 | Samuel Tyler - 1872 - 672 Seiten
...manner made a deep impression upon me. He sought no aid from rules of rhetoric, none from the supposed graces of elocution. I do not remember to have heard...chaste and classical, and his eloquence undoubtedly was great—sometimes persuasive and gentle, sometimes impetuous and overwhelming. He spoke, when excited,... | |
 | 1888 - 448 Seiten
...William Schley, an eminent lawyer of the Baltimore bar, thus speaks of him at this period of his career; "His language was always chaste and classical, and his eloquence undoubtedly was great—sometimes persuasive and gentle, sometimes impetuous and overwhelming. * * He was an open and... | |
 | William Draper Lewis - 1908 - 614 Seiten
...graces of elocution. I do not remember to have heard him, at any time, make a single quotation from the poets. Yet his language was always chaste and...and his eloquence undoubtedly was great, sometimes impetuous and overwhelming. He spoke when excited, from the feelings of his heart, and as his heart... | |
 | 1918 - 912 Seiten
...of elocution. I do not remember to lave heard him, at any time, make a single quotation from any «f the poets. Yet his language was always chaste and...sometimes persuasive and gentle, sometimes impetuous and overflowing. He spoke, when excited, from the feelings of his heart, and, as his heart was right, he... | |
 | Bernard Christian Steiner - 1922 - 580 Seiten
...manner made a deep impression upon me. He sought no aid from rules of rhetoric, none from the supposed graces of elocution. I do not remember to have heard...chaste and classical, and his eloquence undoubtedly was great—sometimes persuasive and gentle, sometimes impetuous and overwhelming. He spoke, when excited,... | |
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I heard him very often, in causes of magnitude in the Court of Frederick; and his arguments and his manner made a deep impression upon me. He sought no aid from rules of rhetoric, none from the supposed graces of elocution. I do not remember to have heard... 