 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
 | 1856 - 570 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...man, in the subject, and in the occasion. Affected passjon, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it — they cannot reach... | |
 | Salem Town - 1856 - 420 pages
...far. Labor and learning may toil for it ; but they toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way ; but they cannot compass it. It must...exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. AftYited passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it, but they cannot... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Graham - 1857 - 88 pages
...but they will toil for it in vain : words and phrases may be marshaled in every way, but they can not compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject,...of declamation — all may aspire after it ; they can not reach it. It comes, if it comes at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the earth,... | |
 | David Addison Harsha - 1857 - 544 pages
...for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way, but they can not compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject,...expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire to it; they can not reach it. It comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from... | |
 | Salem Town - 1857 - 524 pages
...4. Take fast hold of instruction ; let her not g6 ; keep her,ibr she is thy life. 5. True eloquence must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. 6. Let me prepare for the approach of eternity ; let me give up my soul to meditation ; let solitude... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...indeed, docs 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...aspire after it; they cannot reach it. It comes, if it comes at all, like the out-breaking of a fountain from (he earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic... | |
 | Samuel P. Lyman - 1858 - 580 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...all may aspire after it, they cannot reach it. It 10* comes, if it comes at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the earth, or the bursting forth... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1858 - 516 pages
...for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way, but they can not compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject,...pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it; they can not reach it. It comes, if it comes at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the earth,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1859 - 422 pages
...they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way, but they can not compass 3 it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and...pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it; they can not reach it. It comes, if it come at all, like the out-breaking of a fountain from the earth,... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1859 - 356 pages
...indeed, does not consist in speech. It can not 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 can not compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. Affected passion,... | |
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