The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have... The Works - Página 131por Daniel Webster - 1854Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Jesse Olney - 1854 - 352 páginas
...it. It must exist in the man,—in the subject,—and in the occasion. 5. Then, words have lost thoir power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory...patriotism is eloquent; then, self-devotion is eloquent. • 4. The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 504 páginas
...shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour ; then words have lost their power, and rhetoric is vain, and all the elaborate oratory is contemptible. Even genius itself then feels... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1855 - 520 páginas
...shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words...is eloquent; then, self-devotion is eloquent. The clcai conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose the firm resolve, the dauntless... | |
| 1855 - 506 páginas
...shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their power, rhetoric is Tain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius Itself then feels rebuked, and subdued, as... | |
| 1856 - 570 páginas
...shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words...self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception outrunning the deduction of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue,... | |
| Andrew Jackson Graham - 1857 - 88 páginas
...shock and disgust men. when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, anll their country hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words...the firm resolve ; the dauntless spirit, speaking from the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, urging the whole man onward, right... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 páginas
...shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their Eawer, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible, ven genins itself then feels rebnked... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - 1859 - 356 páginas
...shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their power ; rhetoric is vain ; all, all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself then feels rebuked, and subdued, in the... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1859 - 422 páginas
...the decision of the hour. Then, words Lave lost their power, rhetoric' is vain, and all elaborate 3 oratory contemptible. Even genius itself then feels...and subdued, as in the presence of higher qualities. 4. Then, patriotism1 is eloquent; then, self-devotion is eloquent. The clear conception, 4 out-running... | |
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