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CVIII. Egoism. — Demosthenes, Brougham, and Cowper. — Appeal to
Common-sense.-A Burst of Eloquence from the Pulpit.-Grandeur of
Immortality. How Wise in Christ to Give in His System so Leading a
Place to Preaching.-Never will Pulpit be Superseded by the Newspa-
per or by the Printing-press.-CIX. Self-depreciation.-Egoism must
not Flavor of Egotism.-On Death of Marshal Turenne.-CX. Parano-
masia, or Pun.-Falling from a Style and Breaking One's Neck.-Learn-
ing a Craft so as to Live Without Craft.-CXI. Antanaclasis, a Peculiar
Kind of Pun.-The Best of Acids.—Hanging so as to Avoid Hanging.
-Pun on Tombstones.-"Diggin' a Tattie."-CXII. Soliloquy.-Many
Fine Ones from Holy Writ.-Need of a New Translation, and Precisely
Why.-CXIII. Direct Address.-Sublime One in Genesis.-The Old
Clock Talks to Us.-A Dying Mother Pleads for her Babe.-The Coon
Speaks to the Colonel.-Sacrifice of Isaac.-Speech by the Moon to a
Shy Lover.-CXIV. Dialogue.-Demosthenes very Personal.-Pilot in
a Hurricane.-Dialogues for the Pulpit.-Brougham to House of Lords.
-Very Wonderful from Rowland Hill.-Intense Beauty from Holy
George Herbert. -Your own Death-bed. - Shakespeare Beaten for
Once.-Anselm very Emphatic.-The Impetuous Sword-song.-XCV.
Prediction.-Lord Chatham Argues for the Americans.-How Faith
Inspires an Orator. — A Cottage that is Impregnable. — Appeal for
Missions. CXVI. Anticipation. - A Murdered Man Stalks through
a Ball-room. CXVII. Paralepsis. — CXVIII. Apophasis. - Pre-
tended Omission. - St. Paul's Good Manners. "The Lady of the
Lake."-A Young Lady's Secret.-Noble Instances from Demosthenes.
-CXIX. Disparity.-The Full-winged Eagle.-Your Author Opens
to You a Vast Forest.-CXX. Outward Illustration. — A Ghost Ap-
pears. The Clank of Chains. — The most Magnificent Passage in
our Oratory. - Wonders of a Pen. - CXXI. Accompaniment. A

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CXXIX. Technicality.-Land-lubbers Taken too Far out to Sea.-CXXX.
Indication.—Mary Laid in her Coffin.—The Gale out on the Beach.—
A Daring Scene in the Pulpit.-Jesus Points to the Lilies and to the
Stars. Conscience Remonstrated with. CXXXI. Vision. - The
Clachan Seen which will Never be Revisited.-The Night Steals on.
-Silence Sits on a Three-legged Stool. An Action Sermon by Dr.
Alexander.-The Mayflower in a Storm.-Broadswords flashing.-How
Dr. Guthrie Composed his Sermons that were so Sea-like.-Death-bed
of the Saint.-CXXXII. Hypotyposis, or Visible Presentation.-Cicero
Declaims.-Elijah Soars.- A Martyr's Bleeding Head. - CXXXIII.
Present Occurrence. A Worldling Dies before you. CXXXIV.
Hearing.-Queen Victoria's Night Journey.-A Hush before Waterloo.
-How Dread is Conscience !—At Midnight in an Old Cathedral.—The
Marseillaise Hymn.-Translation from Spanish.-CXXXV. Motion.-
We Go to an Impenitent Offender Dying. - Death of our Lord.

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CXL. Parallelism.-Favorite of Hebrew Poesy.-New Way in which the

Bible should be Printed.-The Fathers of the Church give us Specimens.

— CXLI. Numeration.—The First Red Cent.—Where a Saxpence

should be Put.-In what Time Americans Expect to do Every Thing.-

Sublime Peculiarity in the Deity. - Obedience on God's Part. — Dr.

Bushnell's Great Book.-An Objection against Scripture Removed.—

The Ballads Quoted.—Stupendous Displays of Eating Prowess.-Beef

and Ale Disappear.—How Much can be Done in Battle by a Stay-lace.

-Folly of Unbelief.-Wit from Joe Miller.-Solemnity from an Old

Mystic. A Jocund Landlord. - The Town Mouse and the Country

Mouse.-CXLII. Sudden Address.-Distinction between Rhetoric and

Logic.-First Approach to the Sea.-Sense Expostulates with Reason.

-What Charm Avon's Swan puts in Slightest Turns of Utterance.-My

Mother in Heaven is still my Mother even at that Distance.-An Inim-

itable Address that was Sudden.-CXLIII. Surprisal.-Our Ever-dear

and Thrice-honored Demosthenes.-Jesus, a Master of Oratory.-The

Sufferings of Jesus not the most Deplorable. Some French Roman

Catholic Sermons with very Little Popery in them are very Noble.-

CXLIV. Reservation. - Aaron Burr, Satan-like. - CXLV. Pause.

Cæsar in his Coffin.-Pope's Death-bed.-CXLVI. Double Meaning.—

Two Smart Specimens. - CXLVII. Mimicry.-Sea Lingo and Law

Lingo.-A Mare that the Lawyers Swallowed.-Monastery at Midnight.

