| William Wirt - Orators - 1832 - 490 pages
...discourse, but grasping whatever he touched with gigantic strength. In short, he was the ORATOR op NATURE ; and such a one as nature might not blush...which have been assigned to him, we can only answer, with Gray, that they were the gift of heaven — the birthright of genius. " Thine too, these keys,... | |
| William Wirt - Statesmen - 1833 - 486 pages
...grasping whatever he touched with gigantic strength. In short, he was the ORAPATRICK HENRY. 443 TOR op NATURE ; and such a one as nature might not blush to avow. If the reader shall still demand how he*^ecquired those wonderful powers of speaking which have been assigned to him, we can only answer,... | |
| Timothy Mather Cooley - African American clergy - 1837 - 358 pages
...sermon from Psalm xvi., 11, on heavenly joy — "It seems as if the angels had come down !" In short, " he was the orator of nature, and such a one as nature would not blush to own." He was always happy in the choice of his text. Being a most thorough textuarist,... | |
| Jean Siffrein Maury - Eloquence - 1842 - 320 pages
...discourse, but grasping whatever he touched with gigantic strength. In short, he was the ORAToR op NATURE ; and such a one as Nature might not blush to avow. It has been said of Mr. Henry, with inimitable felicity,* that he was "SHAKSPEARE and GARRICK combined."... | |
| Heredity - 1844 - 220 pages
...oratory for which he was so remarkable, were derived from the maternal line. " He was," says Mr. Wirt "the orator of nature; and such a one as nature might...Mr. Henry, with inimitable felicity, that ' he was SHAKSPEARE and GARRICK combined ' ! Let the readerthen imagine the wonderful talents of those two men... | |
| William Wirt - Ithaca (N.Y.) - 1847 - 330 pages
...strength. In short, he was the ORATOR OF NATURK ; and such a one as Nature might not blush to avow. derful powers of speaking which have been assigned to him, we can only answer, with Gray, that they were the gift of Heaven — the birthright of genius. " Thine too, these keys,... | |
| William Wirt - 1848 - 320 pages
...connecting the parts of his discourse, but grasping whatever he touched with gigantic strength. In short, he was the ORATOR OF NATURE ; and such a one as Nature might not blush to avow. PATRICK HENRY. derful powers of speaking which have been assigned to him, we can only answer, with... | |
| David Addison Harsha - Orators - 1857 - 544 pages
...connecting the parts of his discourse, bat grasping whatever he touched with gigantic strength. In short, he was the ORATOR OF NATURE; and such a one as Nature...which have been assigned to him, we can only answer with Gray, that they were the gift of Heaven — the birthright of genius. ' Thine too, these keys,... | |
| James Baldwin - English language - 1883 - 612 pages
...connecting the parts of his discourse, but grasping whatever he touched with gigantic strength. In short, he was the ORATOR OF NATURE ; and such a one as Nature might not blush to avow." Daniel Webster was, without dispute, the greatest orator that America has yet produced. As a statesman... | |
| W. V. Byars - Oratory - 1901 - 616 pages
...connecting the parts of his discourse, but grasping whatever he touched with gigantic strength. In short, he was the orator of nature; and such a one as nature...which have been assigned to him, we can only answer with Gray, that they were the gift of heaven, — the birthright of genius: — «Thine, too, these... | |
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