| 单词 | exordium |
| 例句 | I trembled violently at his exordium, and my father continued— Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z The purpose of the exordium is to put the audience into a receptive and attentive frame of mind. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Now to the point," I cried; "for exordiums be tedious. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z After this weary exordium of theory, Tom, for which my apologies, let us turn to a bit of practice. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z Having delivered this exordium, Wasson frankly confessed that the tribes which he represented were all justly chargeable with the war, and now deeply regretted their delinquency. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Presently Mr Entwistle concluded his exordium and tapped upon the ground with his staff. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z I gasped, but to so strange an exordium had nothing to say. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z His countenance was careworn, and when he commenced his exordium, his voice was slightly cracked and tremulous. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z It would have been a bad exordium to assign fear as the motive of the messiah's retreat. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z The exordium was bad enough; he hastened towards the end of the business. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z After the exordium, the writer describes the approach of Yahweh from his seats in Seir and Edom in the south to the help of his people—the language is reminiscent of Ps. lxviii. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The chancellor paused--one white hand upon his hip--to mark the effect of his exordium. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z The exordium was promising, and Clovis plucked up his spirits. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z This exordium will serve as a specimen of the “sarment,” as it continued in the same strain to the end of the peroration. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z My exordium has been very long, but it was no longer than the dignity of the subject, perhaps, demanded. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z "Well, you're about right there," broke in Bobby Trench, who may have been surprised at this exordium, but was unwilling to have to meet it directly. The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z And yet his royal blood did not save him from the most ignoble and ignominious birth, and obscure exordium of his earth life. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z Wilkes used to narrate his dread, as he heard the awful tone of Pitt's exordium, lest the thunder that he saw was gathering should fall on him. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z He took a chair, and while his aunt went on writing with a firm, swift hand, he meditated the exordium to the speech he was about to deliver. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z After this exordium, received in such a flattering style, the orator maintained that he was moved by the desire to raise the intellectual tone of Sarrio. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Humphrey had sat silent under this exordium, his head bent and his eyes on the ground. The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z From the exordium, forwards, I followed his words closely, and lost none of his arguments. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z After this exordium follow the numbers, the names of precious stones, articles of merchandise, fruits, wines, &c. Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters 2011-11-16T03:00:25.713Z He ended his exordium by invoking with impassioned phrases the aid of this Sacred Heart in letting his discourse bring forth fruit. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z This exordium caused him to regard my friend with much curiosity. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z "Wait," said I to my neighbours, "this is only the exordium." The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z All through it, from its most befitting exordium to the righteous indignation of the closing sentence, there are passages which “the world will not willingly let die.” The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z These sermons were, as might indeed be expected, chiefly cast in a somewhat scholastic form—theme, exordium, development, example and peroration following in regular order. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Foster's exordium was an invocation to the goddess of Liberty. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z When this dreadful exordium was over, Mr. Creakle came to where I sat, and told me that if I were famous for biting, he was famous for biting, too. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z It was apparent from Wobanguli's exordium that he was striving to please the adherents of every faith represented among the natives present. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z From the exordium by which the story is introduced, it might be concluded that the author was an Englishman. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) 2011-08-12T02:00:17.607Z A single allusion to Greece, as the mistress of the world in letters and arts, found an appropriate place in the exordium. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z After this exordium the story commences, the first half ending with the assassination of Siegfried. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z His daring, too, pleased some, and his exordium about Danish honesty was flattering to a considerable portion. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z In the exordium he touched upon the silent, but unhappily so fleeting bliss which one enjoyed before life, although not according to correct Homiletic principles, since the second part almost repeated the introduction. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z And a certain listener near by added to this exordium a mental amen. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z For its exordium Keats uses a line, and probably a whole passage, which he had written many months before and kept by him. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Evidently this style of exordium was no novelty to Pete, for without apparently paying the least attention to it, he went on surlily packing his master's valise. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z He will strive in vain to conceive any other exordium than Massillon’s that would have matched the occasion presented. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z With such an exordium, the rest could do no less than to press the old gentleman to favor the company with a rehearsal of what had transpired. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z To this disclosure there was wanting, what in Paris is dearest, place,–and then, too, the exordium. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z Well, be faithful an' thou wilt, Bishop; but let not thy exordium be drawn out any longer than is necessary. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Marvell's other panegyrics are but little known, though the awkward and ugly lines on Milton have passed into anthologies, owing to their magnificent exordium, "When I beheld the poet blind yet old." Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z The prayer is worthy, in its solemn tone, of this exordium; and the desired effect soon follows. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z My dear Tom, the calm tone of my exordium availed me nothing. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Having delivered this exordium, I turned and left her. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z “My father must have been mistaken,” was the exordium that greeted his astounded ear, as the staff descended with an equally startling salutation—“My father never could have proposed the excommunication of his dear friend.” The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Mr. Trafford's exordium vanished from his mind, he was at a loss for words until spurred to speech by Mr. Pope's almost truculent: "Well?" Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Leo and Kuno laughed, but were spared the necessity of a reply to Paul's long exordium by the entrance of the pretty maid-servant with the wine. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z The attorney's misgivings on that head showed his astounding sagacity; for, indeed, nothing was more likely than that the notary, regardless of his exordiums, would rush into medias res by kicking him out of doors. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z This exordium was publicly read at Bow Church. A Cursory History of Swearing A murmur running through the whole crew, marked the disgust of all at this unsavoury exordium. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico She herself went off to the ball-room, and the effect of her exordium was to make Nina very disagreeable to poor De Kerroualle, whom she really liked, and who was entêté about her. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories On the 12th of June 1775 Mr. Hooper offered the following preamble and resolution which were passed by Congress, corroborating the intimation in the exordium to this article. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Scorning all exordium, and without even giving the envoys their titles, he went straight to the point. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster Then after a long pause he began with his usual exordium. Barbarossa and Other Tales In fact, the uncle pointed to the chair beside his bed, and uttered the most solemn of his exordiums— "Sit you down!" The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico Mr. Marchdale's feeble refusals were overruled and he was treated beside to a long exordium on the beneficent qualities of the herb, the while he gulped down the beverage to the Viscount's no small satisfaction. Our Admirable Betty A Romance Upton smiled a bland assent to this exordium, but in such a way as to make Harcourt feel less at ease than before. The Fortunes Of Glencore "Is it slow?" interrupted Cashel, who had listened to this exordium with palpable signs of impatience. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) The exordium concluded, Peacock warmed to his work. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident The exordium is a sort of incidental hymn to the Love-god, and runs into affirming and arguing at some length the peculiar energy of his dominion in this month. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 The exordium, then, is a complete chain of logical deduction, and the case is fully made out, provided the popular feeling referred to was correct. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence After an exordium proposing the subject, invoking the Tagus muses and addressing King Sebastian, Vasco da Gama’s ships are shown sailing up the East African coast on their way to India. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" “Oh, about nine hundred million people, I suppose,” tranquilly answered the subject of this implied exordium. Harley Greenoak's Charge During this exordium, the Spaniard, who happens to be possessed of a vivacity, unusual in his countrymen, and a sort of impatience of manner, had endeavoured more than once to obtain a hearing. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. Instead of bestowing the slightest attention on this exordium of mine, he had resumed his pen and was writing away glibly as before. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance We have here the starting point of the exordium, as it lay originally in the mind of Junius, viz., that the English nation was "insulted and abused" by the king and ministers. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence After this temperate exordium, he recommends the king on no account to remove Granvelle from the administration of the Netherlands. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 “Now, Miss Brandon, you are either chaffing me or giving me credit for powers of magic which I don’t possess,” protested the object of this exordium. Harley Greenoak's Charge Then he opened a high magnanimous exordium about the Oxford that had cast him out. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) It was received in due form; and, after a short explanatory exordium, was read aloud to the Patriarch, first in English, and then translated into Greek. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant How nicely and minutely did he weigh over in his mind the value to be attached to this exordium, and how far the importance of position counterbalanced the condescension of close intimacy! Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day This is the general exordium and opening of the Pastorals, in imitation of the sixth of Virgil, which some have therefore not improbably thought to have been the first originally. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition They all open well, the exordium is always spirited, and its tone is maintained to the end of the discourse. The London Pulpit It requires, too, something of the same unity, arrangement, divisions, and lucid order as a tragedy; something of the exordium and the peroration which belong to the composition of the orator. Coelebs In Search of a Wife Mrs. Bolster had let go of Simmons as this exordium proceeded, as she felt that he was in good hands. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures The transition from the stately mood of the Attendant Spirit’s exordium to the noisy exhilaration of Comus is marked by appropriate changes in the verse. Minor Poems by Milton Expectation, which had been rising through this exordium, now stood at fever-point. Hand and Ring This was Aunt Kezzy's regular exordium every Saturday night; for we children, being blinded, as she supposed, by natural depravity, always made strange mistakes in reckoning time on Saturday afternoons. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings With "The Conscript" begins their long, sustained, and eloquent sermon against war and war-wagers—the exordium, so to say, of their arraignment of Napoleon for wanton and insatiate love of conquest. The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 The President, not having leisure even to listen to his exordium, requested him to make his communication briefly in writing. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital It has an exordium, six strophes, each with its refrain, and an episode. