 ... and heard it in conversation. He had all the attributes of the mind, and the heart, and the soul, which are essential to eloquence of the highest order. The only defect was a physical one : he wanted volume and compass of voice, for a large deliberative...  The United States Democratic Review - Stran 3731855Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1826 - 438 strani
...compass of voice for a large deliberative assembly ; and his voice, from the excess of his sensibilty, instead of rising with his feelings and conceptions,...consciousness of this infirmity repressed any attempt in a large body in which he knew he must fail. But his voice was all sufficient for the purposes of... | |
 | William Wirt - 1826 - 690 strani
...of voice for a large deliberative assembly; and his voice, from the excess ....:'of his sensihility, instead of rising with his feelings • • • •...consciousness of this infirmity repressed any attempt in a large body, in iwhich he knew he must fail. But his voice was all sufficient for the purposes... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - 1827 - 650 strani
...Jeflerson, been admitted, as a matter of necessity, without any proof of the fact, that he must have been a profound adept, in the profession of his voluntary...life, to the height of influence, from which he never afterwards descended, without having the command of what is generally considered the necessary instrument... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - 1827 - 772 strani
...Jeflerson, been admitted, as a matter of necessity, without any proof of the fact, that he must have been a profound adept, in the profession of his voluntary...infirmity, repressed any attempt, on the part of Mr. Jeflerson, to speak in large deliberative assemblies. It is an additional proof of his intellectual... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - 1827 - 658 strani
...Jefferson, been admitted, as a matter of necessity, without any proof of the fact, that he must have been a profound adept, in the profession of his voluntary...inarticulate. The consciousness of this infirmity, re-' pressed any attempt, on the part of Mr. Jefferson, to speak in large deliberative assemblies.... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 494 strani
...The only defect was a physical one : he wanted volume and compass of voice, for a large deliberative assembly-, and his voice, from the excess of his sensibility,...consciousness of this infirmity, repressed any attempt in a large body, in which he knew he must fail. But his voice was all sufficient for the purposes of... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 568 strani
...volume and compass of voice for a large deliberative assembly; and his voice, from the excess of hi? sensibility, instead of rising with his feelings and...conceptions, sunk under their pressure, and became gutteral and inarticulate. The consciousness of this infirmity repressed any attempt in a large body,... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 820 strani
...The only defect was a physical one : he wanted volume and compass of voice for a large deliberative assembly ; and his voice, from the excess of his sensibility,...conceptions, sunk under their pressure, and became gutteral and inarticulate. The consciousness of this infirmity repressed any attempt in a large body,... | |
 | United States. President - 1846 - 766 strani
...voice, from the excess of his sensibility, instead of rising with his feelings and conceptions, sank under their pressure, and became guttural and inarticulate....consciousness of this infirmity repressed any attempt in a large body in which he knew he must fail. But his voice was all-sufficient for the purposes of... | |
 | United States. President - 1854 - 616 strani
...The only defect was a physical one : he wanted volume and compass of voice for a large, deliberative assembly ; and his voice, from the excess of his sensibility, instead of rising.with his feelings and conceptions, sank under their pressure, and became guttural and inarticulate.... | |
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