 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 Ladies' Repository - Página 3651860Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1827 - 684 páginas
...from the earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic fires, with spontaneous, original, native force. The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments,...rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself then feels rebuked, and subdued, as in the presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1826 - 74 páginas
...from the earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic fires, with spontaneous, original, native force. The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments,...rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself then feels rebuked, and subdued, as in the presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism... | |
 | 1826 - 438 páginas
...or the bursting forth of vokanic fir^s, with spontaneous, original, native force. The graces taugiit in the schools, the costly ornaments, and studied...contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own live?, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang ou the decision of the... | |
 | 1827 - 564 páginas
...from the earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic fires, with spontaneous, original, native force. The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments,...rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself then feels rebuked, and subdued, as in the presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism... | |
 | 1827 - 654 páginas
...from the earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic lie;-, •with spontaneous, original, native force. The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments,...rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself then feels rebuked, and subdued, as in the presence of higher 1827.] Eulogies on... | |
 | John Sanderson - 1827 - 362 páginas
...the bursting forth of volcanic fires, with spontaneous, original, native force. The graces taught in schools the costly ornaments, and studied contrivances...rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself then feels rebuked and subdued, as in the presence of higher qualities. Then patriotism... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 282 páginas
...from the earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic fires, with spontaneous, original, native force. The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments...rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself then feels rebuked, and subdued, as in the presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 páginas
...forth, sudden gush ; from out and break. of volcanic fires with spontaneous, original, native force. The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments,...rhetoric is vain and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself then feels rebuked, and subdued, as in the presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 páginas
...from the earth, or the bursting forth of volcanic fires, with spontaneous, original, native force. The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments...hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric ia vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself then feels rebuked, and subdued,... | |
 | 1827 - 684 páginas
...with spontaneous, original, native force. The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments,and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust...rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even genius itself then feels rebuked, and subdued, as in the presence of higher qualities. Then, patriotism... | |
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