The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have... Public Speaking Today: A High School Manual - Page 125by Frank Cummins Lockwood, Clarence De Witt Thorpe - 1921 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1827 - 684 pages
...schools, the costly ornaments, and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children,...then self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, out -running the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking... | |
| 1826 - 438 pages
...costly ornaments, and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own live?, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang ou the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate... | |
| 1827 - 654 pages
...schools, the costly ornaments, and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children,...rebuked, and subdued, as in the presence of higher 1827.] Eulogies on Jefferson and Adams. 67 qualities. Then, patriotism is eloquent; then self-devotion... | |
| George Merriam - 1828 - 282 pages
...schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children,...deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, thet dauntless spirit, speaking on, the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and... | |
| Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 pages
...schools, the costly ornaments, and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children,...eloquent ; then self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conceptions, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 pages
...contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, 20 their children, and their country hang on the decision...presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism is 25 eloquent ; then, self devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, out-running the deductions of... | |
| John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and . disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children,...hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric ia vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself then feels rebuked, and subdued,... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 pages
...men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and the country, hang on their decision of the hour. Then words have lost their power,...presence of higher qualities. Then) patriotism is e|-. oqnent; then, self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, out-running the deductions of logic,... | |
| John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...contrivances of speech, shock and dis* gust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, i their children, and their country, hang on the decision...rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Eveu genius itself then feels rebuked, and subdued, as in the presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism... | |
| Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 pages
...schools, the costly ornaments, and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children,...The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of loa;ic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from... | |
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