 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 marshaled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in...  Webster and His Master-pieces - Page 206by Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854Full view - About this book
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...conviction. True eloquence, 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 be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and... | |
 | William Henry Furness - 1838 - 476 pages
...impulse, that the godlike alone can awaken." COLERIDGE. " True eloquence does not consist in speech. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. It comes, if it comes at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the earth, or the bursting force... | |
 | Daniel Webster, James Rees - 1839 - 108 pages
...produce conviction. 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, in the subject, and... | |
 | 1840 - 554 pages
...produce conviction. 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. Il must exist in the man, in the subject, and... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - 1842 - 610 pages
...produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will...in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must oxist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. Affected passion, intense expression, the pomp... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1842 - 326 pages
...produce conviction. 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, in the subject and in... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pages
...produce conviction. 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 everyway, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...produce conviction. 2. 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, — in the subject,... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...produce conviction 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 10 in every way, — they cannot compass U. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 pages
...produce conviction. 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, in the subject, and... | |
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