 | 1836 - 550 страници
...eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toll for it; but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases...expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it — they cannot reach it. It comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - 1836 - 530 страници
...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 the subject, and in... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - 334 страници
...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...expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it — they cannot reach it. It comes, if it comes at all, like the outbreaking of a mountain... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - 334 страници
...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...expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it— they cannot reach it. It comes, if it comes at all, like the out-breaking of a mountain... | |
 | 1837 - 352 страници
...T^iie 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...expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it— -they cannot reach it, It comes, if it comes at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 страници
...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...expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it ; they cannot reach it. It comes, if it come at all, like the out-breaking of a fountain from... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 страници
...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...man, — in the subject, — and in the occasion. 3. Affected passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it; they cannot... | |
 | William Henry Furness - 1838 - 476 страници
...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 страници
...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...expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it — they cannot reach it. It comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain... | |
 | L. Carroll Judson - 1839 - 376 страници
...not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labour and learning may toil for it, but they toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled...expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it, but they cannot reach it. It comes, if it comes at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain... | |
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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,... 
