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A58072
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Reflections upon the eloquence of these times, particularly of the barr and pulpit; Reflexions sur l'eloquence de l'usage de ce temps. English
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Rapin, René, 1621-1687.; N. N.
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1672
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Wing R274; ESTC R21189
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which_o render_v their_o discourse_n monstrous_a sometime_o they_o be_v elevate_v with_o a_o precipitation_n approach_v to_o fury_n and_o other_o sometime_o depress_v so_o low_o that_o their_o style_n become_v flat_a and_o distasteful_a whereas_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v continue_v in_o a_o constant_a equality_n and_o sweetness_n non_fw-fr est_fw-fr formosa_fw-la cujus_fw-la crus_fw-la laudatur_fw-la aut_fw-la brachium_fw-la sed_fw-la illa_fw-la cujus_fw-la universa_fw-la facies_fw-la admirationem_fw-la singulis_fw-la partibus_fw-la abstulit_fw-la the_o clergy_n sir_n seneca_n seneca_n be_v not_o whole_o exempt_v from_o fail_n their_o eloquence_n be_v proper_o pagan_a which_o proceed_v from_o the_o read_n of_o certain_a author_n which_o have_v so_o imbue_v their_o mind_n with_o their_o idea_n that_o they_o can_v forbear_v they_o in_o matter_n the_o most_o religious_a how_o many_o think_v it_o better_a to_o say_v the_o christian_a persuasion_n than_o the_o christian_a faith_n etc._n etc._n know_v reader_n that_o notwithstanding_o what_o i_o have_v say_v that_o i_o be_o so_o far_o from_o despise_v or_o undervalue_v elocution_n that_o i_o praise_v and_o admire_v it_o in_o whosoever_o i_o find_v it_o and_o i_o be_o as_o much_o in_o love_n with_o elegant_a word_n and_o noble_a expression_n which_o may_v adorn_v our_o language_n as_o any_o be_v but_o yet_o with_o quintilian_n i_o will_v have_v they_o serve_v to_o unfold_v a_o sense_n yet_o more_o considerable_a curam_fw-la ego_fw-la verborum_fw-la rerum_fw-la volo_fw-la esse_fw-la solicitudinem_fw-la a_o too_o great_a care_n of_o word_n and_o their_o disposition_n be_v equal_o unblamable_a with_o a_o too_o great_a neglect_n i_o be_o very_o sensible_a that_o he_o who_o appear_v in_o print_n let_v the_o cause_n as_o to_o himself_o be_v never_o so_o good_a profitable_a or_o commendable_a expose_v himself_o to_o censure_v yet_o i_o can_v forbear_v to_o urge_v the_o general_a importance_n of_o the_o subject_a in_o excuse_n of_o my_o pain_n i_o know_v it_o can_v be_v unseasonable_a in_o a_o time_n when_o our_o own_o clergy_n be_v still_o wrestle_v with_o the_o reproach_n that_o have_v be_v late_o cast_v upon_o they_o upon_o this_o account_n yet_o i_o must_v needs_o say_v that_o have_v the_o stile_n of_o that_o author_n be_v more_o modest_a and_o respectful_a he_o may_v have_v escape_v the_o confusion_n of_o be_v see_v in_o the_o press_n the_o second_o time_n less_o to_o his_o advantage_n instruction_n be_v entertain_v with_o effect_n when_o they_o be_v not_o too_o personal_o address_v we_o may_v with_o civility_n glance_n at_o but_o can_v without_o rudeness_n and_o ill_a manner_n stare_v upon_o the_o fault_n or_o imperfection_n of_o any_o man_n and_o i_o think_v every_o man_n ought_v to_o be_v offend_v with_o himself_o who_o violate_v that_o religious_a respect_n which_o they_o owe_v to_o the_o church_n and_o churchman_n errata_fw-la ppage_n 6._o line_n 12._o for_o fine_a active_a spirit_n read_v fine_a and_o active_a spirit_n and_o l._n 15._o f._n this_o r._n it_o be_v p._n 13._o l._n 15._o f._n as_o a_o skilful_a painter_n know_v r._n as_o a_o skilful_a painter_n who_o know_v p._n 14._o l._n 20._o f._n that_o the_o extremity_n