If it be commonplace and hackneyed he makes it fresh and pleasant by giving in detail the circumstances when it was first uttered, or describes some occasion when some orator has applied it before; or calls attention to its very triteness as giving it added authority.
Hoar discusses how speakers can revitalize common phrases to engage their audience.
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He has fallen at the very gate of an honorable and eminent career, and a thousand hopes are buried in his grave.
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He indignantly rejected it, and declared he would not eat a creature that he loved.
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