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An Ode on the Powers of Eloquence

[by Thomas Cooke]
Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)
 
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AN ODE ON THE Powers of Eloquence.

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Vis Eloquentiæ tanta est, ut omnium Rerum, Virtutum, Officiorum, omnisque Naturæ, quæ Mores Hominum quæ Animos quæ Vitam continet, Originem, vim, Mutationesque, teneat; eadem Mores, Leges, Jura, describat, Rempublicam regat, omnia quæ ad quamcumque Rem pertineant ornate copioseque dicat. Cic. De Orat. Lib. 3.

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