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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,... "
Town's Fourth Reader: Containing a Selection of Lessons, Exclusively from ... - Page 228
by Salem Town - 1845 - 288 pages
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 5

Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 544 pages
...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,...aspire after it — they cannot reach it. It comes, if k come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic...
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Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 8

John Sanderson - United States - 1827 - 362 pages
...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,...the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it, but they cannot reach it. It comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a fountain from the...
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 5

Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 540 pages
...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,...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 from the...
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Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery as Applied in Reading and ...

Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain, Words and phrases may 10 be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass...comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of 15 a fountain from the earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic fires, with spontaneous, original,...
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Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery as Applied in Reading and ...

Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, farther than it is connected with high intellectual and 10 be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass...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 15 a fountain from...
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Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 1

John Sanderson - 1828 - 728 pages
...to the people of all the colonies. North Carolina alone had yet come out with an explicit desire lor the occasion. Affected passion, intense expression,...the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it, but they cannot reach it. It comes, if it come at all, like the outhreaking of a fountain from the...
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A Practical System of Rhetoric: Or, The Principles and Rules of Style ...

Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...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,...comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking of a mountain from the earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic fires, with spontaneous, original, native...
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Speeches and Forensic Arguments

Daniel Webster - United States - 1830 - 518 pages
...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,...passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, nil may aspire after it — they cannot reach it. It comes, if it come at all, like the outbreaking...
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Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery: As Applied to Reading and ...

Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1830 - 416 pages
...from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may 10 be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass...subject, and in the occasion. Affected passion, intense egression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it — they^cannot reach it. It comes, if...
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Remarks on the Life and Writings of Daniel Webster of Massachusetts

George Ticknor - 1831 - 56 pages
...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,...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 from the...
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