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Sentences starting with eloquence

Eloquence is a power, there is no question of that. [5]
Eloquence is _the power to_ _translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak_. [6]

Sentences ending with eloquence

I know the wrongs of the colonies, which you yourself have put as clear as I wish to hear, despite Mr. Burke and his eloquence. [9]
Eliab thanked him with an ardent glance, exclaiming: "Oh, would that Aaron, or Eleasar, or my lord your father were here in my stead, or would that Jehovah would bestow on me the might of their eloquence! [10]
Pierre had spoken with a slow force and precision, yet, as he went on, his eyes almost became fixed on those shifting flames, and a deep look came into them, as he was moved by his own eloquence. [11]
As I never went prepared with a speech for any such occasion, I take it for granted that I thanked the company in a way that showed my gratitude rather than my eloquence. [6]
This is not the time for rhetorical display or ambitious eloquence. [3]
Meanwhile, his hero, the hewer of rails and forger of homely speech, Abraham Lincoln, had made a little tour eastward the year before, and had startled Cooper Union with a new logic and a new eloquence. [9]
Kit, in the relief of having made his proposition, found his tongue loosened, and spoke out in its favour with his utmost eloquence. [12]
And if he raised his voice much, or attempted any extra flights, he was liable to be drowned in a refluent sea of his own eloquence. [4]
The aim was not a bad one, for it took the Master full in the forehead, and had the effect of checking the flow of his eloquence. [6]
Yet had ever man such hateful eloquence! [11]

Short sentences using eloquence

Eloquence, defined, 285, 286. [6]

Sentences containing eloquence two or more times

They did not discriminate very carefully between the eloquence of the forum and the eloquence of the hustings. [7]

