 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,...  Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Page 44by Daniel Webster - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 504 pages
...but they will toil IB HIS DESCRIPTION Of TRUE ELOQUENCE. 57 vain. Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. Afiected passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it, but they cannot... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1854 - 234 pages
...Clearness, force, and earnestness are the qualities which produce conviction.,y True eloquence, does not consist in speech. It cannot be* brought from far. 'Labor and learnmg may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 510 pages
...up, among us: " True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from fcr. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in HI8 DESCRIPTION OF TRUE XLOQUENCE. 57 vain. Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way, but they... | |
 | Salem Town - 1855 - 492 pages
...4. Take fast hold of instruction ; let her not g5 ; keep her for she is my 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... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 pages
...conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labour 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 pages
...conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labour and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in...the subject, and in the occasion. Affected passion, intenso expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it — they cannot reach it. It comes,... | |
 | 1856 - 570 pages
...Webster. TRUE eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labour and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in...man, in the subject, and in the occasion. Affected passjon, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it — they cannot reach... | |
 | Salem Town - 1856 - 420 pages
...far. Labor and learning may toil for it ; but they toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way ; but they cannot compass it. It must...exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. AftYited passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it, but they cannot... | |
 | David Addison Harsha - 1857 - 544 pages
...qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It can not be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for...but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way, but they can not compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Graham - 1857 - 88 pages
...qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech ; it can not be brought from far : labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil for it in vain : words and phrases may be marshaled in every way, but they can not compass it. It must... | |
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