and_o heat_n r._n that_o in_o these_o extremity_n the_o beat_v p._n 15._o l._n the_o last_o f._n eschere_n r._n eschenes_n p._n 24._o l._n 16._o f._n his_o spirit_n r._n our_o spirit_n p._n 63._o l._n 23._o f._n dicerenter_fw-la r._n dicerentur_fw-la p._n 80._o l._n 17._o f._n among_o we_o r._n among_o they_o p._n 88_o l._n 4._o f._n some_o tincture_n r._n some_o tinqueure_n of_o antiquity_n p._n 116._o l._n 19_o f._n pain_n r._n pain_n p._n 131._o f._n mind_n r._n mean_n l._n 14._o reflection_n upon_o the_o eloquence_n of_o these_o time_n though_o true_a eloquence_n have_v a_o power_n more_o absolute_a than_o authority_n or_o violence_n to_o which_o we_o do_v not_o usual_o submit_v ourselves_o more_o than_o in_o ceremony_n and_o with_o constraint_n yet_o its_o power_n be_v subject_a to_o revolution_n and_o declination_n as_o all_o other_o thing_n be_v for_o we_o have_v much_o pain_n in_o these_o time_n to_o find_v any_o remainder_n of_o that_o empire_n which_o it_o exercise_v upon_o the_o spirit_n of_o man_n and_o whereof_o there_o appear_v so_o many_o glorious_a mark_n in_o those_o age_n and_o state_n where_o she_o have_v rule_v we_o must_v not_o now_o expect_v such_o miracle_n of_o elocution_n nor_o such_o excellent_a work_n of_o discourse_n as_o have_v receive_v birth_n in_o athens_n and_o rome_n when_o eloquence_n be_v there_o the_o mistress_n universal_o adore_v let_v we_o not_o boast_v ourselves_o upon_o the_o pretend_a glory_n of_o our_o age_n which_o we_o prefer_v to_o all_o other_o without_o a_o due_a deliberation_n for_o at_o this_o day_n who_o be_v the_o orator_n that_o can_v be_v master_n of_o the_o resolution_n of_o those_o to_o who_o he_o speak_v and_o force_v they_o to_o divest_v their_o preoccupation_n and_o renounce_v their_o sentiment_n we_o have_v heretofore_o see_v eloquence_n in_o a_o short_a moment_n restore_v a_o calm_a in_o the_o most_o violent_a agitation_n of_o a_o people_n move_v and_o mutinous_a we_o have_v see_v it_o in_o the_o confuse_a deliberation_n of_o a_o tumultuous_a assembly_n to_o make_v impression_n unhoped_a for_o upon_o their_o spirit_n and_o to_o appease_v their_o sedition_n by_o inspire_v the_o most_o fearful_a with_o courage_n and_o disarm_v the_o insolent_a and_o revolt_a and_o constrain_a both_o to_o follow_v blind_o her_o counsel_n we_o have_v see_v she_o also_o in_o arm_n in_o the_o shape_n of_o pallas_n fly_v from_o rank_n to_o rank_n and_o restore_v heart_n to_o faint_v and_o fly_v soldier_n and_o in_o fine_a to_o triumph_v amid_o the_o army_n of_o those_o who_o she_o have_v vanquish_v by_o her_o reason_n but_o to_o speak_v true_o at_o the_o present_a we_o have_v only_o remain_v a_o vain_a phantom_n of_o that_o victorious_a eloquence_n which_o we_o now_o possess_v not_o but_o in_o idaea_n oâ—oâ—_n ingenii_n ipsius_fw-la lumen_fw-la eloquentia_fw-la cic._n oâ—oâ—_n let_v we_o examine_v then_o from_o whence_o come_v this_o disorder_n in_o a_o time_n wherein_o we_o have_v so_o much_o spirit_n §._o 1._o aristotle_n cicero_n quintilian_n and_o longinus_n which_o have_v leave_v we_o treatise_n of_o rhetoric_n the_o most_o accomplish_a of_o antiquity_n remark_n that_o that_o eloquence_n which_o they_o have_v see_v sometime_o in_o athens_n and_o in_o rome_n before_o that_o these_o republic_n have_v lose_v their_o liberty_n can_v not_o rule_v then_o among_o a_o people_n free_a and_o independent_a she_o be_v a_o fierce_a and_o haughty_a mistress_n who_o can_v be_v make_v subject_n to_o vassalage_n or_o flattery_n she_o seem_v to_o bear_v in_o her_o character_n that_o of_o a_o monarchy_n which_o can_v submit_v without_o destroy_v itself_o and_o aristotle_n observe_v that_o she_o have_v not_o any_o success_n in_o sicily_n during_o that_o the_o tyrant_n be_v their_o master_n when_o