| 1830 - 426 Seiten
...common warmed and kindled as he went on. He darted tire into his audience. Torrents of impetuous nnd irresistible eloquence swept along their feelings...above all moderns that union of reason, simplicity, nnd vehemence, which formed the Prince of Orators. The quiet dignity of a mind roused only to great... | |
| 1832 - 616 Seiten
...changed into another being : he forgot himself, and every thing around him ; he thought only of his subject ; his genius warmed and kindled as he went...irresistible eloquence swept along their feelings and convictions. He certainly possessed, above all moderns, that union of reason, simplicity, and vehemence,... | |
| 1832 - 592 Seiten
...audience ; torrents of impetuous and irresistible eloquence swept along their feelings and convictions. He certainly possessed, above all moderns, that union...which formed the prince of orators. He was the most Demosthenean speaker since Demosthenes." The following passage occurs in the elaborate character of... | |
| 1833 - 504 Seiten
...was changed into another being. He forgot himself and every thing around him. He thought only of his subject. His genius warmed and kindled as he went...which formed the prince of orators. He was the most Demosthenean speaker since the days of Demosthenes. ' I knew him,' says Mr. Burke, in a pamphlet written... | |
| 1833 - 370 Seiten
...was changed into another being. He forgot himself and every thing around him. He thought only of his subject. His genius warmed and kindled as he went on. He darted lire into his audience. Torrents of impetuous and irresistible eloquence swept along their feelings... | |
| James Machintosh - 1884 - 310 Seiten
...was changed into another being. He forgot himself and every thing around him. H% thought only of his subject. His genius warmed and kindled as he went...which formed the prince of orators. He was the most Demosthenean speaker since the days of Demosthenes. ' I knew him,' says Mr. Burke, in a pamphlet written... | |
| sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 394 Seiten
...was changed into another being. He forgot himself and every thing around him. He thought only of his subject. His genius warmed and kindled as he went...which formed the prince of orators. He was the most Demosthenean speaker since the days of Demosthenes. ' I knew him,' says Mr. Burke, in a pamphlet written... | |
| Sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 402 Seiten
...was changed into another being. He forgot himself and every thing around him. He thonght only of his subject. His genius warmed and kindled as he went...which formed the prince of orators. He was the most Demosthenean speaker since the days of Demosthenes. ' I knew him,' says Mr. Burke, in a pamphlet written... | |
| sir James Mackintosh - 1835 - 552 Seiten
...was changed into another being. He forgot himself and everything around him. He thought only of his subject. His genius warmed and kindled as he went...which formed the prince of orators. He was the most Demosthenean speaker since Demosthenes. ' I knew him/ says Mr. Burke, in a pamphlet, written after... | |
| Thomas Smart Hughes - 1835 - 352 Seiten
...changed into another being : he forgot himself and every thing around him ; he thought only of his subject : his genius warmed and kindled as he went...simplicity, and vehemence which formed the prince of orators — the quiet dignity of a mind roused only to great objects ; but the absence of petty bustle, the... | |
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