 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 it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force,...  Daniel Webster, a Character Sketch - Page 156by Elizabeth Armstrong Reed - 1903 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1827 - 684 pages
...for giving them a place in this article. The eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his general character, and formed, indeed, a part of it. It was bold, manly, and energetic ; and such the crisis required. AVhen public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1826 - 74 pages
...temperament, for the part which he was now to act. The eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his general character, and formed, indeed, a part of it. It was bold, manly,...passions excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, farther than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness... | |
 | 1826 - 438 pages
...temperament, for the part which he was now to act. The eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his general character, and formed, indeed, a part of it. It was bold, manly,...energetic ; and such the crisis required. When public 28 bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong... | |
 | 1827 - 564 pages
...temperament, for the part which he was now to act. The eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his general character, and formed, indeed, a part of it. It was bold, manly,...passions excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, farther than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness... | |
 | 1827 - 654 pages
...The eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his general character, and formed, indeed, a part of it. It wat bold, manly, and energetic ; and such the crisis required....occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong passions-excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, farther than it is connected with high intellectual... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1831 - 722 pages
...living example of what he describes. " The eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his general character, and formed, indeed, a part of it. It was bold, manly,...; and such the crisis required. When public bodies arc to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong passions... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 292 pages
...LXXXI. Eloquence of John Adams. — WEBSTER. THE eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his general character, and formed, indeed, a part of it. It was bold, manly,...passions excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, farther than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness,... | |
 | 1827 - 684 pages
...for giving them a place in this article. The eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his general character, and formed, indeed, a part of it. It was bold, manly,...passions excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, farther than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 pages
...Eloquence of John Adeems. — WEBSTER. The eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his genera! character, and formed, indeed, a part of it. It was bold, manly,...great interests are at stake, and strong passions are excited, nothing is valuable in speech, farther than it is connected with hig'h intellectual and... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 282 pages
...LXXXI. Eloquence of John Adams. — WEBSTEK. THE eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his general character, and formed, indeed, a part of it. It was bold, "manly,...When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occa•ions, •when great interests are at stake, and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable,... | |
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