Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker.

"Upon my word," cried Atticus, "you are now treating us with the very _dregs_ of Oratory, and you have entertained us in this manner for some time: but I did not offer to interr...

"But many thought that he was equalled, and others that he was even excelled by Lucius Crassus. All, however, were agreed in this, that whoever had either of them for his advoca...

But as I am not seeking a pupil to instruct, but an Orator who is to be the model of his profession, _he_ must have the preference who can always discern what is proper and beco...

"About the same time, or rather something later than the above-mentioned Julius, but almost cotemporary with each other, were C. Cotta, P. Sulpicius, Q. Varius, Cn. Pomponius, C...

"When these orators were in the decline of life, they were succeeded by Phalereus; who was then in the prime of youth. He was indeed a man of greater learning than any of them,...

As the following Rhetorical Pieces have never appeared before in the English language, I thought a Translation of them would be no unacceptable offering to the Public. The chara...

"I now began, for the _first_ time, to undertake the management of causes, both private and public; not, as most did, with a view to learn my profession, but to make a trial of...

"But let us return to Calvus whom we have just mentioned,--an Orator who had received more literary improvements than Curio, and had a more accurate and delicate manner of speak...

There is much the same difference between Eloquence and _Poetry_; for the Poets likewise have started the question, What it is which distinguishes them from the Orators? It was...

"But as there are several kinds of Eloquence which differ considerably from each other, and therefore cannot be reduced to one common form;--for this reason, as to mere laudator...

But in sketching out the character of a compleat Orator, it is possible I may exhibit such a one as hath never _yet_ existed. For I am not to point out the _Speaker_, but to del...

This species of Eloquence (I mean the _middling_, or temperate) is likewise embellished with all the brilliant figures of language, and many of the figures of sentiment. By this...

But if their own ears are so indelicate and devoid of taste, will they pay no deference to the judgment of others, who are universally celebrated for their learning? I will not...

Another question which occurs before us, is--whether an attention to our numbers should be extended to every part of a sentence, or only to the beginning and the end. Most autho...

The first thing, then, to be attended to, is the _structure_ of our language, or the agreeable connection of one word with another; which, though it certainly requires care, oug...

"I find," said Brutus, "that the case is much the same among us, as with the Greeks; and that the Stoics, in general, are very judicious at an argument, which they conduct by ce...

"We may also reckon in the number of middling Orators, the two brothers L. and Sp. Mummius, both whose Orations are still in being:--the style of Lucius is plain and antiquated;...

"You rushed like a madman upon your best supporters; you vented your fury on your enemies withput mercy." The whole is afterwards supported by a full period, as by a solid basis...

"But we have rambled back insensibly to a period which has been already examined: let us, therefore, return to that which we were reviewing a little before. Cotemporary with Sul...

"Old Ennius here speaks of himself; nor does he carry his boast beyond the bounds of truth: the case being really as he describes it. For we had only an Odyssey in Latin, which...

"There were some, however, who esteemed Curio the third best Orator of the age; perhaps, because his language was brilliant and pompous, and because he had a habit (for which I...