A Dissertation Upon Funeral Orations: Read at the Islington Literary InstitutionHenry Hooper, 1839 - 32 páginas |
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admirable battle Bossuet celebrated Cesarius character custom D'Alembert dead deceased delivered DISSERTATION UPON FUNERAL Dugald Stewart Duke of Bedford earth elevated Eloges Eloquence eulogium everything evil excited exordium fame fault feeling flattery Fontenelle fortune France French Fribourg Funeral Orations Funeral Sermons genius glory grandeur Greece grief happy heart hero honour hopes human illustrious immortal individuals inspired interesting interred ISLINGTON LITERARY INSTITUTION Jonathan Judæa justly King laboured lament LINCOLN'S INN Literature living Lord Lord Bacon Louis Louis XIV Massillon memory MIDDLE ROW PLACE mighty fallen monarch monument moral mortuis mournful nature neral Orations never object occasion panegyric passages Patroclus peculiar species Pericles person posthumous praise Preachers present Prince of Condé Princess pronounced Pulpit Religion rendered Rocroi Saul says sepulchre sketch solemn soul speech spirit splendid terrors things Thucydides tion tomb truth Turenne vanity victories Villemain virtues virtuous vitæ voice warriors weep
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Página 6 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings : for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Página 6 - THE beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon : lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Página 6 - From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Página 6 - Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan : very pleasant hast thou been unto me : thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
Página 17 - We fondly hoped, that a life so inestimable would be protracted to a distant period, and that, after diffusing the blessings of a just and enlightened administration, and being surrounded by a numerous progeny, she would, gradually, in a good old age, sink under the horizon, amidst the embraces of her family, and the benedictions of her country.
Página 18 - ... had obtained a full certainty that the progress of his life would be more than answerable to the brightest hopes conceived from its outset, and when it might have been reasonably hoped, that after having accomplished all the good of which it was capable, he would have...
Página 19 - They will in their wisdom acknowledge, that to celebrate and perpetuate the memory of great and meritorious individuals, is in effect an essential service to the community. It was not therefore, for the purpose of performing the pious office of friendship, by fondly strewing flowers upon his tomb, that I have drawn your attention to the character of the duke of Bedford : the motive that actuates me, is one more suitable to what were his views. It...
Página 18 - ... so far considerable, as an elevated situation, by making him who is placed in it more powerful and conspicuous, causes his virtues or vices to be more useful or injurious to society. In this case, the rank and wealth of the person are to be attended to in another and a very different point of view. To appreciate his merits justly, we must consider, not only the advantages, but the disadvantages, connected with such circumstances. The dangers attending prosperity in general, and high...
Página 18 - ... descended not immaturely into the tomb. ,He had, on the one hand, lived long enough to have his character fully confirmed and established ; while, on the other, what remained of life seemed, according to all human expectations, to afford ample space and scope for the exercise of the virtues of which that character was composed. The tree was old enough to enable us to ascertain the quality of the fruit which it would bear, and, at the same time, young enough to promise many years of produce.
Página 19 - ... nations; but how are these dangers increased with respect to him who succeeds in his childhood to the first rank and fortune in a kingdom, such as this, and who, having lost his parents, is never approached by any being who is not represented to him as in some degree his inferior ! Unless blessed with a heart uncommonly susceptible and disposed to virtue, how should he, who...