all_o other_o art_n continue_v there_o and_o flourish_v this_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o these_o great_a man_n who_o be_v very_o able_a to_o judge_v of_o the_o truth_n though_o they_o license_v themselves_o to_o speak_v something_o in_o favour_n of_o the_o government_n wherein_o they_o have_v be_v advance_v §._o 2._o as_o the_o honour_n that_o greece_n render_v to_o eloquence_n make_v it_o considerable_a among_o other_o nation_n and_o the_o success_n it_o have_v at_o rome_n be_v by_o the_o great_a reward_n which_o be_v propose_v so_o her_o credit_n cease_v there_o when_o her_o recompense_n be_v take_v away_o we_o must_v not_o then_o be_v astonish_v the_o fruit_n which_o we_o gain_v from_o this_o art_n be_v now_o so_o disproportionate_a to_o the_o travel_n and_o application_n that_o it_o demand_n if_o we_o find_v so_o few_o orator_n so_o courageous_a as_o to_o sustain_v the_o fatigue_n eloq_fw-la sibi_fw-la persuaserunt_fw-la neminem_fw-la sine_fw-la eloquentiae_fw-la aut_fw-la assequi_fw-la posse_fw-la in_o civitate_fw-la aut_fw-la tueri_fw-la conspicuum_fw-la &_o eminentem_fw-la locum_fw-la de_fw-fr cause_n corrup_n eloq_fw-la especial_o when_o it_o be_v not_o attend_v by_o any_o hope_n which_o smile_v either_o on_o their_o interest_n or_o ambition_n eloquence_n be_v the_o mean_n to_o attain_v to_o the_o great_a honour_n in_o those_o estate_n in_o which_o she_o have_v dominion_n but_o in_o these_o time_n there_o be_v little_a or_o nothing_o to_o be_v obtain_v by_o the_o same_o way_n this_o alone_o be_v capable_a to_o extinguish_v that_o generous_a ardeur_n and_o study_n which_o be_v necessary_a to_o eloquence_n and_o to_o rebate_v the_o most_o fine_a active_a spirit_n §._o 3._o that_o greatness_n of_o genius_n which_o eloquence_n require_v and_o which_o we_o search_v after_o be_v now_o no_o more_o to_o be_v find_v this_o be_v a_o gift_n of_o heaven_n and_o a_o work_n of_o many_o age_n for_o beside_o a_o happy_a birth_n for_o the_o pronunciation_n the_o sole_a assembly_n of_o
natural_a quality_n require_v to_o succeed_v in_o this_o art_n of_o speech_n be_v extreme_o rare_a there_o be_v require_v a_o extraordinary_a elevation_n of_o spirit_n a_o great_a judgement_n form_v by_o a_o natural_a solidity_n to_o which_o the_o usage_n of_o the_o world_n and_o a_o profound_a knowledge_n of_o letter_n must_v give_v perfection_n there_o be_v also_o require_v a_o vast_a memory_n and_o a_o extend_a imagination_n a_o easy_a comprehension_n a_o voice_n clear_a and_o distinct_a a_o visage_n that_o have_v nothing_o of_o forbid_v a_o pronunciation_n fine_a and_o animate_v join_v with_o a_o air_n of_o authority_n and_o many_o other_o quality_n which_o be_v usual_o incompatible_a of_o themselves_o be_v very_o difficult_o find_v all_o together_o assemble_v orat._n cernimus_fw-la vix_fw-la singulis_fw-la aetatibus_fw-la binos_fw-la oratores_fw-la laudabiles_fw-la extitisse_fw-la de_fw-fr orat._n it_o be_v this_o that_o give_v cause_n to_o cicero_n to_o complain_v in_o his_o time_n when_o eloquence_n be_v so_o flourish_a that_o he_o can_v not_o without_o great_a trouble_n find_v in_o that_o age_n two_o orator_n that_o merit_a esteem_n yet_o this_o be_v no_o reason_n but_o that_o they_o may_v be_v find_v not_o be_v well_o as_o at_o other_o time_n for_o nature_n be_v as_o liberal_a of_o her_o gift_n in_o these_o last_o time_n as_o she_o be_v in_o the_o first_o but_o ordinary_o we_o have_v not_o so_o much_o light_n to_o know_v in_o ourselves_o those_o quality_n when_o they_o be_v there_o or_o sufficient_a care_n or_o application_n to_o cultivate_v they_o so_o that_o they_o be_v there_o as_o if_o they_o be_v not_o at_o all_o §._o 4._o beside_o this_o natural_a disposition_n there_o be_v require_v to_o be_v