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 In that highflown oratory, with its carefully studied exordiums, periods and perorations can be clearly discerned the reverence given to power as embodied by possession of property. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times She had her hand on the bell-rope at her bed's head, and had all but pulled it before she identified the blaze of light in her room as the exordium of the new day. When Ghost Meets Ghost “Enough of this fooling,” was his not inappropriate exordium. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) "May Allah never deprive thy friends of thy presence!" returned the Jinnee, who was apparently touched by this exordium, "for truly thou art a most excellent young man!" The Brass Bottle The two verses of the close, together with the exordium, chap. lii. 13-15, occupy five verses--five being the signature of the half and incomplete. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 His abrupt and animated exordium, ‘And so, my Lords,’ was very much admired. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III The part of a lecture which consumes the first ten or fifteen minutes is called the exordium, from the Latin word exordiri—to begin a web. The Art of Lecturing Revised Edition The exordium in chap. i. and ii., and the close in vi. and vii., are distinguished by the generality of the threatening and promise which prevails in them. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 Now, dear reader, you begin to see the drift of this long exordium, although my purpose was indeed twofold. Bible Romances First Series Embedded in a lot of obscure or questionable matter in Mr. Watkinson's exordium is this sentence—"What we believe with our whole heart is of the highest consequence to us." Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Much that is supposed to be complete is seen to be unfinished; the done becomes undone, and the peroration of an epoch has to be rewritten for an exordium. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 As to the matter of the exordium, it should be preparatory to the lecture. The Art of Lecturing Revised Edition But at that exordium, instantly, they fell away; instantly fear, like a wave, swept over her. The Paliser case Pope, in his translation of the exordium of Homer, we think more than equals Homer himself: 'Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess, sing! Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy His countenance was careworn; and when he commenced his exordium, his voice was slightly cracked and tremulous. Patrick Henry Indeed, judged by some of her early work in the reviews, and by the little philosophic exordiums with which she opens so many of her chapters, Tasma would have made a brilliant essayist. Australian Writers If the lecture is biographical and deals with the life and work of some great man, the exordium naturally tells about his parents, birthplace and early surroundings, etc. The Art of Lecturing Revised Edition A hesitating, apologetic way seems to be the national idea for an exordium on all questions. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III I assure you it is far from my intention to make any formal exordium, even if I knew the exact object of your request. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance His exordiums in particular were often hobbling and always unassuming. Patrick Henry General Grosvenor commences with an exordium eloquent in succinctness and noble in generosity. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century The Chancellor's exordium and the Duke's remarks had rather primed him to a state of expectation, and he felt as if he had been balked of he knew not what. A Modern Mercenary Their discourses—yours is no exception—are all tirades, the exordium, argument and peroration, turning on the epithets "tyrants," "thieves," "murderers," addressed to us. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Introductions, exordiums, perorations, and conclusions are worthless unless they be in reality a part of the discussion and necessary to the understanding of the whole. English: Composition and Literature The solemnity of this exordium, and the imposing manner of Don Estevan, following so closely upon the jocular mien he had hitherto exhibited, made a painful impression upon the mind of the Senator. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora This is certainly not the case with his dignified and spirited exordium, but in the fourth stanza he begins to copy history, and his muse’s wing immediately flags. The Battaile of Agincourt What! you begin a discourse without a word of exordium! The Jealousy of le Barbouillé (La Jalousie du Barbouillé) Now, I shall feel obliged by any information on the subject, whether positive or negative, and transcribe the exordium with that view. Notes and Queries, Number 211, November 12, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Old Man Simms finished this exordium with the rising inflection, which denoted a direct question as to his status in the meeting. The Brown Mouse It begins with a singularly banal exordium, gravely announcing that Hate and Love are among the most important passions, with other statements of a similar kind couched in commonplace language. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Yet "Ave gratia plena" is retained in the exordium; and at the end the peace-makers are praised, who follow the example of Christ and contend not with the sword, but with the word of truth. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 When the minister concluded the exordium by the solemn warning: “‘If any man can show just cause why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak.’” Her Mother's Secret And the exordium is worthy so profound a speculation. American Sketches 1908 After this exordium, Mr. Moody proceeded to tell in his own words the story of the life of Daniel. Faces and Places But from her very exordium she may be fairly judged. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 After this elegant exordium, Mr. Ramsey said he proposed to divide his remarks under four heads. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis The jolly one knew just what the precise one wanted, but he waited patiently for the exordium. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim This exordium was doubtless the prelude to a fit oratorical display; but the culprit, looking quietly at him, replied, simply, "How the h—l could I?" From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life "Jim" even at the outset fully justified this exordium by suddenly approaching the pulpit desk with his hands stretched out, singing the "Hallelujah band." Faces and Places He rose; advanced a step or two, in front of his curule chair, and in a clear slow voice gave utterance to the solemn words, which formed the exordium to all senatorial business. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 Again, it is only the leading idea of the book which you would require, and no attendant praise or blame, neither eulogistic exordium nor useless appeals to the reader. Notes and Queries, 1850.12.21 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. The Bishop of Darien rose and began with an eloquent exordium in the classical style customary in such discourses at that time and which produced the best impression on his hearers. Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings The exordium of his will, which was drawn up on November 24, 1556, and proved on December 16 following, indicates that he was an observant Catholic. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Griffith shuddered at this exordium; he made no reply. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 He will strive in vain to conceive any other exordium than Massillon's that would have matched the occasion presented. Classic French Course in English Indeed, no tale that Mr. Furnival could have to tell after such an exordium would be so bad as that which she had feared as the possible result of his visit. Orley Farm Fastburg must be the sole capital; it had every claim, historical, geographical, and commercial, to that distinction; it ought, could, would, and should be the sole capital; that was about the substance of his exordium. Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) The religious exordium is in conventional phraseology, and gives no clue to Shakespeare’s personal religious opinions. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles From this exordium he proceeded to the touchstone question of the real presence in the mass. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs Paul bowed an assent to this, and could but acknowledge that the unpromising exordium was natural. Despair's Last Journey Christopher, warned by his outbreak, which he knew by old experience to be the merest exordium, 'played 'possum' again, with such success that Rubach left him and he went to sleep in earnest. Cruel Barbara Allen From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) Fuller looked a little scared at this exordium, but Rachel did not notice him. Aunt Rachel "We know all," he said, by way of exordium, "all, all, all! and here is the history of this lamentable case." Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile Cold in his extemporaneous effusions, artificial in his exordiums, trifling in his strained raillery, and tiresome in his digressions. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Joey did not much like this exordium; he replied, stepping into the road at the same time, “I’ve no money, and the bundle contains my clothes.” The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook Bemi's playfulness is very pleasant, and his exordiums are charming; and in many instances he has improved the poetry. Gryll Grange In the very exordium of it there was something eminently absurd in the Serjeant's extraordinarily precise, almost mincing pronunciation. Charles Dickens as a Reader The House sat in an amazed speculation as to whither the orator was being led by this extraordinary exordium, but Mr Disraeli flowed on unmoved. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile I have a tale to tell," began the Secretary, "and there are preliminaries and exordiums, but first of all there is a question. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond “Very good,” replied Mr Meldrum to this exordium; “but what shall we hunt!” The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land Lady Penelope's self-conceit and affectation were broken down by this fearful exordium. St. Ronan's Well The exordium and the conclusion are practically the same. The Faith of Islam For the day when the sublime exordium of the Declaration of Independence could be stigmatized as a 'glittering generality,' is gone by. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy A flattering murmur greeted the end of his exordium; for the French people in general, and the political world in particular, manifest a depraved taste for that sort of eloquence. Ten Tales Nearly everything, it seemed; so for the next ten minutes her companion held forth in a compendious but concise exordium on the great American game. White Ashes The exordium is a passionate address to Captains all; amongst whom, who can more properly be reckoned than Captain Andrew? Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica If you say to the latter, the balance of trade is a mistake, he will answer, So I have declared it in my exordium. Sophisms of the Protectionists I imagine that this sacred influence, under the name of Amphi, is often alluded to in the exordia of Poets, especially by the writers in Dithyrambic measure, when they address Apollo. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. As the lawyer slowly read the instrument, which he could have rattled off from memory, Mrs. Weatherwax punctuated the pious phrases of its exordium with approving wags. The Henchman This exordium is singularly characteristic of Petrarch, who never forgot that he was a literary man, and lost no opportunity of dragging the great names of antiquity into his rhetorical compositions. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series The first lines, or the exordium of the battle of Lora, are calmly sublime, and refined with simplicity. Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica This toast is always so welcome and so highly appreciated that it needs no exordium from the chair. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O Such an exordium as the chorus before Henry V. would indeed be pertinent to every stage performance of great drama in any age or country. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays One cannot read certain passages of Plato, and notably the admirable exordium of the laws of Zaleucus, without feeling in one's heart the love of honourable and generous actions. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary The exordium, or introduction, is that part of the discourse which is pronounced before the subject is entered upon. The Training of a Public Speaker In a blind exordium the old zealot commanded those who would save their souls to walk forward and kneel publicly at the altar, and make their struggle there for salvation. Tales of the Chesapeake His exordium was an attack upon the Jacobins, and a claim for the respect due to the ministers of the executive power. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution Of course, I do not for a moment believe that the Apostle was enabled to write the exordium of his Gospel by any such inspiration. The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself Many foreigners, after reading the exordium, had no doubt but that the rest of Milton's poem was taken from Masenius. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary The advocate for the other side may likewise furnish sufficient matter for an exordium. The Training of a Public Speaker From a rough copy by me I have thought fit to preserve the exordium here, just as spoken. My Life as an Author "It's great, living in the open out there," he went on, by this time including the whole company in his exordium. The Stolen Singer Still Agnus Dei their exordium was; One word there was in all, and metre one, So that all harmony appeared among them. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 Amongst them stand the lines on the fight of Brunanburh, whose exordium is quoted above. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain Some, therefore, specify two kinds of exordiums, one a beginning, the other an insinuation. The Training of a Public Speaker The fine depth of tone in the exordium of Struensée and the fugue development in the main theme are also not to be despised. Musical Memories His exordium is a specimen of the very worst possible taste in composition. