True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it; but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way ; but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man,... Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Page 84by Daniel Webster - 1830 - 520 pagesFull view - About this book
| Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 544 pages
...indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may...aspire after it — they cannot reach it. It comes, if k come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic... | |
| John Sanderson - United States - 1827 - 362 pages
...indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labour and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may...the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it, but they cannot reach it. It comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the... | |
| Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 540 pages
...indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may...expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it—they cannot reach it. It comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain, Words and phrases may 10 be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass...comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of 15 a fountain from the earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic fires, with spontaneous, original,... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, farther than it is connected with high intellectual and 10 be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass...expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it—they cannot reach it. It comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of 15 a fountain from... | |
| John Sanderson - 1828 - 728 pages
...to the people of all the colonies. North Carolina alone had yet come out with an explicit desire lor the occasion. Affected passion, intense expression,...the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it, but they cannot reach it. It comes, if it come at all, like the outhreaking of a fountain from the... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labour and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may...comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a mountain from the earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic fires, with spontaneous, original, native... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1830 - 416 pages
...from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may 10 be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass...subject, and in the occasion. Affected passion, intense egression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it — they^cannot reach it. It comes, if... | |
| Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - History - 1831 - 248 pages
...indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may...expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it—they cannot reach it. It comes, if it comes at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the... | |
| George Ticknor - 1831 - 56 pages
...indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may...expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it—they cannot reach it It comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the... | |
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