 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,...  Elocution: Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy - Page 286by C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 323 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Gostwick - American literature - 1856 - 338 pages
...with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness are the qualities that produce 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... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...and the culprit is a child strayed from his duty, and returned to it again with tears. e,— Webster. 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... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Graham - Shorthand - 1857 - 88 pages
...than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech ; it can not be brought from far : labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil for it in vain... | |
 | David Addison Harsha - Orators - 1857 - 544 pages
...extravagant to odd, that no similar eflcr* of oratory was ever more completely successful. — Everett. qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pages
...than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence,...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... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...conviction. True eloquence, 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 be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 pages
...than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, 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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1859 - 422 pages
...qualities which produce conviction. 2. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It can not be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for...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 in the occasion. Affected passion,... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Readers - 1859 - 356 pages
...connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force and earnestness, are the qnalities which produce conviction. True eloquence, 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... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - Recitations - 1860 - 530 pages
...than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, 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... | |
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