 | Demosthenes - 1828 - 218 σελίδες
...ever abundantly supplied from its rich and bountiful source. ' Eloquence.'saithan admired writer, [I.] 'must flow like a stream that is fed by an abundant spring, and not spout forth a little frothy stream, on some gaudy day, and remain dry for the rest of the year.' Such was the eloquence of all... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 σελίδες
...than power that every dunce may use, or fraud that every knave may employ, to lead them by the nose. But eloquence must flow like a stream that is fed...some gaudy day, and remain dry the rest of the year. — Bolingbroke. CCXVI. 'Tis the curse of mighty minds oppress'd, To think what their state is, and... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 834 σελίδες
...want of cash, but in the city they ought with cash to •apply their want of eloquence. Spectator. Eloquence must flow like a stream, that is fed by...little frothy water on some gaudy day, and remain dry the^rest of the year. « Bolinylrroke. His infant softness pleads a milder doom, And speaks with all... | |
 | Demosthenes - 1829 - 214 σελίδες
...abundantly supplied from its rich and bountiful source. ' Eloquence.'saithan admired writer, [1.] 'must now like a stream that is fed by an abundant spring, and not spout forth a little frothy stream, on some gaudy day, and remain dry for the rest of the year.' Such was the eloquence of all... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 σελίδες
...than power that every dunce may use, or fraud that every knave may employ, to lead them by the nose. But eloquence must flow like a stream that is fed by an abundant sprmg, and not spout forth a little frothy water on some gaudy day, and remain dry the rest of the... | |
 | Publius Cornelius Tacitus - 1831 - 364 σελίδες
...be loquacity, but nothing that deserves the name of oratory. ' Eloquence,' says Lord Bolingbroke, ' must flow like a stream that is fed by an abundant spring, and not spout forth a little frothy stream on some gaudy day, and remain dry for the rest of the year.' See Spirit of Patriotism. been... | |
 | Demosthenes - 1832 - 228 σελίδες
...abundantly supplied from its rich and bountiful source. 'Eloquence,' saith an admired writer, [1.] 'must flow like a stream that is fed by an abundant spring, and not spout forth a little frothy stream, on some gaudy day, and remain dry for the rest of the year.' Such was the eloquence of all... | |
 | 1843 - 778 σελίδες
...gives a nobler superiority than power, that every dance 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. The famous orators of Greece and Rome were the statesmen and minist'-rs of those commonwealths. The... | |
 | 1843 - 826 σελίδες
...gives a nobler superiority than power, that every donee 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 unie frothy water on some gaudy day, and remain dry the rest of the year. The famous orators of Greece... | |
 | Demosthenes - 1844 - 300 σελίδες
...ever abundantly supplied from its rich and bountiful source. " Eloquence," says an admired writer,1 " must flow like a stream that is fed by an abundant spring, and not spout forth a little frothy stream on some gaudy day, and remain dry for the rest of the year." Such was the eloquence of all those... | |
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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. 
