 | Salem Town - Readers - 1854 - 412 pages
...Demosthenes, by his action, action, option,' meant to express the same opinion." 4. Mr. Webster observes, " When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous...occasions, when great interests are at stake, and string passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech further than it is connected with high intellectual... | |
 | American prose literature - 1855 - 506 pages
...discipline, as well as by natural talent and natural temperament, for the part which he was now to act. The eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his general character,...interests are at stake, and strong passions excited, clothing is valuable in speech, further than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - American literature - 1856 - 338 pages
...of eloquence, given in one of his speeches, from which the following passage may be quoted : — ' When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous...strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech further than as it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and... | |
 | Charles Northend - Orators - 1856 - 276 pages
...the fruits of that learning which ripens for eternity ? 'EXERCISE III. THE NATURE OF TRUE ELOQUENCE. WHEN public bodies are to be addressed on momentous...strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech, further than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness,... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Graham - Shorthand - 1857 - 88 pages
...than -1 elql; : is ao" : no", sblime, G-lke ac\ — Webster KEY. — THE NATURE OF TRUE ELOQUENCE. When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous...great interests are at stake, and strong passions are excited, nothing is valuable in speech farther than it is connected with high intellectual and... | |
 | David Addison Harsha - Orators - 1857 - 544 pages
...modern eloquence has produced: " When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, Avhen great interests are at stake, and strong passions...excited, nothing is valuable in speech farther than as it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness are... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 pages
...subjects, And ye shall find the state a gentle mistress. (Exeunt.) FROM MITFORD. LX.— TRUE ELOQUENCE. WHEN public bodies are to be addressed on momentous...strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech, further than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pages
...Hold the fleet angel fast until he bless thee. 19. THE ELOQUENCE OF ACTION.— Daniel »',;,.-, r. public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions,...strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech, further than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force and earnestness,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 752 pages
...posterity, be blotted forever from the memory of mankind! THE NATURE OF TRUE ELOQUENCE. The eloqnence of Mr. Adams resembled his general character, and...part of it. It was bold, manly, and energetic; and snch the crisis required. When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous qnestions, when great... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Readers - 1859 - 356 pages
...SPEAKER TRUE ELOQUENCE. Extracted from WEBSTER'S rtflrlrnfii nn thr rnrnplatirm nftliri TTiinliri TTIH WHEN public bodies are to be addressed on momentous...strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech, further than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force and earnestness,... | |
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When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech farther than as it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force,... 