More example sentences with the word eloquence in them

Oh, where was your spoken eloquence now! [5]
How could she withstand the charm of his keen knowledge of the world, the fascination of his temperament, the alluring eloquence of his frank wickedness? [11]
His eyes, softened, with supreme eloquence cried out that she, was his, forever and forever. [9]
So felt Webster when he contrasted the phrases of rhetoric with the eloquence of patriotism and of self-devotion. [3]
He would see what persuasion could do--argument, eloquence, poured out upon the incorrigible captive from the mouth of a trained expert. [5]
No matter of what he wrote or spoke, his words, his tones, his looks, carried the evidence of a sincerity which pervaded them all and was to his eloquence and poetry like the water of crystallization; without which they would effloresce into mere rhetoric. [6]
His greenish eyes were wide open in the fulness of eloquence and desire. [11]
So noble, indeed, was the picture which Mr. Billings' eloquence raised up that his voice shook with emotion as he finished. [9]
No pulpit eloquence was ever so moving and so beautiful as this outcast's picture of the first Mormon pilgrimage across the plains, struggling sorrowfully onward to the land of its banishment and marking its desolate way with graves and watering it with tears. [5]
He arose and turned his head away for an instant, her eloquence had been so moving. [11]
His original kindness to the woman had given him many troubled hours at home, for Madame Dauphin had construed his human sympathy into the dark and carnal desires of the heart, and his truthful eloquence had made his case the worse. [11]
These had consented to the strike reluctantly, through fear, or had been carried away by the eloquence and enthusiasm of the leaders, by the expectation that the mill owners would yield at once. [9]
It was impossible to resist the wholesome eloquence of his temperament; he was a revelation of humanity: what he said had life. [11]
So he spoke to her, as he had done at the Manor, with a sort of eloquence, of his great theme. [11]
He evidently wanted to do all the talking himself, and continued to talk with the sort of eloquence and unrestrained irritability to which spoiled people are so prone. [2]
But it seemed to be impossible to follow Biberli's flood of eloquence to the end. [10]
She had never thought him gifted with perception or insight, though he had eloquence and an eye for broad effects. [11]
The King seized this opportunity to state his case; and he did it with an eloquence inspired by uneasiness and apprehension. [5]
Not long before this I had listened to a wonderful sermon by Dr. Chalmers, whose force, and energy, and vehement, but rather turgid eloquence carried, for the moment, all before them,--his audience becoming like clay in the hands of the potter. [6]
And after breakfast they two went alone to the grave, and his heart went out to his new friend and his untaught eloquence poured the praises of his buried idol into her ears without let or hindrance. [5]
And most of them had not only the gift of the imagination necessary to great eloquence, but also were so mentally disciplined by the classics that they handled the practical questions upon which they legislated with clearness and precision. [4]
Biberli's eloquence gained the victory in this case also, and though the groom led by the bridle another young stallion which the ex-schoolmaster might have mounted, he had walked cheerily beside the old monk, sweeping up the dust with his long robe. [10]
Consider the length, the line, the eloquence of design! [11]
First, there is the eloquence of silence; for a deep hush broods everywhere. [5]
He hath not the eloquence of a Knox, but he hath the true thing in him, and that speaks. [11]
He employed all the eloquence at his command to make her comprehend what it meant to be an empress and the consort of the ruler of the world. [10]
Give a man the egotism of grief, and eloquence, and popularity, and he'll cut as sharp as the khamsin wind. [11]
He spoke after the dinner to the great audience with such beauty and eloquence that all who listened to him have remembered it as one of the most delightful addresses they ever heard. [6]
So he used the convincing eloquence characteristic of him to shake the monarch's resolve, and lead him back to the woman he loved. [10]
Ian should see that she was not "just a little burst of eloquence," as he had called her, not just a strumpet, as he thought her; but a woman now, beyond eloquence, far distant from the poppy-fields of pleasure. [11]
It was clear that he would not be tempered to friendliness; for, as is often so, when men have said things fiercely, their eloquence feeds their passion and convinces them of holiness in their cause. [11]
Darius, thou must speak, thine eloquence is as great as thy skill in figures and swordsmanship! [10]
There were those so wrought upon by his strange eloquence and spiritual passion, so hypnotised by his physical and mental exaltation, that they rose up from the hand-laying and the prayer eased of their ailments. [11]
That eloquence was shown in a speech Carnac made in the late evening to the assembled executive. [11]
In this dilemma she turns to me for help, and supplicates for my guidance and instruction with a moving eloquence that would touch the heart of a statue. [5]
They were the same logic and the same eloquence which had startled Stephen. [9]
While Marcus was restlessly wandering on the shore of Mareotis, dreaming of Dada's image and arranging speeches of persuasive eloquence by which to touch her heart and appeal to her soul, silence had fallen on the floating home of the singers. [10]
Its eloquence, its patriotism, its crowded illustrations, drawn from vast resources of knowledge, its epigrammatic axioms, its occasional pleasantries, are all characteristic of the writer. [6]
For the most part, his letters seemed those of an ardent lover who knew his duty and did it gladly, but with a self-conscious and flowing eloquence, costing but small strain of feeling. [11]
The last two paragraphs are not improvable by anybody's art; they are literary gold; and their very pauses and uncompleted sentences have in them an eloquence not reachable by any words. [5]
Forgetting-- save for our souls' welfare--the misery of this vanity which led us astray, let us remember with gladness all of him that was commendable in our eyes: his kindness, eloquence, generous heart, courage, and love of Mother Church. [11]
With Eugene Grandois on his feet, she heard a speech which had in it the best spirit of Gallic eloquence, though it was crude. [11]
The subsequent examination of witnesses, the eloquence expended on the jury are all for effect outside. [5]
After this outburst of emotion and eloquence had subsided, and the teaspoons lay quietly in their saucers, I went on with my extract from the book I had in hand. [6]
Then what becomes of all his eloquence in behalf of the rights of States, which are assailed by no living man? [7]
His eloquence has not been surpassed. [7]
The subject of Mr. Emerson's Address is _Literary Ethics._ It is on the same lofty plane of sentiment and in the same exalted tone of eloquence as the Phi Beta Kappa Address. [6]
He turned once more, and though we could not understand his words, the thrill of his eloquence moved us. [9]
He is a man whose heart-strings have been torn--" He had worked himself up into a fit of eloquence and revolt. [11]
These two were Loyseleur and the orator--the man whom Joan had bidden to "read his book"--Thomas de Courcelles, the renowned pleader and master of eloquence. [5]