-CXLVIII. Archaism. - Authors, their Rust and their Gold. - Soft

Sounds.-CXLIX. Concession.-CL. Paramologia.-CLI. Synchoresis,

or Permission. - Poor Man's Cottage.-Oratory Fed by Bible.-Great

Speech by Ames.-Hymn by Watts.-A Man Pulled up to Heaven by

his Ears. A Swiss Lauds Holy Writ.-Jesus Wishes to be Refuted and

is. Do you Believe Eternal Things?—CLII. Prohibition.........
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CLIII. Indirect Statement, or Coverture.-The Gentle Hint.-Attack by

Lord Chatham.-A Great Sally by Patrick Henry.-Everett's Defense

of Daniel Webster.-Sir Walter Raleigh and the Lady's Pigs.-CLIV.

Specification of Details.—Portraits of Robespierre, Danton, and Marat.—

Eloquence by Burke and Curran.-The Captive in his Dungeon.-A Miser

in his Coffin.-Dr. Bethune makes Good Use of a Door-lock. - Steal-

ing the Coo was Necessary.-CLV. Plurals.-CLVI. Optation, or Wish.

-The Fat Monk who Wished to be Kicked.-CLVII. Anacœnosis.-

Applying to Others for an Opinion.-What Drubbing Means.-Prepar-

ing to Read the Bible Nobly.-Two Things we Want on Sunday.-

CLVIII. Supposition.-By Junius and by Payson.-CLIX. Isolation.—

The Great French Pulpit Triumvirate.-Awful Sermon by Jonathan

Edwards.-Demosthenes.-What is Highest in the Pulpit.-CLX. Uni-

fication. Shakespeare Succeeds.-CLXI. Assumption of Agreement.—

Several First-rate Examples.-CLXII. Pretended Assent.-By a Soldier.

-CLXIII. Interpolation.-Shakespeare Excels in Oratory as much as

in Poesy.-A Misfortune that Befalls a Stocking.—CLXIV. Catachresis.

-Philosophy of the Ungrammatical.—CLXV. Anacoluthon: a Kind of

Bad Grammar that is Good.—CLXVI. Affirmative Negation.-Beauti-

ful Poem by Alice Cary.-CLXVII. Negative Affirmation.-Fun from

Saxe. — CLXVIII. Community. — CLXIX. Proprietorship. — CLXX.

Prolepsis.-CLXXI. Procatalepsis.-What in the World can these Two

Mean? What can be Meant by Reading the Bible so Badly in the

Pulpit?......

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FIGURES OF RHETORIC.-PART EIGHTEENTH.

CLXXXV. Sudden Transition.-Maggie Lauder comes frae Fyfe to De-

light us.-An Invitation which Some of you will be too Glad to Accept.

-Execution by a Rapid Widow.-Two Fat Duennas Devoured.—Glad

that a Baby has nae Wings.-CLXXXVI. Allusion.-Atheists Branded.

-A Smoke-pipe.-"Let Newton be!"-Sir Walter Admonishes us to

Keep the Sabbath.-Boiling in a Caldron.-Master the Bible if you

would Master the Heart. 66
Shoo-fly!"- Old Schoolmaster lets out

School.-Eagle on a Thunderbolt.-CLXXXVII. Hint.-CLXXXVIII.

Ascription of Determination. - Able Passage from the French.

CLXXXIX. Periphrasis, or Circumlocution.-Dean Swift Cuts Deep.

-We Correct a Mistake made by many Authors.-Old Way to Make

Poets Fluent.-"Trundling the Hoop" not Dignified enough.-Dr. John-

son Talks Big; as also McQueen.-Hugh Miller, or Old Red.-Plain

Mary.-Definition of a Fishing-rod.-A Large Variety of very Clever

Expressions.-CXC. Superfine English made Fun of.-CXCI. Inter-

pretation. Your Author has another Fytte.-CXCII. Proverbs.—A

Fine Collection from the Yorubas in Africa.-Others that are First-rate.

-A Long Spoon Needed for Queer Society.-Please Don't Sup with

Him.-CXCIII. The Third Person.-Pathetic Instance.-CXCIV. Odd

Rhymes." Shall" and "Will" Mastered at Last.-As also the Latin

Verbs.-CXCV. Odd Bits of Prose.-CXCVI. Household Words.-

They are Praised very Greatly, and Great Examples Given.-CXCVII.

Pretended Depreciation.-How they Court in Ireland.—CXCVIII. Rhe-

torical Use of the Past.—Philosophy of Rhetoric.—CXCIX. Rhetorical

Use of the Future-Fine Poem of Victor Hugo's, Translated by Author.

-CC. Ascription of Rationality to Lower Animals.-A New Defense of

Balaam's Ass Worth Reading.-CCI. Nicknames.-Panegyric on Rev.

Dr. Guthrie.-CCII. The Doric.-CCIII. Impersonation, or Character-

acting.-CCIV. The Materialistic. -CCV. The Singular Number.—

CCVI. Double Words. An Expression Dear to Burns and to Chal-

mers. CCVII. Celerity.-Smallest Figures are Grains of Gunpowder.

-CCVIII. Epithetic.-Go to School to Homer.-CCIX. Passing from

Literal to Figurative.-" Dried Tongue."-A Good Sample from Rev.

Dr. Mott.-CCX. Threat.-Love will Produce it.-CCXI. Repose.-The

Brow of the Dead Invoked.-Death of Demosthenes....

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