eloquent_a a_o great_a capacity_n and_o a_o great_a application_n these_o be_v the_o three_o thing_n which_o render_v the_o eloquence_n of_o brutus_n orat._n erat_fw-la in_o bruto_fw-la natura_fw-la admirabilis_fw-la exquisita_fw-la doctrina_fw-la &_o industria_fw-la singularis_fw-la de_fw-fr clar_n orat._n which_o cicero_n praise_v so_o much_o so_o very_o accomplish_v there_o must_v be_v a_o great_a attachment_n to_o study_v and_o a_o extraordinary_a diligence_n at_o the_o cabinet_n to_o replenish_v the_o spirit_n with_o knowledge_n necessary_a to_o eloquence_n it_o be_v good_a to_o draw_v from_o the_o source_n to_o study_v to_o the_o bottom_n the_o ancient_n principal_o those_o which_o be_v original_a and_o in_o fine_a to_o make_v a_o subject_a of_o our_o perpetual_a meditation_n the_o rhetoric_n of_o aristotle_n who_o have_v take_v the_o care_n to_o expose_v so_o exact_o all_o the_o particular_a motion_n of_o man_n heart_n the_o orator_n ought_v to_o make_v the_o chief_a end_n of_o his_o study_n to_o move_v the_o soul_n of_o his_o auditor_n by_o the_o movement_n of_o his_o affection_n which_o be_v the_o true_a resort_n of_o this_o machine_n which_o be_v so_o difficult_a to_o inflame_v when_o we_o bestow_v no_o time_n in_o the_o study_n of_o they_o without_o this_o knowledge_n a_o orator_n be_v in_o a_o condition_n to_o determine_v nothing_o nor_o to_o obtain_v the_o attention_n of_o a_o oracle_n which_o he_o must_v ordinary_o be_v esteem_v nor_o can_v his_o spirit_n be_v capable_a of_o any_o reasonable_a production_n according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o judicious_a critic_n neque_fw-la concipere_fw-la neque_fw-la edere_fw-la partum_fw-la mens_fw-la potest_fw-la nisi_fw-la ingenti_fw-la flumine_fw-la literarum_fw-la undata_fw-la by_o what_o mean_n can_v he_o enlighten_v other_o if_o he_o himself_o be_v not_o enlighten_v or_o how_o can_v he_o persuade_v if_o himself_o be_v not_o persuade_v and_o who_o be_v there_o now_o who_o can_v sustain_v the_o travel_n of_o a_o study_n so_o opiniastre_n and_o of_o a_o perseverance_n so_o great_a as_o must_v be_v that_o of_o the_o orator_n who_o must_v be_v ignorant_a of_o nothing_o §._o 5._o the_o true_a eloquence_n be_v so_o difficult_a to_o acquire_v we_o think_v at_o least_o to_o recompense_v it_o by_o the_o appearance_n of_o a_o false_a eloquence_n which_o have_v its_o first_o course_n among_o the_o greek_n and_o latin_n in_o the_o declining_n of_o their_o republic_n which_o never_o have_v any_o subsistence_n or_o entertainment_n than_o in_o the_o servitude_n of_o these_o nation_n the_o sophist_n who_o life_n philostratus_n and_o eunapius_n have_v describe_v establish_v in_o their_o public_a place_n this_o false_a eloquence_n which_o give_v all_o to_o the_o exterior_a part_n by_o airy_a and_o wander_a discourse_n and_o have_v no_o other_o tendency_n than_o to_o amuse_v the_o people_n but_o as_o this_o eloquence_n have_v nothing_o of_o natural_a the_o figure_n themselves_o and_o the_o ornament_n serve_v only_o to_o render_v it_o more_o weak_a all_o its_o movement_n be_v false_a it_o touch_v not_o at_o all_o the_o heart_n nor_o enter_v in_o any_o manner_n into_o the_o spirit_n all_o that_o it_o give_v be_v a_o pleasure_n superficial_a and_o be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o simple_a pastime_n for_o the_o foolish_a and_o idle_a but_o as_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o mistake_v universal_o the_o false_a for_o the_o true_a for_o the_o former_a quick_o offer_v itself_o to_o the_o spirit_n but_o the_o latter_a be_v not_o find_v than_o with_o study_n and_o with_o care_n the_o first_o be_v immense_a by_o the_o multiplicity_n of_o its_o appearance_n which_o serve_v to_o disguise_v it_o whereas_o the_o other_o have_v