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Truth ; * & 3 iK-ls £ wars&ffiirieift for himself , and he seemed to think that no more should be requfred fcy oth&rs . In the same vessel with which he drew out of the
well } he distributed ; as if what was so precious and refreshing , needed not the recommendation of the glittering urn . Taste , as a distinct faculty and habit , he did v not much cultivate . The
rhetoric of Mr . Burke did not mcet ^ h is fancy . For him , there was tocfr Kttle thought , too much flourish : and had he been a senator , Lord North rather than Mr . Fax wrouid have been his modfcL
He w&s ' more the discriminating judge titan' the voluble pleader , and of ^ Ut ^ lsite- judges he would mere have resembled Lord Ken-J&n than tftis highly polished predecessor- Paul and Demosthenes were his favourite orators . In no men did energy of sentiment and diction belter correspond and more closely adhere . Of Cicero he did not speak with warm admiration , though so much distinguished for r&finemcnt of thought and Ian . fi ti&g& r for pei'spiciiity , precision , ardott ^ occasional vehemence , and for all that a philosopher , a poet , aa orator whether civil or sacred ,
ttie consul , the tribune , the judge , ttei ^ dttfeate ^ an * depict as calculated for instruction or pleasure , flit warning , for soothing , for cotiUouHng every passion and artt&tjtig eltery" thought Cicero ' s aH ? arid address foiteponderated Against ^ these lrttmorfcal
accdmjfltehnterifs j at teafct , excited a prejudice in his tnincL , ivhich , if it did not disqualify him for criticrsing such un author , probably ind imposed h i tri ^ o ^ ftisel- his ]> age s ^ fr ^ ufl&i ^ t * ^ t ^ Wbi ^ But * . ?* i ^\ m & ' t : sit . ii& 62 ¦ ¦ " ¦' v ' ' i& ¦¦ '> ¦ : v -
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though not ^ rltvays alive to ^ etftii . ties , no genius ever mote qiliCkfy ^ discerned defects . A mixed ! tn ¥ - ¦ ttjf taphor quite distressed him » S # i
nonymous terms had the same effect , such as " valuable and important / ' ic much wanted and very seasonable , ' * il solemn and weighty / ' " distressed and sorrow * ful . " He read with great pro * priety , yet his acumen in regard
to pause and emphasis and cadence were only by a few db ^ served . He could shew others ' what to avoid , not alvvays exttiiplifying what was graceful He ' rather checked than animatecj j and his pupils were in coirimott diffifderit , fearful , backward , whetre th ^ y could decline , yielding id ,
others rather than obtruding themselves * The character of the academy in this respect varied under Dr « Doddridge and his
successor ; the one spurring oh ^ the other reiriing in ; The one prompting , the other cautiorii i ^ g . Under Dr . Doddridge , _ ' ibefigjj was a more popular exteriorf
under Dr . Ashworth , a more disciplined interior . It is difficult for a young man to restrain jus ! ardour without being depfiessedj . ; and a tutor should proceed linger
this impression . The rule is easy , but the practice is not general' / As a tutor should not say , Ofc e ^ a rock defy the vaves ,- ^ - # ei tlier ^ should he represent him as a ves- * sel to be always ** tossed wi | j ^
tempests ^ The most skilful pilots may notice with alarm some clouds and some seas , and « diy dread to leave the , port . Though experience will ^ ot ] warrant thU encouragement , The ; sties # itt ' never again frown , the & } $ ki ^ f $ & a aiTi r . S ; W > "M W ^ M ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1814, page 79, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2437/page/7/
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