v to_o these_o that_o your_o invention_n may_v thus_o be_v more_o relieve_v and_o recreate_v as_o it_o be_v which_o still_o keep_v in_o the_o same_o track_n contract_v also_o a_o wearisomeness_n to_o itself_o and_o deliver_v thing_n still_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n be_v quick_o exhaust_v for_o the_o wit_n enlarge_v itself_o not_o so_o much_o by_o the_o forge_v perpetual_o new_a conception_n as_o by_o the_o several_a dress_n and_o disguise_n of_o the_o old_a put_v in_o a_o new_a figure_n that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v know_v for_o the_o same_o 2._o illation_n for_o your_o illation_n see_v sect._n 3._o num._n 1._o etc._n etc._n which_o a_o orator_n vary_v many_o way_n 1._o interrogation_n by_o make_v frequent_a interrogation_n which_o be_v the_o very_a life_n and_o spirit_n of_o a_o oration_n continual_o awaken_v and_o excite_v the_o drowsiness_n of_o the_o auditor_n or_o reader_n as_o if_o he_o be_v demand_v or_o else_o consulted-with_o for_o a_o answer_n and_o yet_o for_o the_o most_o part_n nothing_o be_v so_o much_o out_o of_o question_n as_o that_o which_o be_v make_v a_o question_n of_o an_fw-mi ego_fw-la verear_fw-la ne_fw-la i_o etc._n etc._n usual_a for_o transition_n bishop_n andrews_n by_o i_o king_n reign_v a_o cause_n of_o king_n reign_v then_o what_o be_v that_o cause_n per_fw-la me_fw-la and_o per_fw-la i_o be_v a_o person_n what_o person_n per_fw-la i_o regnant_a and_o that_o be_v not_o per_fw-la se_fw-la regnant_a a_o person_n and_o another_o person_n and_o who_o be_v that_o other_o person_n let_v i_o tell_v you_o this_o first_o it_o be_v but_o one_o person_n per_fw-la me_fw-la not_o per_fw-la nos_fw-la one_o person_n it_o be_v i_o ask_v then_o this_o one_o person_n who_o he_o be_v this_o we_o find_v by_o etc._n etc._n to_o be_v god_n by_o god_n than_o they_o reign_v i_o ask_v yet_o further_o by_o what_o person_n of_o the_o godhead_n the_o context_n etc._n etc._n warrant_v we_o that_o it_o be_v per_fw-la jesum_fw-la christum_fw-la dominum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la etc._n etc._n see_v sect._n 3._o num._n 8._o 2._o objection_n by_o make_v frequent_a objection_n dicet_fw-la aliquis_fw-la quaeret_fw-la quispiam_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la forte_fw-la miretur_fw-la at_o enim_fw-la te_fw-la in_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la meam_fw-la tradideras_fw-la at_o aliud_fw-la est_fw-la actio_fw-la bona_fw-la aliud_fw-la oratio_fw-la scio_fw-la nonnullis_fw-la ita_fw-la videri_fw-la sed_fw-la ego_fw-la etc._n etc._n 3._o person_n by_o frequent_a change_n in_o his_o speech_n of_o the_o person_n sometime_o speak_v of_o himself_o testor_fw-la mentem_fw-la meam_fw-la dum_fw-la haec_fw-la scribo_fw-la quantum_fw-la mihi_fw-la tamen_fw-la cernere_fw-la datur_fw-la simul_fw-la cogito_fw-la cum_fw-la sint_fw-la ista_fw-la etc._n etc._n etenim_fw-la memini_fw-la tunc_fw-la verissime_fw-la etc._n etc._n sometime_o to_o a_o second_o person_n te_fw-la miror_fw-la antoni_fw-la quorum_fw-la facta_fw-la imitere_fw-la eorum_fw-la exitus_fw-la non_fw-la