So minutely, and upon so extensive a plan, has he prosecuted the subject, that he delineates the education suitable to a perfect orator, from the stage of infancy in the cradle, to the consummation of rhetorical fame, in the pursuits of the bar, or those, in general, of any public assembly.
"Titus Flavius Domitianus (Domitian) The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, Volume 12."
C. Suetonius Tranquillus
You remember how Young in his wonderful "Night Thoughts" delineates the man who Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve, Resolves, and re-resolves, and dies the same.
"The Art of Public Speaking"
Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein
The political pamphlet, admirable for one state, may be absurd in another; the novel which exactly delineates the present age may seem strange and unfamiliar to the next; and thus works which treat of men relatively, and not man in se, must often confine their popularity to the age and even the country in which they were written.
"Pelham, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton Last Updated: March 16, 2009