 ... urbanity. But in spite of the absence of these two distinguished members of the Lower House, the box in which the managers stood contained an array of speakers such as perhaps had not appeared together since the great age of Athenian eloquence. There...  The American Eclectic - Page 4801842Full view - About this book
 | 1877 - 588 pages
...speakers such as perhaps had not appeared together since the great age of Athenian eloquence. There were Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the...imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern." Edmund Burke honoured Beaconsfield with his residence for more than a quarter of a century — the... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 578 pages
...for the duties of a public prosecutor; and his friends were left without the help of his excellent sense, his tact, and his urbanity. But, in spite of...to the capacity and taste of his hearers ; but in aptitude of comprehension and richness of imagination, superior to every orator, ancient or modern.... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 642 pages
...of adapting his reasonings and his style to the capacity and taste of his hearers ; but in aptitude of comprehension and richness of imagination, superior...with eyes reverentially fixed on Burke, appeared the fmest gentleman of the age. — his form developed by every manly exercise, — his face beaming with... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...for the duties of a public prosecutor; and his friends were left without the help of his excellent sense, his tact, and his urbanity. But, in spite of...style to the capacity and taste of his hearers; but in aptitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern.... | |
 | 1866 - 956 pages
...tenderest and most considerate friend. As yet, the star of Burke, who was to rise, according to Macaulay, "in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator ancient or modern," was below the horizon. He was then twenty-three years old, reading for the bar, contributing to papers... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...for the duties of a public prosecutor; and his friends were left without the help of his excellent sense, his tact, and his urbanity. But, in spite of...style to the capacity and taste of his hearers; but in aptitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern.... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...to be one of the conductors of the impeachment. But there stood Fox and Sheridan. There was Burke, in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination,...superior to every orator, ancient or modern. There appeared the finest gentleman of the age — his face beaming with intelligence and spirit — the... | |
 | 1853 - 458 pages
...and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the English Hypcrides. There was Burke, ignorant, indeed, of the art of adapting his reasonings and his style to the capacity of his hearers ; but in aptitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854 - 354 pages
...Athenian eloquence. There stood Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the BngVOL. iv — 15 lish Hyperides. There was Burke, ignorant, indeed, or negligent...to the capacity and taste of his hearers ; but in aptitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern.... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...to be one of the conductors of the impeachment. But there stood Fox and Sheridan. There was Burke, in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination,...superior to every orator, ancient or modern. There appeared the finest gentleman of the age — his face beaming with intelligence and spirit — the... | |
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