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A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the…A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the…
A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soul of man With the several dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging. By Edward Reynolds, late preacher to the honourable society of Lincoln's Inn: and now rector of the Church of Braunston in Northamptonshire.A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man With the severall dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging. By Edvvard Reynoldes, late preacher to the honorable society of Lincoln's Inne: and now rector of the Church of Braunston in Northamptonshire.
London: printed by R. Hearne and John Norton for Robert Bostock, 1640
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Eurip. Hecub.
A Speech from Base men, and men of Respect, Though it be the same, works not the same Effect.
A Speech from Base men, and men of Respect, Though't be the same, works not the same Effect.
And therefore the Spartan Princes when they1 heard from a man of a disallowed and suspected Life, an Opinion which they approved, They required another man of reputation to propose it: That the prejudice of the person might not procure a rejection of his Judgement. For we are apt to nauseate at very good meat, when we know that an ill Cooke did dress it. And therefore it is a very true Character which Tully and Quintilian 2give of a right Orator. That he must be Vir bonus dicendi Peritus, as well a Good man as a Good speaker. Otherwise though he may speak with admirable wit, to the fancy of his hearers, he will have but little power over their Affections. Like a fire made of green wood, which is fed with it as it is fuel, but quenched as it is green.
And therefore the Spartan Princes when they1 heard from a man of a disallowed and suspected Life, an Opinion which they approved, They required another man of reputation to propose it: That the prejudice of the person might not procure a rejection of his Iudgement. For wee are apt to nauseate at very good meat, when we know that an ill Cooke did dresse it. And therefore it is a very true Character which Tully and Quintilian