 | George Merriam - 1828 - 282 ページ
...The clear conception, out-running the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, thet dauntless spirit, speaking on, the tongue, beaming...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 - 684 ページ
...tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and Eulogies on Adams and Jefferson. [ArntL. urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object...this, this is eloquence; or rather it is something greater and higher than eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, god-like action, p. 213. — Webtter.... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 ページ
...hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Eveu genius itself then feels rebuked, and subdued, as...this, this is eloquence ; or, rather, it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, — it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action. LESSON CXXXVI.... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 ページ
...feels rebuked, and subdued, as in the presence of higher qualities. Then) patriotism is e|-. oqnent; then, self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception,...this, this is eloquence; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, jioble, sublime, and godlike action." Example... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 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/ In July 1776,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 ページ
...eloquent; then, self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of loa;ic, 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,... | |
 | George Ticknor - 1831 - 56 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...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,... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1831 - 248 ページ
...their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself then let-Is rebuked, and subdued, as in the presence of higher...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,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 ページ
...resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every featuie, and urging the whole man onward, right onward, to...this, this is eloquence ; or, rather, it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, — it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action. LESSON CXXXVI.... | |
 | 1832 - 478 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. In July, 1776,... | |
| |
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... 
