 True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man,...  Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Página 44por Daniel Webster - 1835Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1860 - 836 páginas
...passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it — they can not reach it It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion." Profound emotional sensibility in a speaker would seem to imply another necessary condition of eloquence... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 446 páginas
...qualities which produce conviction. 2. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It can not be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for...but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way, but they can not compass8 it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 páginas
...qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It can not be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for...they will toil in vain*. Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way', but they can not compass' it. It must exist in the man\ in the subject', and... | |
 | L. T. Covell - 1861 - 252 páginas
...is to the sons of men." " Hatred stirreth up strife ; but love covcreth all sin." " True eloquence must exist in the man ; in the subject; and* in the occasion." " The sun is the source of light; the fixed stars are other suns ; the planets are other worlds ; the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 páginas
...posterity, be blotted forever from the memory of mankind ' THE NATURE Of TRUE ELOyUENCE. Truc eloquence does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far....Affected passion, intense expression, the pomp of deelamation, all may aspire after it, — they cannot reach it. It comes, if it come at all, like the... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1862 - 558 páginas
...it', but they will toil in vain'. Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way', but they can not compass' it. It must exist in the man', in the subject',...of declamation', all may aspire after it' — they can not reach' it. It comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the earth,... | |
 | 1862 - 838 páginas
...Clearness, force, and earnestness are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far....toil for it. but they will toil in vain. Words and phra&es may be marshalled in every way, but they cannot com ~ -'* T1 "• — " man, in the subject,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 páginas
...posterity, be blotted forever from the memory of mankind ! THE NATUEE OF TRUE ELOQUENCE. True eloquence does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they trill toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It... | |
 | 1863 - 464 páginas
...Clearness, force and earnestness are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far....and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but they connot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. — Webster. MANY... | |
 | 1863 - 446 páginas
...Clearness, force and earnestness are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far....Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, hut they connot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion.— Webster.... | |
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