A Handbook of Literary Criticism An Analysis of Literary Forms in Prose And Ver
A Handbook of Literary Criticism An Analysis of Literary Forms in Prose And Ver
William Henry Sheran
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Modern Oratory. France and England are leading nations in modern eloquence; and they bear considerable resemblance to Greece and Rome. In relation to the arts, France seems to have inherited the genius of Greece, so that her capital city is justly styled the modern Athens; while London is the modern center of the orbis terrarum; and the imperial Eng- 302 THE ORATION lishman bears a striking* resemblance to the imperial Roman. France has produced two orators who are often compared with Demosthen...es : Mirabeau in the forum, and Bossuet in the pulpit. The speeches of both contain those elements of pas- sion and power which characterize the orations of the Athen- ian orator. Intense religious and political excitement gave both the necessary opportunity. When Mirabeau appeared in the French Assembly, he hurled defiance and scorn on the nobility and King, as Demosthenes had done against Philip; and he roused the people to the same passionate fury ; he ac- tually goaded them to madness by his eloquent recital of their wrongs and his vehement denunciation of their rulers.
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