perhorrescere_fw-la sometime_o of_o a_o three_o see_v it_o frequent_a in_o cic._n 2._o phil._n non_fw-la video_fw-la quid_fw-la in_fw-la me_fw-la despicere_fw-la possit_fw-la antonius_n sometime_o make_v a_o three_o to_o speak_v as_o in_o all_o prosopopoeia_n etc._n etc._n cic._n pro_fw-la milone_n me_fw-la quidem_fw-la judices_fw-la exanimant_fw-la et_fw-la interimunt_fw-la hae_fw-la voces_fw-la milonis_fw-la quas_fw-la audio_fw-la assiduè_fw-la valeant_fw-la inquit_fw-la valeant_fw-la cives_fw-la mei_fw-la sint_fw-la incolumes_fw-la etc._n etc._n 4._o dubitation_n often_o doubt_v and_o reason_v with_o himself_o often_o speak_v of_o his_o own_o qualification_n often_o declare_v his_o own_o affection_n or_o deliver_v for_o and_o as_o his_o own_o judgement_n or_o opinion_n what_o he_o know_v be_v every_o man_n else_o because_o he_o will_v not_o seem_v to_o impose_v upon_o his_o auditor_n neque_fw-la enim_fw-la ego_fw-la ut_fw-la multi_fw-la invideo_fw-la assirmo_n and_o licet_fw-la impunita_fw-la etc._n etc._n affirmo_fw-la audacter_fw-la atque_fw-la ut_fw-la spero_fw-la tutò_fw-la profiteor_fw-la adjiciam_fw-la quod_fw-la me_fw-la docuit_fw-la usus_fw-la magister_fw-la egregius_fw-la utique_fw-la breviter_fw-la quod_fw-la sentio_fw-la enuntiem_fw-la sed_fw-la ego_fw-la forsitan_fw-la fallor_fw-la persuasum_fw-la habeo_fw-la scio_fw-la nonnullis_fw-la ita_fw-la videri_fw-la sed_fw-la ego_fw-la etc._n etc._n 5._o admiration_n often_o fall_v into_o admiration_n or_o exclamation_n and_o always_o heightening_v his_o own_o passion_n first_o to_o excite_v other_o man_n 6._o consultation_n often_o direct_v his_o speech_n more_o particular_o to_o his_o hearer_n as_o consult_v and_o deliberate_v with_o their_o wisdom_n as_o appeal_n to_o their_o judgement_n aestimate_n quae_fw-la vita_fw-la etc._n etc._n quid_fw-la agam_fw-la judices_fw-la quò_fw-la conferam_fw-la me_fw-la etc._n etc._n 7._o praeoccupation_n or_o many_o time_n preoccupate_v it_o and_o take_v for_o grant_v that_o they_o be_v what_o he_o desire_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v while_o they_o also_o like_v it_o better_o by_o he_o to_o be_v suppose_v know_v than_o instruct_v as_o ignorant_a adnotasse_fw-la vos_fw-la credo_fw-la patres_fw-la quis_fw-la enim_fw-la nescit_fw-la judices_fw-la hanc_fw-la famae_fw-la esse_fw-la naturam_fw-la 8._o correction_n reflect_v upon_o correct_v and_o revoke_v as_o it_o be_v something_o say_v but_o to_o make_v some_o further_a advantage_n thereof_o as_o filium_fw-la unicum_fw-la adolescentulum_fw-la habeo_fw-la ah_o quid_fw-la dixi_fw-la habere_fw-la me_fw-la imò_fw-la habui_fw-la chreme_a nunc_fw-la habeam_fw-la necne_fw-la incertum_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n quas_fw-la ille_fw-la leges_fw-la si_fw-la modò_fw-la leges_fw-la and_o non_fw-la face_fw-la belli_fw-la and_o pest_n reipublicae_fw-la nominandae_fw-la sint_fw-la sed_fw-la nimis_fw-la urgeo_fw-la commoveri_fw-la videtur_fw-la adolescens_fw-la sed_fw-la finis_fw-la sit_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la prae_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la