PRINCIPLES OF ELOQUENCE.

ADAPTED TO THE

PULPIT AND THE BAR.

BY THE ABBE MAURY.

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH; WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES,
BY JOHN NEAL LAKE, A. M.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

MR. WESLEY'S DIRECTIONS

CONCERNING PRONUNCIATION AND GESTURE.

Neque verò mihi quidquam præstabilius videtur, quam posse dicendo tenore
hominum cœtus, mentes allicere, voluntates impellere quò velit: unde autem
velit, deducere.-Cicero.

We must not judge so unfavourably of eloquence as to reckon it only a
frivolous art that a declaimer uses to impose upon the weak imagination of the
multitude, and to serve his own ends. It is a very serious art; designed to
instruct people; suppress theirspacsjons, and reform their manners; to support
the laws; direct public oil, and to make her good and happy.—Fenelon.

PUBLISHED BY B. WAUGH AND T. MASON,

FOR THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, AT THE CONFERENCE
OFFICE, 14 CROSBY-STREET.

J. Collord, Printer

MY LORD, Whatever relates to the subject of eloquence in general, and to the eloquence of the pulpit in particular, has a peculiar claim to be dedicated to one who, in addition to his other eminent qualities, has exhibited, both from the pulpit and the press, so distinguished a model of the excellence and commanding influence of this art.

Should this translation, with the accompanying notes. and illustrations, chiefly derived from authors of celebrity, serve to promote in the English reader, and particularly in students for the pulpit or the bar, an attention to those principles which may conduce to their future usefulness in life, my utmost wishes will be gratified.

I have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's most obedient, and most humble servant,

JOHN NEAL LAKE.

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