Eloquence. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Eloquence


Pour the full tide of eloquence along, Serenely pure, and yet divinely strong. Pope.—Imitation of Horace, Book II. Epi. II. Line 171.	1
Rapt with zeal, pathetic, bold, and strong, Roll’d the full tide of eloquence along. Falconer.—The Demagogue, Line 79.	2
Go on, spare no invectives, but open the spout of your eloquence, and see with what a calm, connubial resignation, I will both hear and bow to the chastisement. Colley Cibber.—The Lady’s Last Stake, Act II. Scene 1.	3
Silence that wins, where eloquence is vain. Hayley.—The Triumphs of Temper, Canto II.	4
Silence that spoke, and eloquence of eyes. Pope.—The Iliad, Book XIV. Line 252.	5
And all the dreadful eloquence of pain. Dr. Young.—The Last Day, Book III. Line 129.	6