 | 1855 - 620 sider
...Florey ' feasts of reason and flow of soul ' by their reminiscences. ' Eloquence,' says Bolingbroke, ' must flow like a stream that ' is fed by an abundant...some gaudy day, and remain dry the rest of the year.' So must humour, and Sydney Smith's was so fed ; yet it was seldom overpowering, and never exhausting,... | |
 | Henry St. John (1st visct. Bolingbroke.) - 1809 - 504 sider
...gives a nobler superiority than power, that every dunce may use, or fraud, that every knave may employ. But eloquence must flow like a stream that is fed by an abundant spring, and not spout forth like a frothy water on some gaudy day, and remain dry the rest of the year. The famous orators of Greece... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1809 - 500 sider
...gives a nobler superiority than power, that every dunce may use, or fraud, that every knave may employ. But eloquence must flow like a stream that is fed by an abundant spring, and not spout forth like a frothy water on some gaudy day, and remain dry the rest of the year. The famous orators of Greece... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1809 - 498 sider
...But eloquence must flow like a stream that is fed by an abundant spring, and not spout forth like a frothy water on some gaudy day, and remain dry the rest of the year. The famous orators of Greece and Rome were the statesmen and ministers of those commonwealths. The... | |
 | Isaac Bailey - 1814 - 826 sider
...that every dunce may use, or fraud that every knave may employ, to lead them by the nose. But elomust flow like a stream that is fed by an abundant spring,...some gaudy day, and remain dry the rest of the year. The true image of a free people, governed by a patriot king, is that of a patriarchal family, where... | |
 | 1814 - 680 sider
...every dunce may use, or fraud that every knave may employ, to lead them by the nose. But elp* must Sow like a stream that is fed by an abundant spring, and...some gaudy day, and remain dry the rest of the year. The true image of a free people, governed by a patriot king, is that of a patriarchal family, where... | |
 | 1816 - 728 sider
...fool may use, or fraud, that every knave may employ. Hut eloquence must flow like a stream that is'fcd by an abundant spring, and not spout forth a little"...some gaudy day, and remain dry the rest of the year." NATIVE ELOQUENCE. The following' Speech of the celebrated chri*tian Indian chief vcas communicated... | |
 | Francis Walker Gilmer - 1816 - 48 sider
...gives a nobler superiority than power that ayy fool may use, or fraud that every knave may employ. But eloquence must flow like a stream that is fed by an abundant spring, andnot spout forth a little frothy water on some gaudy day, and remain dry the rest of the year." NOTES.... | |
 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - 1818 - 276 sider
...gives a nobler superiority than power that any fool may use, or fraud that every knave may employ. But eloquence must flow like a stream that is fed...abundant spring, and not spout forth a little frothy matter on some gaudy day, and remain dry the rest of the year." Sketches of d. Orators. THE REPUBLICAN... | |
 | Francis Walker Gilmer - 1828 - 218 sider
...gives a nobler superiority than power, that any fool may use, or fraud, that every knave may employ. But eloquence must flow like a stream that is fed...some gaudy day, and remain dry the rest of the year." APPENDIX. [Sec ptge 28.] Mr. PINKNEY lived long enough literally to fulfil this prediction. The powers... | |
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But eloquence must flow like a stream that is fed by an abundant spring, and not spout forth a little frothy water on some gaudy day, and remain dry the rest of the year. 
