Modern Eloquence, Volume 7Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh John D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page xxv
... speech without sensa- tional devices and commonplace truisms . He addressed the hearts of his hearers , as his two compeers had spoken , the one to their understanding and the other to their imagination . Who was greatest in this ...
... speech without sensa- tional devices and commonplace truisms . He addressed the hearts of his hearers , as his two compeers had spoken , the one to their understanding and the other to their imagination . Who was greatest in this ...
Page xxxii
... speech can convey . As with illustrious predecessors , these spiritual gifts van- ished with the departing spirit , leaving only the form of their eloquence by which to imagine its living power . In this instance both the record and the ...
... speech can convey . As with illustrious predecessors , these spiritual gifts van- ished with the departing spirit , leaving only the form of their eloquence by which to imagine its living power . In this instance both the record and the ...
Page xxxiii
... speech . Charged with thought , alive with emotion , possessing the clear vision and the ready word , he was as ... speech until it became a very cloth of gold and gems in its classic and barbaric splen- dor . A liberal education is ...
... speech . Charged with thought , alive with emotion , possessing the clear vision and the ready word , he was as ... speech until it became a very cloth of gold and gems in its classic and barbaric splen- dor . A liberal education is ...
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