 I will not, join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my Lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment. It is not a time for adulation: the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct...  Selected Essays - Page 57by Abraham Hayward - 1879Full view - About this book
 | Readers - 1830 - 288 pages
...is not a lime for adulation : the suuiollmess of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awiiil crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne, in the language of truth. We must, if possible, dispel the delusion and darkness which envelope it; and display , in its full danger and... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Elocution - 1830 - 360 pages
...sometimes require that others should be slurred to place them in a strong light, by contrast. EXAMPLE. The smoothness of flattery cannot NOW avail— cannot SAVE us in this rugged and awful crisis. "When the wicked man turneth AWAY from the wickedness which he hath committed, and doeth that which... | |
 | Benjamin Waterhouse - Great Britain - 1831 - 482 pages
...perilous and tremendous moment! It is not a time for adulation. The smoothness of flattery cannot \iovv avail, cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis....instruct the Throne in the language of truth."—" The extraordinary preparations of the House of Bourbon, by land and sea, from Dunkirk to the Straits—the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...disgrace and misfortune upon us. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment ! It is not a time for adulation. The smoothness of flattery cannot...envelope it ; and display, in its full danger and true colors, the ruin that is brought to our doors. This, my lords, is our duty. It is the proper function... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...Lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment. It is not a time for adulation : the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It...instruct the throne in the language of truth. We must, if possible, dispel the delusion and darkness which envelop it : and display, in its full danger and... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Elocution - 1832 - 360 pages
...sometimes require that others should be slurred to place them in a strong light, by contrast. EXAMPLE. The smoothness of flattery cannot NOW avail — cannot SAVE us in this rugged and awful crisis. " When the wicked man turneth AWAY from the wickedness which he hath committed, and doeth that which... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Elocution - 1832 - 356 pages
...That monthly chang-es in her circled orb. " We know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews." The smoothness of flattery cannot now avail: cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. Emphasis applied at the vanish of a syllable, or emphasis of vanishing stress—This and the compound... | |
 | Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti comte de Mirabeau - England - 1832 - 730 pages
...that have brought ruin to our doors. This, my Lords, is a perilous and tremulous moment ! It is not a time for adulation, the smoothness of flattery cannot now avail — cannot save us in this awful and rugged crisis ; — it is now necessary to instruct the throne in the language of truth —... | |
 | Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti comte de Mirabeau - England - 1832 - 504 pages
...that have brought ruin to our doors. This, my Lords, is a perilous and tremulous moment ! It is not a time for adulation, the smoothness of flattery cannot now avail — cannot save us in this awful and rugged crisis ; — it is now necessary to instruct the throne in the language of truth —... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...Lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment. It is not a time for adulation: the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It...instruct the throne in the language of truth. We must, if possible, dispel the delusion and darkness which envelope it; and display, in its full danger and... | |
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