 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 —...  The Elements of Reading and Oratory - Page 116by Henry Mandeville - 1850 - 356 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Erasmus Darwin North - Elocution - 1846 - 454 pages
...eloquent. \ The clear conception, V outrunning the deductions of logic, \ the high purpose, \ thej?rm resolve, \ the dauntless spirit, \ speaking on the...onward to his object — this, THIS is eloquence. examples of emphatic subject. Has the stability of the government, or that of the country, been weakened... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1846 - 420 pages
...no half-way existence. Either it is not, or it comes ' beaming from the eye, speaking on the tongue, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object.' Nothing can take its place. Decorum, without it, becomes hollow formality ; gravity, coldness ; dignity,... | |
 | Salem Town - Elocution - 1847 - 420 pages
...the presence of higher qualities. Then patriotism is eloquent, then self-devotion is eloquent. 7. " The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of...this is eloquence, or rather, it is something greater than eloquence ; it is action, noble, sublime, and god-like action." 8. Rhetoric, as taught in our... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - Conduct of life - 1848 - 364 pages
...subdued, as if in the presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism is eloquent ; then, self devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, outrunning the...this is eloquence, or rather, it is something greater than eloquence — it is action, noble, sublime, and god-like action." Rhetoric, as taught in our seminaries,... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1848 - 300 pages
...qualities. Then, patriotism is eloquent; then, self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, out running the de.ductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm...urging the whole man onward, right onward, to his object—this is eloquence. ••••.•' '•' LESSON LXXII. OUR NATIVE LAND. : .-\ WE come, a... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - Orators - 1849 - 514 pages
...contemptible. Even genius itself then feels rebuked and subdued, as in the presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism is eloquent ; then self-devotion...or rather it is something greater and higher than eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, god-like action." This clearness, freshness, and force, which... | |
 | Religion - 1849 - 778 pages
...eloquence does not consist in speech. It must exist in the man ; in the subject ; and in the occasion. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of...the firm resolve ; the dauntless spirit, speaking from the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, urging the whole man onward, right... | |
 | Theology - 1849 - 788 pages
...eloquence does not consist in speech. It must exist in the man ; in the subject; and in the occasion. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of...the firm resolve ; the dauntless spirit, speaking from the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, urging the whole man onward, right... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1849 - 872 pages
...eloquence does not consist in speech. It must exist in the man; in the subject; and in the occasion. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of...the firm resolve ; the dauntless spirit, speaking from the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, urging the whole man onward, right... | |
 | Theology - 1849 - 788 pages
...eloquence does not consist in speech. It must exist in the man ; in the subject ; and in the occasion. The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of...the firm resolve ; the dauntless spirit, speaking from the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, urging the whole man onward, right... | |
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