 When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech farther than as it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force,...  The American Jurist and Law Magazine - Page 1091832Full view - About this book
 | 1827 - 684 pages
...pulpit as well as the senate, that we shall offer no apology for giving them a place in this article. The eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his general character,...manly, and energetic ; and such the crisis required. AVhen public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake,... | |
 | 1826 - 438 pages
...discipline, as well as by natural talent and natural temperament, for the part which he was now to act. The eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his general character,...energetic ; and such the crisis required. When public 28 bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1831 - 722 pages
...Mr. Adams, in giving which, the speaker becomes, himself, a living example of what he describes. " The eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his general character,...; and such the crisis required. When public bodies arc to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong passions... | |
 | 1827 - 654 pages
...discipline, as well as by natural talent and natural temperament, for the part which he was now to act The eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his general character, and formed, indeed, a part of it. It wat bold, manly, and energetic ; and such the crisis required. When public bodies are to be addressed... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 pages
...LESSON LXII. Eloquence of John Adeems. — WEBSTER. The eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his genera! character, and formed, indeed, a part of it. It was...great interests are at stake, and strong passions are excited, nothing is valuable in speech, farther than it is connected with hig'h intellectual and... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 282 pages
...it is difficult and natural not to undergo it. LESSON LXXXI. Eloquence of John Adams. — WEBSTEK. THE eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his general character,...When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occa•ions, •when great interests are at stake, and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable,... | |
 | 1832 - 478 pages
...discipline, as well as by natural talent and natural temperament, for the part which he was now to act. The eloquence of Mr. Adams resembled his general character,...strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech, further than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments Clearness, force and earnestness... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...ELOQUENCE. Extract from the same Discourse. WHENEVER public bodies, fellow. citizens, are to be ad. dressed on momentous occasions ; when great interests are at stake, and strong passions excited, the eloquence of those who address such bodies should be bold, manly, and energetic ; and such as the... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1835 - 1166 pages
...discipline, as well as by natural talent and natural temperament, for the part whidi he was now to act. The eloquence of Mr. Adams -resembled his general...addressed on momentous occasions^ when great interests arc at stake, and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, farther than it is connected... | |
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