 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,...  Elocution: Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy - Page 286by C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 323 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Celivergos Zachos - Elocution - 1851 - 570 pages
...than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence,...brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for u, ou.they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way, but they cannot compass... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Readers - 1851 - 396 pages
...Clearness, force and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does 3 not consist in speech ; it cannot be brought from...labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil for it in vain: words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but 4 they cannot compass it. It... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence,...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, in the subject, and... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence,...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, in the subject, and... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...earnestness), are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indced, does not consist in spcech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning...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, in the subject, and... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853
...than as it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence,...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, in the subject, and... | |
 | Samuel P. Lyman - History - 1853 - 276 pages
...described years afterwards, in his eulogy on Adams and Jefferson. Hear him ! You will never tire. " True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech....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, in the subject, and... | |
 | Daniel Webster - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1853 - 130 pages
...endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from...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, in the subject, and... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1854 - 640 pages
...than as it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence,...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, in the subject, and... | |
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