loqui_fw-la possum_fw-la and_o hic_fw-la milo_n se_fw-la lachrymis_fw-la defendi_fw-la vetat_fw-la see_v sect._n 6._o num._n 16._o 9_o concession_n often_o argue_v with_o his_o adversary_n and_o frequent_o concede_v to_o he_o something_o after_o he_o have_v already_o prove_v the_o contrary_a against_o he_o with_o a_o esto_fw-la grant_v it_o be_v so_o when_o he_o have_v enough_o beside_o to_o oppose_v or_o something_o also_o to_o urge_v out_o of_o such_o concession_n sed_fw-la quid_fw-la opporas_fw-la tandem_fw-la si_fw-la negem_fw-la fac_fw-la potuisse_fw-la sed_fw-la sit_fw-la beneficium_fw-la 2_o philip_n 10._o absurdity_n relate_v contrary_a opinion_n as_o well_o as_o his_o own_o but_o when_o there_o be_v a_o sufficient_a prejudice_n of_o they_o infer_v with_o a_o ironical_a scilicet_fw-la or_o credo_fw-la or_o nisi_fw-la fortè_fw-la nisi_fw-la verò_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o i_o do_v not_o on_o these_o head_n furnish_v you_o with_o many_o example_n it_o be_v because_o any_o common_a rhetoric-book_n will_v afford_v you_o plenty_n this_o be_v a_o thing_n i_o suppose_v almost_o needless_a to_o be_v mention_v to_o you_o that_o the_o same_o figure_n and_o mode_n of_o expression_n do_v not_o suit_v to_o every_o composition_n nor_o to_o every_o person_n but_o be_v to_o be_v discreet_o use_v according_a to_o the_o matter_n we_o handle_v the_o man_n we_o write_v or_o speak_v to_o the_o same_o scheme_n become_v not_o a_o history_n and_o a_o panegyric_n a_o letter_n and_o a_o oration_n a_o controversy_n and_o a_o moral_a discourse_n if_o one_o in_o a_o letter_n to_o a_o servant_n about_o some_o domestic_a affair_n or_o in_o a_o strict_a controversy_n or_o in_o a_o narrative_a history_n shall_v use_v lofty_a metaphor_n frequent_a interrogation_n apostrophe_n prosopopoeia_n exclamation_n etc._n etc._n will_v he_o not_o be_v most_o ridiculous_a yet_o be_v some_o or_o other_o of_o these_o rule_n and_o scheme_n in_o all_o composition_n whatever_o serviceable_a 2._o speak_v you_o ought_v to_o vary_v your_o stile_n according_a as_o it_o be_v prepare_v for_o the_o ear_n or_o for_o the_o eye_n for_o a_o auditor_n or_o for_o a_o reader_n for_o speak_v it_o be_v necessary_a that_o you_o observe_v a_o full_a and_o opener_n style_n a_o strict_a for_o the_o pen_n for_o the_o same_o man_n when_o a_o auditor_n be_v not_o so_o curious_a and_o vigilant_a as_o when_o a_o reader_n repetition_n here_o and_o double_a sentence_n and_o enlargement_n by_o synonymal_a word_n etc._n etc._n before_o the_o shut_n up_o of_o the_o period_n be_v but_o necessary_a brevitas_fw-la quae_fw-la ociosum_fw-la fortasse_fw-la lectorem_fw-la minùs_fw-la fallit_fw-la audientem_fw-la transvolat_fw-la nec_fw-la dum_fw-la repetatur_fw-la expectat_fw-la sint_fw-la omnia_fw-la dilucida_fw-la and_o negligenter_n quoque_fw-la audientibus_fw-la aperta_fw-la nam_fw-la non_fw-la ut_fw-la intelligere_fw-la possit_fw-la multis_fw-la frequenter_fw-la cogitationibus_fw-la avocatus_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la non_fw-la intelligere_fw-la curandum_fw-la quint._n lib._n 8._o cap._n 2._o there_o what_o can_v be_v more_o tedious_a all_o the_o force_n also_o and_o smartness_n and_o sting_n of_o the_o speech_n be_v lose_v by_o languish_a explication_n
