 This extraordinary man, without the aid of fancy, without the advantages of person, voice, attitude, gesture, or any of the ornaments of an orator, deserves to be considered as one of the most eloquent men in the world — if eloquence may be said to...  The Letters of the British Spy - Стр. 109авторы: William Wirt - 1829 - Страниц: 224Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Robert Templeman Craighill - 1880 - Страниц: 378
...within. This extraordinary man, without the aid of fancy, without the advantages of person, voice, attitude, gesture, or any of the ornaments of an orator,...received the conviction which the speaker intends. ..... If fancy holds a seat in his mind at all, which I very much doubt, his gigantick genius tramples... | |
 | Tennessee Bar Association - 1889 - Страниц: 1162
...person, voice, attitude, gesture, or any of the ornaments of an orator, he deserves to he considered one of the most eloquent men in the world, if eloquence may he said to consist in the power of seizing the attention with irresistible force, and never permitting... | |
 | Allan Bowie Magruder - 1885 - Страниц: 308
...extraordinary man," says Mr. Wirt, " without the aid of fancy, without the advantages of person, voice, attitude, gesture, or any of the ornaments of an orator,...received the conviction which the speaker intends. His voice is dry and hard ; his attitude, in his most effective orations, was often extremely awkward... | |
 | Allan Bowie Magruder - 1885 - Страниц: 316
...extraordinary man," says Mr. Wirt, " without the aid of fancy, without the advantages of person, voice, attitude, gesture, or any of the ornaments of an orator,...received the conviction which the speaker intends. His voice is dry and hard ; his attitude, in his most effective orations, was often extremely awkward... | |
 | Horace Gray - 1901 - Страниц: 74
...Wirt said: "This extraordinary man, without the aid of fancy, without the advantages of person, voice, attitude, gesture, or any of the ornaments of an orator,...received the conviction which the speaker intends." " He possesses one original, and almost supernatural faculty: the faculty of developing a subject by... | |
 | Robert Thomas Barton - 1901 - Страниц: 90
...lead and at the age of 40 was regarded as the first lawyer intheState. OfhimWm. Wirt wrote that he "deserves to be considered as one of the most eloquent...consist in the power of seizing the attention with irresistable force and never permitting it to elude the grasp until the hearer has received the conviction... | |
 | James Bradley Thayer - 1901 - Страниц: 186
...it, writing anonymously in 1804, describes him as one, " who, without the advantage of person, voice, attitude, gesture, or any of the ornaments of an orator,...considered as one of the most eloquent men in the world." He attributes to him " one original and almost supernatural faculty, ... of developing a subject by... | |
 | James Bradley Thayer - 1901 - Страниц: 186
...it, writing anonymously in 1804, describes him as one, " who, without the advantage of person, voice, attitude, gesture, or any of the ornaments of an orator,...considered as one of the most eloquent men in the world." He attributes to him " one original and almost supernatural faculty, ... of developing a subject by... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1901 - Страниц: 778
...person, voice, attitude, gesture, or any of the ornaments of the orator, deserves to be considered one of the most eloquent men in the world, if eloquence may be said to consist in seizing the attention with irresistible force and never permitting it to elude the grasp until the... | |
 | Wayne MacVeagh - 1901 - Страниц: 48
...person, voice, attitude, gesture, or any of the ornaments of the orator, deserves to be considered one of the most eloquent men in the world, if eloquence may be said to consist in seizing the attention with irresistible force and never permitting it to elude the grasp until the... | |
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