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One Its exordium was uttered on the ninth of October at Manchester, and its peroration was pronounced on the twentieth of the same month in Exeter Hall. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 It began with 'My dear friends,' and the exordium struck at once that paternal note which makes him, with all his foibles, so lovable. Corporal Sam and Other Stories In regard to the length of the exordium, it ought to be proportionate to the nature of the cause. The Training of a Public Speaker After a very short and appropriate exordium, he proceeded directly to the merits of the case. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 His sermons never hang well together; he frequently omits the exordium, and often winds them up without the peroration at all. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Gerard's concluding piece of information, with its exordium, must not be omitted. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky In any other place and at any other time, Marshall's exordium would have overshot the mark. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics For I am not of the opinion of those who to distinguish the exordium from the peroration, will have the one to speak of what is past and the other of what is to come. The Training of a Public Speaker This exordium is not without practical importance, as will be seen when we reach the application of the whole argument to the house of Medici at the conclusion of the treatise. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots Your exordium was so singularly clear, that I did not understand you before. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Mr. Cavendish sat through this exordium as if he sat on nettles, but wisely held his tongue, while the brazen-faced proprietor leaned carelessly over, and whispered to his counsel. Sevenoaks Their speeches are not deficient in a suitable exordium, a clear narrative, a well-founded argument, and a pathetic peroration; and usually abound in parables and apologues; which sometimes furnish the main substance of the discourse. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time All these particulars are seldom executed in the exordium. The Training of a Public Speaker Matteo is valuable for the general reflections which form exordia to the eleven books that bear his name. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots The literary merits of the satire, when we compare it with the powerful verse of Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel, to which he refers in the exordium, are not great. Daniel Defoe Yet the essential principle of an exordium which should also serve for a refrain, was rarely, if ever, departed from. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series This was, by way of exordium, the powerful skirmish line of the address. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist Theophrastus adds another kind of exordium, taken from the pleading of the orator who speaks first. The Training of a Public Speaker The letter might not be an ordinary sort of letter; but he had in old days listened some hundreds of times to this exordium. Hocken and Hunken His exordium was solemn and earnest, and he seemed much impressed with the importance and magnitude of the subject with which he was about to deal. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines It was then that Sypher entered on the exordium of the speech which convinced her of the diabolical noisomeness of the Jebusa Jones unguent. Septimus Then what bears witness to the perfect futility of this exordium is the way the missive ends: "'If you should take the fancy to write me, you can safely address your letters "Mme. Là-bas A subject of frequent discussion is to know whether the narration ought immediately to follow the exordium. The Training of a Public Speaker No answer was returned to this exordium; but we heard the murmuring of muffled voices, as if the rapscallions were deliberating. Willis the Pilot This elegant and pleasantly exaggerated exordium preceded some very practical demonstrations. Miscellanies After this exhaustive exordium it is tranquillising to return to the comparative simplicities of the existence of the young Talbot-Lowrys. Mount Music There was an exordium first, congratulating all who were present to do honour to the great man who presided from his pedestal on the occasion of this great anniversary. Lord of the World In exordiums are we not most commonly modest, except when in a cause of accusation we strive to irritate the minds of the judges? The Training of a Public Speaker This exordium did not tend to alter the Pilot's impression. Willis the Pilot Nor must you make such an exordium, as the Cyclic writer of old: "I will sing the fate of Priam, and the noble war." The Works of Horace "Is this exordium or peroration, my dear fellow?" The Port of Missing Men More would have been added, but I paused for the effect of my exordium. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I But nothing else will so well suit an exordium as modesty in the countenance, voice, thoughts, and composition, so that even in an uncontrovertible kind of cause, too great confidence ought not to display itself. The Training of a Public Speaker "But surely you do not call such a poetical exordium a profession?" remarked Becker. Willis the Pilot The aged sceptic is not a little conceited as the following exordium to one of his speeches evinces: "It is very strange that I never meet with anyone who is equal in sense to myself." The Journey to the Polar Sea Not a brilliant oration in any way; neither exordium nor peroration, and the middle occasionally a little mixed. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 20, 1891 This strange exordium cast an element of embarrassment into the conversation, and tears were often in the eyes of both. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Another rule inculcated by the ancients is not to admit into the exordium any strange word, too bold a metaphor, an obsolete expression, or a poetical turn. The Training of a Public Speaker The effect of that exordium, delivered as he alone could have delivered it, must have been appalling. Daniel Webster Baroness--I have not much influence-- Marquis--Is that modesty, or the exordium of a refusal? Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 For the young man's lengthy exordium had made him very drowsy. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories On Dan asking if Joseph had seen Jesus cast out devils, Joseph replied that he had, but it would take some time to tell the exordium. The Brook Kerith A Syrian story Some writers have prescribed four points as laws for all exordiums,—which is ridiculous. The Training of a Public Speaker As the reader watched for the effect of this exordium he only saw disapproval and consternation. Abraham Lincoln, Volume I In his hortatory asides and didactic moralizings with their thees and thous and yeas, he is still the fine essayist, like Fielding in his eighteenth century prefatory exordiums. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities From the chuckling exordium of The Magnificent Ambersons it is but a step to The Age of Innocence and Main Street. Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) Chis. and Syro-Hex. as not part of the original work, but a foreign exordium. The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study I have already mentioned in the rules for the exordium how the accuser might conciliate the judges. The Training of a Public Speaker Ha, ha, ha, this is a fine exordium. The Scornful Lady There is no more of the ye's and thous with which, when he would make an exordium, Thackeray addressed the world—a fashion long since laid aside. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities The following exordium is one of the most shining parts of the poem. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. A hesitating, apologetic manner seems to be the national custom for an exordium on all questions. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 The reason for an exordium is to dispose the auditors to be favorable to us in the other parts of the discourse. The Training of a Public Speaker An exordium of this nature was the regular procedure. The Torrent Entre Naranjos I beg the reader's pardon for this exordium. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 529, January 14, 1832 This may be likened to both the exordium and peroration of a discourse, including as well the last as the first general idea. Lectures on Art They wed, and she becomes the purest gem of the court of Guinevere, her place in which is described in the beautiful exordium of the poem. Famous Reviews If the cause itself should furnish sufficient reason for gaining the good will of the judge, out of this whatever is most specious and favorable may be inserted in the exordium. The Training of a Public Speaker After this exordium he proceeds to give an elaborate explanation of his dealings with Lapo, and the man's roguery. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Therefore, the exordium is divided into two portions, first of all a beginning, and secondly language calculated to enable the orator to work his way into the good graces of his hearers. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 I confess I was startled, notwithstanding your delicate exordium. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty We began with the exordium of this great work: we must not withhold the conclusion. Famous Reviews Besides persons and causes, the exordium likewise is sometimes taken from their adjuncts, that is, from things relating to the cause and persons. The Training of a Public Speaker With which brief professional exordium, he entered on the history of the friendly move, and truly recounted it. Our Mutual Friend Now, since it has been already explained what effect is to be sought to be produced by the exordium, it remains for us to show by what arguments all such effects may be produced. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Perhaps Miss Tox thought there was hope in this exordium, and the warmth of Mrs Chick. Dombey and Son Verily, I guess, because The Sum is new, and of a recent date The nature of our universe, and had Not long ago its own exordium. On the Nature of Things The period is proper for the exordiums of greater causes, where the matter requires solicitude, commendation, pity. The Training of a Public Speaker When this dreadful exordium was over, and Tungay had stumped out again, Mr. Creakle came to where I sat, and told me that if I were famous for biting, he was famous for biting, too. David Copperfield That is contrary to received rules, which effects no one of those objects for the sake of which the rules concerning exordiums have been handed down. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 This exordium led me to expect something terrible. The Monk; a romance It will readily be surmised from this exordium that—incredible as it may seem in a man of thirty—this was my first visit to Paris. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance The composition of the exordium will differ, therefore, as the subject may require. The Training of a Public Speaker But in regard to that art, it may be observed that to characterise it solely as "packing the memory with pleasant fancies" may suffice for an exordium, but is inadequate as a final appreciation. De Libris: Prose and Verse At present, since the exordium ought to be the main thing of all, we too will first of all give some precepts to lead to a system of opening a case properly. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 After such an exordium it is scarcely necessary to inform the student of history that the name of Pontgravé's ally is Samuel De Champlain. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 The exordium in fact has little relation to the book, and looks as if it were borrowed without discrimination. Josephus Simple causes admit of a shorter exordium; the complex, doubtful, and odious, require a longer exordium. The Training of a Public Speaker And so we need not trouble ourselves any more either about the insertions or about the exordiums. Joseph Andrews Vol 1 But the following are the most ordinary faults to be found in an exordium, and those it is above all things desirable to avoid. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Every Speyside man will recognise from this exordium that I am about to treat of "Geordie." Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places I am persuaded that I could not have uttered three sentences, if he had caught my eye in the exordium of this my first harangue. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 As often as we use an exordium, whether we pass next to the narration, or immediately to the proofs, we ought always to preserve a connection between what follows and what goes before. The Training of a Public Speaker The defence has already been made by an illustrious hand for Fielding's inter-chapters and exordiums. Joseph Andrews Vol 1 And now we have said enough about the exordium. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 And with this exordium, the rough-and-ready surgeon took his departure, leaving Horatio Paget alone with the woman who had saved his life. Birds of Prey In this apparently simple exordium, the scene and the meeting with Billy are brought before the eye by the judicious use of the present tense. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 They find something like an exordium, they make a narration, they prove, refute, and their prayers and entreaties have the force of a peroration. The Training of a Public Speaker The above exordium may appear to you tedious, but it is only just to myself to remind you that you are not dealing with a vulgar hireling. Charlotte's Inheritance In the kind of cause which I have called obscure, it will be advisable to render the hearers inclined to receive instruction by a carefully prepared exordium. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Lady Eversleigh listened very quietly to this exordium; but a slight, nervous twitching of her lips every now and then betrayed her impatience. Run to Earth A Novel And that exceedingly fine verse, All Nature feels her venorating sway, calls to mind the ever-memorable exordium of the Roman Poet. The Farmer's Boy A Rural Poem If it be proper to intimidate the judges, as Cicero likewise does, against Verres, this is done with better effect in the peroration than in the exordium. The Training of a Public Speaker What an exordium with which to begin a forensic pleading before a bench of judges composed of Prætors, Ædiles, and coming Consuls! The Life of Cicero Volume One They were seeking to catch some lyric exordia as they flew by immersed in the billows of the air. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 But Miss Brewer cared no more for the almost open insult, than she had cared for the implied interest conveyed in the exordium of his discourse. Run to Earth A Novel With this exordium, and a pull at the black jug under the elder-bushes in the fence-corner, she took her sickle and bent to work. The Story of Kennett It should not be imagined, as some have thought, that all exciting of the passions, all sentimental emotions, ought to be confined to the exordium and peroration. The Training of a Public Speaker The proprietors have combined the capital and labor hinted at in my exordium. Roughing It, Part 3. "And is this it?" said I, quite disappointed at the lame and impotent conclusion to all the high-sounding exordium; "is this all?" Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 There was a quiet humor about the boatman's face, and the boys winked at each other as much as to say that after such an exordium they must expect something rather staggering. By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War "I will say no more if you talk of exordiums and anti-climaxes," cried he. Tales and Novels — Volume 10 Once a day, however, she took out a writing-block, and traced upon it the words, "My dear Jack, I think I ought to tell you—" or a similar exordium. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution The dear Admiral owned to me later that this exordium so bewildered him that he knew not "at which end to take hold of it," to use his own expression. The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty One of the finest specimens of caligraphy and illumination is the exordium to the life of Shah Jehan, for which the writer, besides the stipulated remuneration, had his mouth stuffed with pearls. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities At the opening of the Opera House, on the 20th of November, Mrs. Yates, an actress whom he held in great esteem, delivered a poetical exordium of his composition. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography "Now what can you have to say, Granville, that will not be anticlimax to this exordium?" Tales and Novels — Volume 10 The answer was very simple, but the exordium was sublime. The Voyage of Captain Popanilla But in the exordia and perorations to the several books, as well as in sundry digressions, may be found matter of greater value, embodying the poet's views on the great questions of philosophy. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Venia," he says, "is here nothing else than what we, in the language of modesty, call an apology, and has respect to the very justification he has just offered in the foregoing exordium. The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Of all Eleanor's exordiums it is the one I most dread. Crucial Instances It was a direct, plain introduction; not a florid exordium. From the Easy Chair — Volume 01 The beautiful opening meditation on the Love of God as shown in creation and redemption is then no mere general exordium, but in close dramatic unity with the sequel of the letter. Letters of Catherine Benincasa The exordium to the fourth book, which sometimes rises into eloquence, glorifies fate as the ultimate divine power, but denies it either will or personality. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius What prompts me to this exordium is the discovery that a few pages back, with a blameworthy hankering after the picturesque, I have grossly misused a foreign word. Alone Ferdinand was awed by this exordium—the impatience of curiosity was for a while suspended, and he hesitated whether he should receive the secret upon such terms. A Sicilian Romance His exordium was for the most part a beautiful and highly wrought enconium on the character and history of the Indians; particularly of his own people, in the past. An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 1750-1830 But Meg went on without heeding him any more than was implied in the repetition of her exordium. The Marquis of Lossie This quaint exordium did not advance matters much, but it had the effect of rousing my attention and convincing me that the message entrusted to Santos was one of very grave import. The Purple Land Mrs. Berthelin opened her exordium in a tone of high philippic, not even awaiting the formalities of introduction. From a Bench in Our Square "When I was on board the Audacious"—for a long time, was almost the invariable exordium to the fore-top Captain's most cursory remarks. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War He has scarcely finished his exordium, when he goes back to the third day of the creation, and then passes on to the deluge. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives I quote the exordium, because these compositions are differently numbered in different editions. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 His exordium over, Mr. Choate proceeds to define and to discuss Nationality. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 Such are the exordiums which our best historians have made use of. Trips to the Moon It is a theory of mine that a drive in the country with the right companion is better than exordiums. A Beautiful Possibility Your representative makes a speech, the exordium of which is Patriotism, the peroration of which is Star-Spangled Banner, and the central plum of which is your coal mine or iron mill. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 09, May 28, 1870 What is most absurd of all, my exordium is gone clean out of my head; and I had prepared it on purpose to produce a good impression at the start. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 What might not be expected of lawmakers who begin with so ambitious an exordium, and who lay the cornerstone of their edifice upon the solid rock of political principle? Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 The exordium, in short, may be lengthened or contracted according to the subject matter, and the transition from thence to the narration easy and natural. Trips to the Moon He ended this exordium with the passage which had cost him the most toil and which he had plagiarized from a great writer, Sinibaldo de Mas. The Social Cancer And as her spirit became oppressed by the silence in the vault, now that all was still within the coffin, she lifted the lid after the exordium, to see if Clara were indeed quite dead. Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 1 So much by way of exordium: and now for the outrage committed on me by the defendant. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 You will find plenty of historians prepared to set the Rhodian Colossus's head on the body of a dwarf; others on the contrary show us headless bodies, and plunge into the facts without exordium. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 Here is the very striking and characteristic exordium to her autobiography: I have not had an unpleasant life, although I was an old maid, and was a servant for fifty years. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography This presumptuous exordium so thoroughly irritated the minds of the conservatives that they swore in their hearts to offer determined opposition. The Social Cancer After an exordium of respectful compliment to the Parliament, the rhetorical skill of which is as masterly as the sincerity is obvious, Milton announces his purpose. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 Cecilia, at a loss what to say to this singular exordium, began an apology for not waiting upon him sooner. Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1 Bless me; here is quite a professional exordium! Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 After this lengthy exordium, Orris discreetly, changed the subject by wanting to know when he and Buck would be assigned again to duty. Our Pilots in the Air But I thought the present opportunity not to be slighted, for some little opening, that might lighten the task of the exordium upon the day of attempt. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 The Hâjî now passes to the results of his long and anxious thoughts: I have purposely twisted his exordium into an echo of Milton: Till old experience doth attain To something of prophetic strain. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi The ferocious invective of this peroration accorded so ill with his prattling exordium that I was left with nothing but a gaze. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca I remember nothing but a delightfully mixed polyglot exordium in French, German, and Italian, the result, he declared, of his recent excursion to foreign parts, which had obliterated the recollection of his native speech. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 Aunt Polly was quite sublime as she delivered that little exordium; and to the girl, anxious as she was for her old strength and happiness, the words were like music. King Midas: a Romance It was all in answer to Mr. Burke's general exordium and attack. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 Spruce, unable to hear a word of this exordium, smiled sheepishly,— and twirling the cap he held, put his coloured handkerchief into it and squeezed it tightly within the lining. God's Good Man The exordium thus duly prepared, you must suppose, ladies, that the second act opens with a royal christening The Princess of Wales had been delivered of a second son. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 The exordium has a fatal note of rhetorical exaggeration, not because the kind of passion is impossible, but because Shelley does not convince us that in this instance he had really been its subject. Percy Bysshe Shelley By this time he had made a beginning of his critical essay, and the exordium so far satisfied him that he was tempted to take it for Earwaker's judgment. Born in Exile The deputation exchanged glances, puzzled by this pompous and peevish exordium. South Wind A general scrambling movement followed this brief exordium. God's Good Man The words, so unexpected, so strangely different from the usual exordium, seemed to pass from line to line through the crowd. The Fortunate Youth He paused a moment, but Aurelia had no word of reply to this exordium. Veranilda After this exordium, which was pronounced to be unique for its simplicity and truth, he entered at once on the history of his own recent adventures. The Monikins Her exordium was as correct as could be. Simon the Jester The lady stood perfectly still, while Podatadsky, by way of exordium, embraced her affectionately. Joseph II. and His Court The exaggerated conventionalism of such exordium shows that these early poems had been preceded by a host of earlier pieces which had been adopted as canons of poetry. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 She certainly supposed that a formal offer was to be made and could not but think that so singular an exordium was never before made by a gentleman in a similar position. Barchester Towers Such-like greetings, together with a dead cat which was flung at him from the crowd, and which he dexterously parried with his stick, were the answers which he received to this exordium. Doctor Thorne He starts off with an exordium by which he tries to change the minds of the contesting chiefs, bidding them consider by opposing one another they give occasion of joy to their enemies. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies A fit of nervous coughing ended this extraordinary exordium; and half sitting, half leaning against the veranda, Mr. McClosky's guest turned his face, and part of a slight elegant figure, toward his host. Tales of the Argonauts His exordiums are terse, elegant, attractive, and occasionally impressive and majestic. The Letters of Pliny the Younger Unfortunately the father chose to add an exordium for the benefit of the astonished boatsman still lying on his oars. The Bell-Ringer of Angel's Lady Arabella had hardly expected that the doctor would reply to her mild and conciliatory exordium with so much sternness. Doctor Thorne And in each one of the exordiums he invokes the Muse that she may make the value of what is said greater and more divine. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Three days after my last public exordium, a contemptible fellow sought a quarrel with me, and obliged me to draw in my own defence, whom, on this occasion, I wounded in the groin. The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 1 It is the exordium of one of his manifestoes. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Before he had finished the exordium, the perspiration was starting from his brow, and his eyes from his bead. Notre-Dame De Paris Here we have an exordium strangely similar to that of Mlle. Samuel Brohl and Company As therefore all orators make use of introductory remarks to get the benevolent attention of their audience, so our poet makes use of exordiums fitted to move and reach the hearer. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies The exordium of the speech of Lord Chief Justice Crew is among the finest specimens of the ancient English eloquence. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 She certainly supposed that a formal offer was to be made, and could not but think that so singular an exordium was never before made by a gentleman in a similar position. Barchester Towers Similarly, in the case of speeches, the exordium is prior in order to the narrative. The Categories All four culprits will be in tears soon after the exordium. Yet Again At this astounding exordium Paul eagerly pressed forward and entered the bureau. A Ward of the Golden Gate At the close of his exordium, the Professor beckoned with his hand,—once, twice, thrice,—and a figure came gliding upon the platform, enveloped in a long veil of silvery whiteness. The Blithedale Romance Pray, sir, let your science alone, or you will put me under the painful necessity of demolishing it bit by bit, as I have done your exordium. Crotchet Castle SOCRATES: Yes; thank you for reminding me:—There is the exordium, showing how the speech should begin, if I remember rightly; that is what you mean—the niceties of the art? Phaedrus When the lady's-maid left the room and Madame Evangelista was certain that no one could overhear her, she arranged a few curls on her daughter's head by way of exordium. The Marriage Contract "For pity's sake, spare me thy exordium," said Emile, as, half plaintive, half amused, he took Raphael's hand. The Magic Skin One can imagine the pretty exordium to his parliamentary speeches which, in his anxiety not to be thought to have learnt anything from anybody, he has ready for the occasion. The Memorabilia |
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