| 1834 - 614 pages
...eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming...it is action, — noble, sublime, godlike action." Nothing can well be finer than the mode in which this general description is illustrated : — . their... | |
| Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 pages
...in the presence of higher qualities. Then,patriotism is eloquent ; then, self-devotion is eloquent. speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing...eloquence ; it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action. — D. WEBSTER. • , LESSON LIX. The Education of the Poor. 1. THE education of the poor sifts the... | |
| John Pierpont - 1835 - 292 pages
...The clear conception, out-running the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming...rather, it is something greater and higher than all elo quence, — it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action. LESSON CXXXVI. Extract from a Discourse,... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1835 - 610 pages
...: the clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit speaking on the tongue, beaming from...this, this is eloquence, or rather, it is something higher and greater than all eloquence, — it is action — noble, sublime, godlike action." Page 38.... | |
| Daniel Webster - 1835 - 1166 pages
...firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking OD iho tongue, beaming from the oye, inforiiiinu; evi-rv feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward...greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, nobfe, sublime, godlike action. In July 17 7G, the controversy had passed the stage of argument. An... | |
| Moses Severance - 1835 - 314 pages
...The clear conception, out-running the deductions of logic, d the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit speaking on the tongue, "beaming...informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, Tigfal onward to his object, — this is eloquence. D. Webster. SECTION II. The Perfect Orator. 1.... | |
| 1836 - 550 pages
...conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, — the high purpose, — the finn resolve, — the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming...is action, noble, sublime, godlike action. In July, I776, the controversy had passed the stage of argument. An appeal had been made to force, and opposing... | |
| 1836 - 552 pages
...conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, — the high purpose, — the firm resolve, — the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming...is something greater and higher than all eloquence, — 4t is action, noble, sublime, godlike action. In July, 1776, the controversy had passed the stage... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 pages
...dauntless spirit, speaking on the tonguebeaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging th whole man onward, right onward to his object — this,...— it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action. 2. CAUSES OF WAR. — Binney. What are sufficient causes of war let no man say, let no legislator say,... | |
| Robert W. Lincoln - 1836 - 530 pages
...eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming...and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object,—this, this is eloquence ; or rather, it is something greater and higher than eloquence,—... | |
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