 The signification of our sentiments, made by tones and gestures, has this advantage above that made by words, "that it is the language of nature. It is that method of interpreting our mind, which nature has dictated to all, and which is understood by...  Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres - Page 120by Hugh Blair - 1802Full view - About this book
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...communicated by the moft eloquent dilcourfe. The fignitication of our ientiments, made by tones and gellures, has this advantage above that made by words, that...mind, which nature has dictated to all, and which is un«.ierftood by all; whereas, words are only arbitrary, conventional fymbols of our ideas; and, by... | |
 | English literature - 1797 - 680 pages
...them ilronger paffions, than can be communicated by the moft eloquent difcourfe. The lignification of our fentiments, made by tones and geftures, has...mind, which nature has dictated to all, and which isunderñood by all ; whereas words are only arbitrary, conventional fymbols of our ideas ; and, by... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...communicated by the most eloquent discourse. The signification of our sentiments, made fay tones and gestures, has this advantage above that made by words, that...that method of interpreting our mind, which nature ha§ dictated to all, and which is understood by all ; whereas words are only arbitrary, conventional... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...communicated by the most eloquent discourse. The signification of our sentiments, made by tones and gestures, has this advantage above that made by words, "that...mind, which nature has dictated to all, and which is understood by all ; whereas, words are only arbitrary, conventional symbols of our ideas ; and, by... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...communicated by the most eloquent discourse. The signification of our sentiments, made by tones and gestures, has this advantage above that made by words, that...mind, which nature has dictated to all, and which is understood by all ; whereas, words are only arbitrary, conventional symbols of our ideas ; and, by... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Rhetoric - 1833 - 654 pages
...communicated by the most eloquent discourse. The signification of our sentiments, made by tones and gestures, has this advantage above that made by words/ that...mind, which nature has dictated to all, and which is understood by all; whereas, words are only arbitrary, conventional symbols of our ideas, and, by consequence,... | |
 | S. T. Sturtevant - Preaching - 1834 - 662 pages
...communicated by the most eloquent discourse : the signification of our sentiments made by tones and gestures has this advantage above that made by words, that...mind which nature has dictated to all, and which is understood by all : whereas words are arbitrary conventional symbols of our ideas, and by consequence... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 424 pages
...EXAMPLES. 1. " Penultimate Slide." " The signification of our sentiments, made by tones and gestures, has this advantage above that made by words, that it is the language of nature." " In epic poetry, the English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton, who neither of them wanted... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - Bible - 1847 - 334 pages
...discourse. The signification of our sentiments made by tones and gestures, has this advantage over that made by words, that it is the language of nature....mind which nature has dictated to all, and which is understood by all ; whereas, words are arbitrary conventional symbols of our ideas, and by consequence,... | |
 | Elocution - 1847 - 312 pages
...EXAMPLES. 1. — "Penultimate Slide." " The signification of our sentiments, made by tones and gestures, has this advantage above that made by words, that it is the language of nature." " In epic poetry, the English have only to boast of Spenser and Milton, who neither of them wanted... | |
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