 | Salem Town - 1848 - 300 pages
...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,...then, self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, out running the de.ductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1848 - 514 pages
...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,...genius itself then feels rebuked, and subdued, as in thn presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism is eloquent; then, self-devotion is eloquent. The... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - 1848 - 364 pages
...own lives, and the lives of their wives and children, and their country, hang on the decision of an hour. Then, words have lost their power; rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Then, even genius feels rebuked and subdued, as if in the presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism... | |
 | 1849 - 778 pages
...eloquence does not consist in speech. It must exist in the man ; in the subject ; and in the occasion. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of...the firm resolve ; the dauntless spirit, speaking from the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, urging the whole man onward, right... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1849 - 872 pages
...eloquence does not consist in speech. It must exist in the man; in the subject; and in the occasion. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of...the firm resolve ; the dauntless spirit, speaking from the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, urging the whole man onward, right... | |
 | 1849 - 788 pages
...eloquence does not consist in speech. It must exist in the man ; in the subject; and in the occasion. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of...the firm resolve ; the dauntless spirit, speaking from the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, urging the whole man onward, right... | |
 | 1849 - 788 pages
...eloquence does not consist in speech. It must exist in the man ; in the subject ; and in the occasion. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of...the firm resolve ; the dauntless spirit, speaking from the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, urging the whole man onward, right... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 pages
...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,...then, self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, outmnning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 370 pages
...employed in the following cases : I. Before a slight change in the construction of the sentence : eg The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of...the firm resolve ; the dauntless spirit, speaking ->n the tongue, Leaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the wh Je man onward, right... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 pages
...ments, and studied contrivajjces 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 8 hour. Then, words have lost their power ; rhetoric is vain; and all elaborate oratory contemptible.... | |
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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... 
