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Comparison Between The Eloquence Of Mr. Fox And Lord North.
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ELOQUENCE OF MR . FOX AND LORD NORTH .
BY DR . BISSET . EOX , perfectly master of every kind and mode of argument , true and sophistical , close and loose , modelled his reasonings according to those of his principal opponent . Lord North , though a very ready , and , indeed , an able reasoner , was by no means close . His argumentsthough in general sufficiently logicalhad not mathematical
, , gradation and connexion . He did not keep one objecl : before him , and move dire & ly towards it , without deviating to the right or left . He was diffuse and expatiatory . Fox , like one of those great generals who could readily adopt the . tactics best fitted for those of an opposing ' general , in his speeches against Lord North expatiated into a very wide field . The closeness of a future opponent has since lessened
his expatiation , and by contracting its direction , strengthened his eloquence . Fox , during the American war , was a more informed and more energetic speaker than before ; and now is a more informed , more compacted , more energetic speaker than during his political campaigns against Lord North . -. Among many extraordinary excellencies . in the eloquence of Fox is his of simplification . However intricate or complicated a
power subject may be , he unravels and unfolds it so perfectly , as to make it intelli g ible to the most ordinary hearer . He strips truth of every dress , that , from either artifice or negligence , might conceal her real form ; and displays her naked nerves and sinews . Like Demosnaisin
thenes , the excellence of his speeches consists in esser . ; clearly stating important facts , in adducing and impressing forcible arguments . His orations are addressed almost exclusively to the understanding . In imagery he frequently deals : but his are the images of illustration more than of embellishment . Like Demosthenes , he can call in humour and wit ; but they are called in as auxiliaries , and not suffered to act as principals . So extensive and variegated is his in the
knowledge , that he overcomes professional men , not only principles , ( for that , in such a man as Fox , would not be surprising ) but in the technical details of their peculiar knowledge . His arrangement is evidently not studied ; thoughts rise so rapidly in his mitid that it would be impossible for him to adhere to any preconceived order . His disposition is , however , the result of a mind that is comprehensive , as well as rapid and energetic : it is sufficiently luminous to convey to his hearers the different parts and relations of the most unciu
complicated subjects . His style is that which a powerful - standing , and a thorough knowledge of the language , without any affectation , produces . He courts neither elegance nor harmony ; but is not deficient in those secondary qualities . The primary qualities of language , clearness , force , and appropriation , characterize his speeches . Without rhetorical flourishes and gaudy ornaments , . us language is merely a vehicle of feeling and thought .
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Comparison Between The Eloquence Of Mr. Fox And Lord North.
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ELOQUENCE OF MR . FOX AND LORD NORTH .
BY DR . BISSET . EOX , perfectly master of every kind and mode of argument , true and sophistical , close and loose , modelled his reasonings according to those of his principal opponent . Lord North , though a very ready , and , indeed , an able reasoner , was by no means close . His argumentsthough in general sufficiently logicalhad not mathematical
, , gradation and connexion . He did not keep one objecl : before him , and move dire & ly towards it , without deviating to the right or left . He was diffuse and expatiatory . Fox , like one of those great generals who could readily adopt the . tactics best fitted for those of an opposing ' general , in his speeches against Lord North expatiated into a very wide field . The closeness of a future opponent has since lessened
his expatiation , and by contracting its direction , strengthened his eloquence . Fox , during the American war , was a more informed and more energetic speaker than before ; and now is a more informed , more compacted , more energetic speaker than during his political campaigns against Lord North . -. Among many extraordinary excellencies . in the eloquence of Fox is his of simplification . However intricate or complicated a
power subject may be , he unravels and unfolds it so perfectly , as to make it intelli g ible to the most ordinary hearer . He strips truth of every dress , that , from either artifice or negligence , might conceal her real form ; and displays her naked nerves and sinews . Like Demosnaisin
thenes , the excellence of his speeches consists in esser . ; clearly stating important facts , in adducing and impressing forcible arguments . His orations are addressed almost exclusively to the understanding . In imagery he frequently deals : but his are the images of illustration more than of embellishment . Like Demosthenes , he can call in humour and wit ; but they are called in as auxiliaries , and not suffered to act as principals . So extensive and variegated is his in the
knowledge , that he overcomes professional men , not only principles , ( for that , in such a man as Fox , would not be surprising ) but in the technical details of their peculiar knowledge . His arrangement is evidently not studied ; thoughts rise so rapidly in his mitid that it would be impossible for him to adhere to any preconceived order . His disposition is , however , the result of a mind that is comprehensive , as well as rapid and energetic : it is sufficiently luminous to convey to his hearers the different parts and relations of the most unciu
complicated subjects . His style is that which a powerful - standing , and a thorough knowledge of the language , without any affectation , produces . He courts neither elegance nor harmony ; but is not deficient in those secondary qualities . The primary qualities of language , clearness , force , and appropriation , characterize his speeches . Without rhetorical flourishes and gaudy ornaments , . us language is merely a vehicle of feeling and thought .