some_o instruction_n concerning_o the_o art_n of_o oratory_n collect_v for_o the_o use_n of_o a_o friend_n a_o young_a student_n london_n print_v by_o j._n g._n for_o r._n royston_n at_o the_o angel_n in_o ivy_n lane_n 1659._o part_n of_o rhetoric_n 1._o invention_n in_o which_o sect._n i._n 1._o of_o common_a place_n for_o argument_n num_n 2._o wherein_o 1._o to_o use_v our_o own_o invention_n first_o and_o in_o this_o not_o to_o be_v too_o curious_a in_o the_o beginning_n for_o our_o matter_n or_o expression_n but_o in_o a_o second_o copy_v to_o reject_v what_o be_v slight_a to_o order_v what_o be_v approve_v to_o correct_v the_o expression_n etc._n etc._n to_o expose_v they_o rude_a in_o write_v rather_o than_o to_o burden_v the_o memory_n not_o to_o prosecute_v long_o one_o argument_n but_o seek_v after_o variety_n num_fw-la 12._o etc._n etc._n 2_o after_o our_o own_o to_o use_v other_o man_n invention_n to_o alter_v enlarge_v they_o n._n 15._o sect_n ii_o 2._o of_o dispose_v the_o invent_a matter_n in_o some_o order_n and_o under_o certain_a head_n sect._n iii_o 3._o of_o transition_n from_o one_o matter_n to_o another_o n._n 1._o 1._o by_o some_o word_n relate_v to_o both_o n._n 2._o 2._o by_o comparison_n n._n 3._o 1_o of_o cause_n and_o effect_n etc._n etc._n 2._o of_o similitude_n 3._o of_o opposition_n 3._o by_o gradation_n n._n 7._o 4._o by_o interrogation_n n._n 8._o ii_o elocution_n wherein_o sect._n iv._o i._n of_o word_n to_o be_v avoid_v 1._o word_n ill-sounding_a monosyllable_n etc._n etc._n n._n 2._o 2._o auxiliary_a and_o expletive_a n._n 4._o 3._o circumlocutory_a n._n 5._o 4._o tautology_n n._n 7._o 5._o omoptota_n to_o be_v disjoin_v n._n 8._o 6._o in_o the_o second_o clause_n of_o a_o period_n word_n needler_n not_o to_o be_v repeat_v n._n 9_o sect._n v._o ii_o of_o period_n 1._o exact_a correspondence_n 1._o of_o the_o several_a branch_n therein_o n._n 2._o 2._o of_o the_o part_n of_o any_o branch_n 2._o advantageous_a transposition_n of_o the_o word_n n._n 4._o 1._o for_o better_a emphasis_n n._n 5._o 2._o for_o apt_a connexion_n n._n 6._o 3._o for_o accent_n and_o suspend_v gravity_n of_o the_o speech_n n._n 7._o 4._o for_o the_o sweet_a cadence_n and_o rythm_n n._n 8._o 1._o in_o like_a beginning_n of_o several_a clause_n 2._o like_o end_n 3._o both_o like_o 4._o begin_v of_o one_o and_o end_n of_o the_o other_o like_a etc._n etc._n transposition_n of_o word_n in_o tongue_n modern_a and_o undeclined_a n._n 12._o sect._n vi_o iii_o of_o the_o ornament_n of_o speech_n figure_n 1._o epithet_n n._n 2._o 2._o metaphor_n n._n 4._o these_o to_o be_v not_o obscure_a n._n 5._o not_o below_o the_o thing_n not_o too_o much_o not_o change_v 3._o simile_n express_v n._n 9_o 1._o with_o a_o note_n 2._o without_o 3._o before_o 4._o after_o 5._o by_o question_n 6._o the_o simile_n only_o explain_v 7._o the_o thing_n only_o explain_v 4._o dissimile_n and_o contrary_n express_v n._n 10._o 1._o by_o disjunction_n 