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Critical WORKS

O F

Monfieur RAPIN,

In Two Volumes.

VOL. II.

CONTAINING

I. His Reflections on Eloquence in General; and particularly on that of the Bar and Pulpit.

II. His Reflections on Ariftotle's Treatise of
Poefie; with a large Preface by Mr. Rymer.
III. His Reflections upon Hiftory.

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VII. VIII. IX.

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Upon Philofophy in General.
Upon Logick.
Upon Morality.

Upon Phyficks.

Upon Metaphyficks.

Upon the Ufe of Philofophy in Religion.

Newly Tranflated into ENGLISH, by BASIL KENNET, D. D. late President of Corpus Chrifti College, Oxon; and Others

The Second Edition Cozreaed.

LONDON: Printed for R. Bonwicke and Richard Wilkin in St. Paul's Church-yard; F. Walthoe and Tho. Ward in the Temple; T. Goodwin, M. Wotton and B. Tooke in Fleet-street ; F. Nicholfon in Little-Britain; and S. Manfhip and R. Smith near the Royal Exchange. 1716.

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IX. To ftudy and follow One's own Genius, another

Means.

X. Nothing more effential than the Pronunciation.

XI. Logick by Perfecting our Discourse, gives Perfe-

Etion to Eloquence.

XII. An Orator must proportion his, Difcourfe to
his Subject and his Strength, in Order to preserve
a Decorum.

XIII. The Neceffity of Distinguishing the several

Kinds of Eloquence.

XIV. Of the Frigid and the Boyish Style.

XV. Of the Sublime Style, and the Use to be made

of it.

XVI. Eloquence fpoilt by too much Ornament.
XVII. True Eloquence always natural.

~XVIII. The Neceffity of Studying the Language.
XIX. The Eloquence of the Imagination, but a
vain Flow of Words

XX. Of the Ordonnance of a Discourse.

XXI. True Eloquence rather strikes the Heart than

the Head.

XXII. The Affectation of Speaking finely, very often
no more than a Shew of Eloquence...

XXIII The Elequence of Things, (which alone

is true Eloquence,) confifts in the Turn that is

given them.

XXIV. Eloquence becomes admirable, only by the
Pourtraits of the Manners and Paffions.

XXV. Virtue and Modefty, the Character of a
publick Speaker.

XXVI. Evil Education of Youth, the great
Caufe, why fo few Orators fucceed.

XXVI. No perfect Eloquence without the Affiftance

of Art.

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