 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...  The Works - Page 131by Daniel Webster - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1852 - 324 pages
...own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of an hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric...higher qualities. Then, patriotism is eloquent; then, selfderotion is eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the deduction of logic, the high purpose,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...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...elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself then fcels rebuked and subdued, as in the presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism is eloquent ; then,... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1852 - 612 pages
...shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, und their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their power, rhetoric i * vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself then feels rebuked and subdued,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 206 pages
...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...higher qualities. Then patriotism is eloquent; then self devotion is. eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose,... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1853 - 690 pages
...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...contemptible. Even Genius itself then feels rebuked and sulxlued as in the presence of higher qualities. Then patriotism is eloquent. Then self-devotion is... | |
 | Samuel P. Lyman - 1853 - 334 pages
...have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself feels rebuked, and subdued, as in the presence of...patriotism is eloquent ; then, self-devotion is eloquent. A gentleman travelling through Portsmouth, gives an account of one of the gatherings of the people.... | |
 | 1854 - 560 pages
...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...The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic,—the high purpose,—the firm resolve,—the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1854 - 352 pages
...it. It must exist in the man,—in the subject,—and in the occasion. 5. Then, words have lost thoir power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory...patriotism is eloquent; then, self-devotion is eloquent. • 4. The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 504 pages
...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 lost their power, and rhetoric is vain, and all the elaborate oratory is contemptible. Even genius itself then feels... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1855 - 520 pages
...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...is eloquent; then, self-devotion is eloquent. The clcai conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose the firm resolve, the dauntless... | |
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