 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1749 - 264 strani
...abundant fpring, and not fpout forth a little frothy water on fome gaudy day, and remain dry the reft of the. year. . The famous orators of Greece and Rome were the ftatefmen and minifters of thofe commonwealths. The nature of their governments and the humour of thofe... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1768 - 354 strani
...abdfcdant fpring, and' not fpout forth a little frothy water on fome gaudy day, and remain dry the reft of the year.. The famous orators of Greece and Rome were the ftatef^ men and minifters of thole commonwealths. The nature of their governments, and the humour of... | |
 | Henry Saint-John Bolingbroke - 1775 - 326 strani
...abundant fpring, and not fpout forth a little frothy water on fome gaudy day, and remain dry the reft of the year. The famous orators of Greece and Rome were the ftatefmen and minifters of thofe commonwealths. The nature of their governments and the humour of thofe... | |
 | 1855 - 620 strani
...Bolingbroke, ' 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.' 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 strani
...himself, Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nommi tuo da gloriam! Eloquence has charms to lead mankind, aod gives a nobler superiority than power, that every...made elaborate orations necessary. They harangued oftener than they debated : and the ars dicendi required more study and more exercise of mind, and... | |
 | Charles Jared Ingersoll - 1810 - 186 strani
...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." " Bolingb. Let. on the Spirit of Patriotism. H But the ancients, however intense their study or their... | |
 | Isaac Bailey - 1814 - 826 strani
...nose. But elomust 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. The true image of a free people, governed by a patriot king, is that of a patriarchal family, where the... | |
 | 1816 - 728 strani
...eloquence must flow like a stream that is'fcd by an abundant spring, and not spout forth a little" frothy water on 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 strani
...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. faj p. 19. The whole passage from Cicero runs thus : ' ac mea quitfem stnteutia nemo potent... | |
 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - 1818 - 276 strani
...must flow like a stream that is fed by an 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 COMPILER. . ^ '* " ' ''* i ' SCIENTIFIC. Of Oratory. WE come... | |
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Eloquence has charms to lead mankind, and 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 a little frothy... 