2._o conversion_n 3._o denomination_n 5._o amplification_n n._n 14._o 1_o by_o repetition_n of_o the_o same_o word_n n._n 15._o 2._o by_o multiplication_n of_o the_o like_a expression_n n._n 17._o 3._o by_o enumeration_n of_o part_n or_o description_n n._n 18._o by_o a_o simple_a accumulation_n of_o they_o by_o gradation_n by_o division_n by_o interpretation_n n_o 23._o 4._o by_o aetiology_n or_o give_v reason_n n._n 24._o 1._o either_o precede_v 2._o or_o follow_v by_o epiphenomenon_n or_o sentence_n by_o a_o conjunction_n causal_n 3._o or_o interpose_v n._n 27._o sect._n vii_o iv._o of_o style_n 1._o to_o be_v perpetual_o vary_v n._n 1._o in_o the_o expression_n n._n 2._o in_o the_o illation_n n._n 3._o vary_v 1._o by_o interrogation_n 2._o by_o objection_n 3._o by_o frequent_a commutation_n of_o person_n 4._o by_o dubitation_n 5._o by_o admiration_n 6._o by_o consultation_n 7._o by_o praeoccupation_n 8._o by_o correction_n 9_o by_o concession_n 10._o by_o supposition_n of_o absurdity_n 2._o to_o be_v 1._o concise_a for_o the_o pen_n 2._o more_o diffuse_v and_o copious_a for_o speak_v n._n 13._o 3._o yet_o more_o circumlocutory_a and_o verbous_a for_o extempore-speech_n 3._o of_o short_a and_o long_o style_v compare_v n._n 14._o 4._o of_o perspicuity_n of_o style_n n._n 15._o 5._o of_o other_o necessary_a step_n to_o oratory_n n._n 24._o sect._n viii_o v._n of_o recitation_n sect_n ix._o vi_o of_o pronunciation_n sect._n x._o vii_o of_o action_n instruction_n concerning_o the_o art_n of_o oratory_n sect._n i._n nu._n 1._o the_o part_n of_o oratory_n be_v invention_n oratory_n take_v care_n for_o the_o matter_n and_o elocution_n for_o the_o word_n and_o style_n which_o 2._o invention_n consist_v in_o a_o acute_a consideration_n and_o particular_a weigh_n of_o all_o circumstance_n etc._n etc._n out_o of_o which_o any_o argument_n may_v be_v raise_v to_o advance_v the_o subject_n in_o hand_n argument_n therefore_o your_o fancy_n in_o this_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v commit_v and_o leave_v to_o chance_v gaze_v about_o and_o wait_v as_o it_o be_v what_o may_v by_o sudden_a enthusiasm_n drop_n into_o it_o but_o to_o be_v excite_v and_o guide_v by_o reason_n diligent_o beat_v and_o examine_v the_o cause_n effect_n adjunct_n and_o whatever_o may_v have_v relation_n to_o your_o subject_n that_o at_o least_o some_o of_o they_o may_v afford_v material_n to_o your_o design_n brief_a table_n of_o which_o and_o sufficient_o exact_a in_o all_o the_o three_o kind_n of_o discourse_n demonstrative_a judicial_a deliberative_a see_v in_o quintil._n lib._n 5._o cap._n 10._o and_o in_o farnabi_n and_o other_o modern_a rhetoric_n a_o many_o of_o which_o be_v also_o rude_o put_v together_o in_o these_o verse_n a_o quis_fw-la quid_fw-la cujus_fw-la cui_fw-la quo_fw-la quibus_fw-la auxiliis_fw-la cur_n quomodo_n circa_fw-la quid_fw-la qualis_fw-la quantum_fw-la ex_fw-la in_fw-la and_o à _fw-la quo_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la ubi_fw-la quando_fw-la quoties_fw-la quotuplex_fw-la quot_fw-la and_o 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