none_o and_o consist_v in_o some_o kind_n in_o a_o point_n indivisible_a we_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v astonish_v if_o we_o take_v appearance_n for_o truth_n in_o eloquence_n as_o in_o other_o thing_n but_o when_o we_o arrive_v to_o true_a discernment_n we_o find_v that_o there_o be_v little_a of_o true_a eloquence_n or_o perfect_a oratory_n and_o that_o the_o most_o part_n of_o those_o which_o speak_v in_o public_a be_v no_o other_o than_o pure_a declamator_n §._o 6._o we_o exercise_v not_o ourselves_o to_o obtain_v this_o eloquence_n in_o the_o way_n that_o be_v most_o ordinary_a and_o sure_a to_o succeed_v in_o the_o pursuit_n that_o be_v frequent_a exercise_n in_o composition_n brut._n nulla_fw-la res_fw-la ad_fw-la dicendum_fw-la proficit_fw-la quantum_fw-la scriptio_fw-la cic._n fu_o brut._n to_o which_o we_o must_v apply_v ourselves_o with_o no_o little_a assiduity_n to_o acquire_v a_o habitude_n for_o nothing_o be_v equal_a to_o the_o advantage_n we_o receive_v by_o it_o it_o be_v by_o this_o way_n that_o demosthenes_n and_o cicero_n be_v come_v to_o that_o degree_n of_o perfection_n which_o every_o one_o know_v and_o without_o speak_v of_o the_o first_o who_o spend_v so_o many_o year_n in_o that_o acquest_n orat._n caput_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la minime_fw-la facimus_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la magni_fw-la laboris_fw-la quod_fw-la fugimus_fw-la quam_fw-la plurimum_fw-la scribere_fw-la de_fw-fr orat._n no_o person_n be_v ignorant_a that_o the_o latter_a employ_v all_o his_o leisure_n which_o his_o affair_n allow_v he_o to_o exercise_v himself_o to_o speak_v well_o by_o this_o frequent_a use_n of_o composition_n §._o 7._o we_o study_v not_o to_o speak_v thing_n correct_o nor_o to_o make_v our_o image_n and_o portraict_n equal_a we_o speak_v usual_o too_o much_o or_o too_o little_a the_o mean_a that_o we_o must_v hold_v be_v know_v to_o very_a few_o person_n for_o that_o it_o be_v almost_o imperceptible_a to_o attain_v which_o knowledge_n we_o have_v but_o very_o few_o rule_n and_o as_o a_o skilful_a painter_n know_v how_o to_o distinguish_v passion_n in_o different_a subject_n wherein_o he_o be_v to_o express_v they_o he_o do_v not_o make_v the_o joy_n of_o a_o prince_n like_o that_o of_o a_o valet_fw-la nor_o the_o fiercness_n of_o a_o common_a soldier_n equal_a to_o that_o of_o his_o general_n there_o be_v also_o in_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o soul_n different_a degree_n which_o the_o orator_n ought_v to_o distinguish_v to_o avoid_v the_o confusion_n of_o image_n which_o be_v not_o well_o comprehend_v or_o understand_v but_o by_o those_o who_o be_v perfect_a master_n of_o the_o art_n the_o ignorance_n of_o this_o principle_n so_o little_o practise_v occasion_n the_o make_v so_o many_o false_a picture_n of_o eloquence_n at_o in_o omnibus_fw-la rebus_fw-la videndum_fw-la quatenus_fw-la etsi_fw-la enim_fw-la suus_fw-la cuique_fw-la modus_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la majus_fw-la offen_n dit_fw-fr nimium_fw-la quam_fw-la parum_fw-la de_fw-fr clar_n or_o at_o it_o be_v important_a in_o the_o multitude_n of_o idea_n which_o present_v themselves_o to_o the_o fancy_n to_o make_v a_o just_a choice_n and_o to_o avoid_v take_v the_o false_a for_o the_o true_a this_o demand_v a_o exact_a discernment_n a_o great_a experience_n and_o a_o exquisite_a understanding_n we_o ought_v above_o all_o to_o make_v a_o reflection_n that_o the_o extremity_n and_o heat_n of_o our_o fancy_n may_v not_o transport_v we_o and_o the_o too_o much_o shock_n more_o than_o the_o too_o little_a this_o be_v that_o which_o the_o roman_a orator_n reprove_v so_o many_o time_n in_o his_o book_n of_o rhetoric_n