 | 1827 - 684 pagini
...qualities. Then, patriotism is eloquent ; then self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, out -running the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm...this, this is eloquence; or rather it is something greater and higher than eloquence, tt is action, noble, snblune, god-like action, p. 213. — Webiter.... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1826 - 74 pagini
...comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic fires, with spontaneous, original, native...this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action. In July 1776,... | |
 | 1826 - 438 pagini
...men, when their own live?, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang ou the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their...this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something greater and higher than eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, go& like action. In July 1776, the... | |
 | 1827 - 564 pagini
...comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic fires, with spontaneous, original, native...this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action. In July, 1776,... | |
 | 1827 - 540 pagini
...comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic fires, with spontaneous, original, native...and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object—this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence,... | |
 | 1827 - 544 pagini
...It comes, if k come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic fires, with spontaneous, original, native...every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right otfward to his object — this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something greater and higher than... | |
 | John Sanderson - 1827 - 362 pagini
...the bursting forth of volcanic fires, with spontaneous, original, native force. The graces taught in schools the costly ornaments, and studied contrivances...this, this is eloquence, or rather it is something greater and higher than eloquence, it is action, noble sublime, godlike action." While Mr. Adams was... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 286 pagini
...comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic fires, with spontaneous, original, native...this, this is eloquence ; or, rather, it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, — it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action. In July, 1776,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pagini
...and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric ia vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even...urging the whole man onward, right onward, to his object—this, this is eloquence ; or, rather, it is something greater and higher than all eloquence,—it... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 pagini
...higher qualities. Then, patriotism is eloquent ; then self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conceptions, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose,...feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to this object — this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something higher than all eloquence, it is... | |
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The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments, and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have... 
