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
| Moses Severance - 1835 - 314 páginas
...earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist jn speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. 2. Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1835 - 610 páginas
...conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labour and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled ill every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion.... | |
| John Pierpont - 1835 - 292 páginas
...conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labour and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Wo>ds and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the... | |
| Robert W. Lincoln - 1836 - 530 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....but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in... | |
| 1836 - 550 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. Labor and learning may toll for it; but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way; but they... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 páginas
...force, and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. 2. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far....man, — in the subject, — and in the occasion. 3. Affected passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it; they cannot... | |
| William Henry Furness - 1838 - 476 páginas
...impulse, that the godlike alone can awaken." COLERIDGE. " True eloquence does not consist in speech. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. It comes, if it comes at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the earth, or the bursting force... | |
| L. Carroll Judson - 1839 - 376 páginas
...not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labour and learning may toil for it, but they toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled...the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it, but they cannot reach it. It comes, if it comes at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the... | |
| 1840 - 554 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....marshalled in every way ; but they cannot compass it. Il must exist in the man, in the subject, and hi the occasion. Affected passion, intense expression,... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - 1842 - 326 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....expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it—they cannot reach it. It comes, if it comes at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the... | |
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