| Daniel Webster - 1854 - 240 ページ
...eloquent; then self devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logte, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless...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,... | |
| 1854 - 560 ページ
...clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic,—the high purpose,—the firm resolve,—the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming...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... | |
| Salem Town - 1854 - 412 ページ
...tem P tible. Then, even genius feels reThen a t ' SUbdued> as if in the presence of higher qualities. every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right...his object; this, this is eloquence, or rather, it ii something greater than eloquence; it is action noble, sublime, and god-like action." 8. Rhetoric,... | |
| John Frost - 1855 - 462 ページ
...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. WEBSTER. 143.... | |
| Henry Washington Hilliard - 1855 - 510 ページ
...maintained a dominion which none could dispute with him. He realized Mr. Webster's description of oratory: "The clear conception outrunning the deductions of...this, this is eloquence, or, rather, it is something greater and higher than eloquence ; it is action — noble, sublime, god-like action." His noblest... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1855 - 520 ページ
...presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism is eloquent; then, self-devotion is eloquent. The clcai conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the...onward, right onward to his object — this, this is •sloquence : or rather it is something greater and higher than Jl eloquence, — it is action, noble,... | |
| 1855 - 506 ページ
...is eloquent. The clear conception, out-running the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the linn resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue,...this, this is eloquence ; or, rather, it is something greater and higher than all eloquence — it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action. In July, I776,... | |
| Philip Schaff - 1855 - 300 ページ
...the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing eveiy feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object;" that eloquence, which is "something greater and higher than all eloquence, which is action, noble,... | |
| John Franklin Genung - 1900 - 702 ページ
...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...his object, — this, this is eloquence ; or rather, On account of prevalent misconceptions, however, we may here make a few discriminations, principally... | |
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