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,... American Quarterly Review - Página 313editado por - 1831Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - 1864 - 516 páginas
...4. Take fast hold of instruction ; let her not go ; keep her, for she is thy life. 5. True eloquence must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. 6. Let me prepare for the approach of eternity; let me give up my soul to meditation ; let solitude... | |
| Daniel Parish Kidder - 1864 - 582 páginas
...above impressive declarations be compared with what is demanded in the Christian pulpit. True eloquence "must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion." The eloquent preacher must be a man of God. In his own breast must dwell those living emotions which... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 páginas
...OP TRUE ELOQUENCE. True eloquence does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from fur. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in...they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in tie subject, and in the occasion. Affected passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all... | |
| David Bates Tower - 1865 - 256 páginas
...clauses, and sentences ; as, Two and three are five. A great and good man has left us. True eloquence must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. John walked and William rode. REMARK 1. Conjunctions connect words of the same class in the same relation... | |
| Leroy Jones Halsey - 1865 - 460 páginas
...the third, i Says a high authority, Mr. Webster, " true eloquence does not consist in mere speech. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the oscasioa." Such a subject Deruosthenes had in the liberty of Greece, and such an occasion in the threatened... | |
| John Bascom - 1866 - 264 páginas
...orator, — " 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...expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire to it ; they cannot reach it. It comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from... | |
| David Thomas - 1866 - 756 páginas
...consist in speech. It cannot be brought from tu. Labour and learning may toil for it, but they mil toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, bu; they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, in the occasion. Affected passion,... | |
| Jacob Bigelow - 1867 - 68 páginas
...eloquence," says Daniel Webster, " does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in...in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion." Poetry has been produced in all recorded ages. But not every person is qualified to judge and compare... | |
| Jacob Bigelow - 1867 - 404 páginas
...eloquence," says Daniel WebBter, " does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in...in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion." Poetry has been produced in all recorded ages. But not every person is qualified to judge and compare... | |
| Jacob Bigelow - 1867 - 404 páginas
...eloquence," says Daniel Webster, " does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in...way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the inan, in the subject, and in the occasion." Poetry has been produced in all recorded ages. But not... | |
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