Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-01-05

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Rousseau. "S,cra,cs Il, Il hlna nh,,ns
nph.r ho, J,su. Cbr,.,. ike Cad !,
dcspe,r If n,vlno you onv ida Of tho
.ffc, n-o,IucnJ by This shnr, srn.cnce
unless van cnuld p,rc,c,!y conco,v. tho
Whole manner of the man. n. wei, os ,h,
peculiar crisis ia Tho discourse. Never
h"fnre, did completely understand what
Demns,henps moan, by LAYING such stress
on delivery You are to bring before you
The venerable figure of the preacher; his
Blindness, constantly recalling to your
recollection old Homer. Ossrsn and Milton.
and assoc!alng with his performance, the
malanchnlv grandeur of their genus: YOU
are 20 Inaelne '!ta' yon hear his slow. sol
"mn, well accented enumeration, and his
voice Of affecting trembling me lodv; You
are Ia remember the pItch of passion and
enthusiasm to which The Congregation bad
been raised and then The few minutes Of
porlen,ous doarh.h like silence which reirned
throuuhou, the house: the pronchar re
moving his white handkerchief from his
AGED face. frv,n vc, we, from the recent
torren, of his tearsl and slowly stretching
flrlh the palsied hand whIch holds It, BE-.
ON. the sentence "Sncra,cs died like a
phloanpnpr"-thcn Dauslnp. rGislnr hi,
other hund. pressing them both c,asped
together. with warmth and cuetuv TO his
breast. lifting his .s,gh,Icss ba rs to hpa
| ven. and nourinp his winnie souI mo ms
| iremul,us v,icns. I'm, JcSrs Ch5i., Ike n
! God ~ If hs had bnen in decd and /,
truth an apueI of hrh, tho effect coule
! .ra,cely hsv, h,o, mara d,vino
| Whatever have bcen ohle to conceiv,
Of III. s,b,;m,,v Of Nos.;lIo, mr. rho
f,rca of R,urd,lnro bod fsIlon far ,hot,
of,he n,uer which ral, from tho deliver,
If Tins .,m,ie .on,,ncc I'm, b,ood which
! h,f n ri n n
nv br.,, and ,ho y;nlo,,, ,rd .ronn n
NV f,.h,rs nod bsl, NV ,vh,Is svs,a,, j.
suurc,se nncy ran h,c'. int, ans, heo,, viii
seu.o ian vb,ch I can,n, d.sc,ihs
t,n1 IF .bnIlo-,nr, ,,.i,c,on. h,r,n-, ~,
n,t,x,s,., ~ hi,,Lod ,,,r o,d ;ol,oo,;
:, b,cn I had h.n,, ,r,n.n,n., s,hs,dn,
,,,, tho doopes, soIE,hes.o,eo,, h,n,,l,,,
ana adaratior had lust been lac.rs,eI
and dissolved by svmn,,bv. for our Saul,
az n icllow creature: bni nav viii foo,
aud trembling slorcd him "a 50 God -
If thus description give Won the ,mn,ess
ION. that ting lncomparsble m,nistsr la,
any tn ug Of shallow, theatrical trick in hi
manner. It docs hun utcat lniusrIc,.
nave never seen. in any other orator. smell
n union Of SIMPLICITY and moies,y. II,
has not n gesture. an attitude or an accent,
to which he does not seem forced. by tn,
sen tnent which he Is EXPRESSING. HI
mind is too serious. too earnest, to" Sole,
tnus. and a. the same time ,oo dIrnifin,
10 sloop to arlifice. hlthough as far re-
moved from ostenrslion as man can be
yet it is clear from the train. The style ant
substance OF hls ,h,u0h,s tina, hn i. No
ouly vary pol,r scholar. bui n man u
extensive and pt"i"nnd erudl,lon. ! wa
fnrclh struck with n short. vet b.anr,fu
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n'F,r' ~ SPOKE OF h'n' rs II "h'3 MONT
NINA hnd, even .bes"te death. dlv"s'od her
self Of al inf renee fronI his trall rnbrrua
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