 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 370 pages
...employed in the following cases : I. Before a slight change in the construction of the sentence : eg The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of...the firm resolve ; the dauntless spirit, speaking ->n the tongue, Leaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the wh Je man onward, right... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 pages
...in the presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism is eloquent; then, self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of...higher than all eloquence, — it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action ! 20. SINCERITY THE SOUL O1f ELOQUENCE. — Goetke. Born, 1749 ; died, 1832.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...in the presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism is eloquent ; then, self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of...higher than all eloquence, — it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action ! 20. SINCERITY THE SOUL OF ELOQUENCE. — Goethe. Bon, 1749; tied, 1832. How... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism is eloquent ; then, self-devotion is eloquent. The elear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the...higher than all eloquence, — it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action ! 20. SINCERITY THE SOUL OF ELOQUENCE. — Goethe. Born, 1749; died, 1832.... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1852 - 324 pages
...daunttess spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and ui'ging the whole man onward, right onward to his object —...something greater and higher than all eloquence, — it ia action, noble, sublime, and godlike action." Example 4. " Conceive a man to be standing on the margin... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 130 pages
...in the presence of higher qualities. Then patriotism is eloquent ; then self devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of...and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action. In July, 1776, the controversy had passed the stage of argument. An appeal... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853
...as in the presence of higher qualities. Then patriotism is eloquent; then self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of...and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action. In July, 1776, the controversy had passed the stage of argument. An appeal... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 206 pages
...in the presence of higher qualities. Then patriotism is eloquent; then self devotion is. eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of...or rather it is something greater and higher than aU eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action. In July, 1776, the controversy had passed... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1853 - 690 pages
...as in the presence of higher qualities. Then patriotism is eloquent. Then self-devotion is eloquent: the clear conception, outrunning the deductions of...this, this is eloquence, or rather, it is something higher and greater than all eloquence, — it is action — noble, sublime, godlike action. — Webster.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 560 pages
...in the presence of higher qualities. Then patriotism is eloquent ; then self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of...and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action. In July, 1776, the controversy had passed the stage of argument. An appeal... | |
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The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object —... 