Now I can look you straight in the eye, and call you names, and leer at you, jeer at you, sneer at you; and you know what eloquence there is in visible gesture and expression, more especially when the effect is heightened by audible speech. [5]
We knew him long years ago, before he came out of the boundless West, brimful of wit and eloquence, with no reverence for anything, and went abroad to educate the untutored European in the subtleties of the American joke. [5]
But when at last, inspired and carried away by his eloquence, we had unanimously decided on war, he began to speak once more on the best ways and means of prosecuting it successfully. [10]
But I never knew his true power and eloquence until I followed him to the Stadt House. [9]
That was because it was the dead corpse of the thing, the 'soul was not there--the tones were lacking--the informing spirit--the deep feeling--the eloquence. [5]
I never heard it also delivered with such eloquence. [5]
I had got into subtler methods, reached more intimate understandings, had come to a place where analysis of character had shaken itself free--but certainly not quite free--from a natural yet rather dangerous eloquence. [11]
Her words rose into real eloquence in speaking of those bright days; she seemed like an inspired poetess. [10]
I may trust in your eloquence to represent her as she deserves. [10]
What he lacked in brilliance and the lighter gifts of raillery and eloquence and mental give-and-take, he had balanced by his natural forces--from the power-house, as she had called it long ago. [11]
He was dressed in a well-worn suit of brown, and I recall a decided Irish face, and a more decided Irish accent, which presently I forgot under the spell of his eloquence. [9]
It seemed as if he could not have chosen a more auspicious hour than this; for she never looked so captivating, and her presence must inspire his lips with the eloquence of love. [6]
I'm not literary, I can't express what I'd like to say, but sometimes I used to think of that mill as a woman--and now you've come along--" Ditmar stopped, for lack of adequate eloquence. [9]
Now they spoke humbly out of the dust, from a narrower pulpit, from an older text than any they ever found in Cruden's Concordance, but there was an eloquence in their voices the listening chapel had never known. [6]
For an instant, however, he saw with new eyes that primary eloquence of woman life, the unspent splendour of youth, the warm joy of the material being, the mystery of maidenhood in all its efflorescence. [11]
Three years before, his uncle Arius had sent him with excellent letters of introduction to Rome to become acquainted with the life of the capital and try whether, in spite of his origin, his brilliant gifts of eloquence would forward his fortunes there. [10]
He spends all his remarkable eloquence in trying to persuade her, that she must forget this world entirely and only try to gain the favor of Osiris and the judges of the nether world by ceaseless prayers and sacrifices. [10]
The originality of his principles, his eloquence, and his great physical strength and beauty created a profound sensation. [5]
Timagenes exerted all his powers of eloquence, skill in persuasion, wit, and ingenuity. [10]
Of little avail his eloquence now! [11]
But I remember him chiefly as one of those instructors whose natural eloquence made it delightful to listen to him. [6]
All conversation with her was genuine and stimulating; and when she launched forth in praise or reprobation of books, or deeds, or works of art, her eloquence was indeed burning. [14]
This had made her voice so hollow and hoarse that it was difficult to understand her as, with fervid eloquence, vainly striving to be heard by absent-minded Kuni, she began: "She surpassed even Maravella the Spaniard. [10]
The touch of her hands warmed him, in the fulness of her life, in the strong eloquence of face and form, he forgot she was not beautiful. [11]
The eloquence of her eyes, the sorrowful, distant smile which now was natural to her, worked upon the old soldier before she spoke a word. [11]
In this delightful health, in her bountiful yet perfect physical eloquence, her attractiveness, as it seemed to me, chiefly lay. [11]
He had eloquence, he was thoughtful in all the little things which John Grier despised. [11]
Sometimes I think he spoke truly; I have a nature that responds to all eloquence in life. [11]
On the other hand, I sincerely enjoyed the thoughtful eloquence of Berthold Auerbach, who understood how to invest with poetic charm not only great and noble subjects, but trivial ones gathered from the dust. [10]
The German's eloquence had made him tingle, even as had the songs. [9]
Emerson attributes a great importance to the scholarship, the rhetoric, the eloquence, of Edward Everett, who returned to Boston in 1820, after five years of study in Europe. [6]
But they understood--dear, good people that they were: no eloquence was needed with them. [9]
What you've done for me, and what you'd do for me--" There was a strange pathos in his voice, an uncommon thing, because his usual eloquence was, as a rule, more pleasing than touching. [11]
If any came expecting the turgid eloquence or the ribaldry of the frontier, they must have been startled at the earnest and sincere purity of his utterances. [7]
She sought him everywhere, she moved the hardest hearts with the supplications of her tears, the broken eloquence of her despair. [5]
Eloquence, 254; second essay, 285, 286. [6]
But you have eloquence, madame, and he knew, no doubt, that you would always be welcome to my home. [11]
Her honesty, fine eloquence, and simple sincerity, showed her to him in a new, strong light. [11]
It was all eloquence, and generous and noble thought. [11]
I imagine an eloquence of infinite variety, rich as conversation can be, with anecdote, joke, tragedy, epics and pindarics, argument and confession. [6]
The dividends would do the work: would canvass the counties and persuade this man and that with sufficient eloquence. [9]
Hardly a sound disturbed the stillness, save the monotonous eloquence of the gentleman who occupied the floor. [5]
First the confessor De Soto appeared, and with convincing eloquence showed Barbara how happily she could shape her shadowed life within the sacred quiet of the convent. [10]
Arduous and painstaking cultivation has not diminished or artificialized their music, but on the contrary--to my surprise--has mightily reinforced its eloquence and beauty. [5]
Much of this conversation Eva repeated to the knight, and her pleasure in the subject of the conversation increased the vivacity of her active mind, and soon led her to talk with eager eloquence. [10]
One thing seemed clear--Carnac's policy had elements of seduction appealing to the selfishness of all sections, and he had an eloquence which would make Barouche uneasy. [11]
I was often by her bedside; and in her wandering state of mind she would talk to me with a sweet, natural, and affecting eloquence, that was overpowering. [4]
If I could borrow that eloquence of Jouffroy which made his hearers turn pale, I might bring up before my readers a long array of pallid ghosts, whom these walls knew well in their earthly habiliments. [6]
He laid the book aside and said, composedly: "Well, the wonderful tragedy is done, and it transpires that I am indebted to you for my late eloquence. [5]
There was a better light, there, and the eloquence of her face had a better chance to do its office. [5]

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