 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
 | Robert W. Lincoln - 1842 - 610 pages
...Clearness, force, and earnestness are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far....but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must oxist in the man, in the subject, and in... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...force, and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. 2. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far....man, — in the subject, — and in the occasion. 3. Affected passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it : they cannot... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pages
...Clearness, force, and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far....toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in everyway, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion.... | |
 | 1844 - 888 pages
...what it is not. There is much of truth in the language of one who says, " True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far....intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may conspire after it, they cannot reach it. It comes, if it comes at all, like the outbursting of a fountain... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 pages
...may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled 10 in every way, — they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man,...of declamation, all may aspire after it, — they cnnnot reach it. It comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the 15 earth,... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...Clearness, force, and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far....toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled 10 in every way, — they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion.... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...The marking to be applied as an extension of practice on Rhetorical Pauses.] 10 in every way,—they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the...expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it,—they cannot reach it. It comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 pages
...force, and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. 8. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far....man, — in the subject, — and in the occasion. 3; Affected passion, mtense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it; they cannot... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...Clearness, force, and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech.« It cannot be brought from...but they will 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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 398 pages
...Clearness, force, and earnestncM;, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far....but they will 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... | |
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