THE

PRINCIPLES

OF

ELOQUENCE,

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ADAPTED TO THE

PULPIT AND THE BAR.

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Translated from the FRENCH; with additional Notes;
BY JOHN NEAL LAKE, A. M.

BY

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THE ABBE MAURY.

Neque verò mihi quidquam præstabilius videtur, quám posse
dicendo tenere hominum cœtus, mentes allicere, voluntates
impellere quò velit: unde autem velit, deducere.-CICERO.

We must not judge so unfavourably of Eloquence, as to
reckon it only a frivolous art, that a declaimer uses to im-
pose upon the weak imagination of the multitude, and to
serve his own ends. It is a very serious art; designed to
instruct people; suppress their passions and reform their
manners; to support the laws; direct public councils, and
to make men good and happy.-FENELON.

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THE RIGHT REVEREND

MY LORD,

BEILBY,

LORD BISHOP OF LONDON.

WHA

HATEVER relates to the subject of Eloquence in general, and to the Eloquence of the Pulpit in particular, has a peculiar claim to be dedicated to one, who, in addition to his other eminent qualities, has exhibited, both from the Pulpit and the Press, so distinguished a model of the excellence and commanding influence of this art.

Should this translation, with the accompanying notes and illustrations, chiefly derived from authors of celebrity, serve to promote in the English reader, and particularly in students for the Pulpit or the Bar, an attention to those principles which may conduce to their future usefulness in life, my utmost wishes will be gratified.

I have the honour to be, my Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
And most humble Servant,

JOHN NEAL LAKE.

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