 | Charles Francis Swift - Cape Cod (Mass.) - 1897 - 391 pages
...John Adams say, in reference to that plea and occasion, "Otis was a fiame of fire ; with a prompirude of classical allusions, a depth of research, a rapid...dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - United States - 1898
...and there," says John Adams, " American Independence was born." " Otis was a flame of fire. With a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research,...dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance into futurity, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before him. American... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - United States - 1898 - 112 pages
...from his notes of Thatcher's speech, says of the greater actor: "But Otis was a flame of fire; with a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research,...dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before... | |
 | Ira K. Morris - Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) - 1898
...Adams, writing, of the event, said: "Otis was a flame of fire; with a promptitude of classical allusion, a depth of research, a rapid summary of historical...dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance into futurity, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before him."... | |
 | E. G. Perry - Cape Cod (Mass.) - 1898 - 513 pages
...said President Adams the elder, who was one of the delighted hearers, "was a flame of fire. With a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research, a rapid summary of historical events and dates, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before him. American Independence was... | |
 | Sidney Perley - Essex County (Mass.) - 1899
...John Adams, who was present, in describing the scene, said that " Otis was a flame of fire ; with a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research,...dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1901
...Adams, laid the foundation of American independence. " Otis," he writes, " was a flame of fire. With a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research,...dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - Great Britain - 1901
...young man when Otis spoke, who listened and took notes as the words fell from Otis's lips. ' With a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research,...dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of tempestuous eloquence, he hurried away all... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - 1901
...young man when Otis spoke, who listened and took notes as the words fell from Otis's lips. ' With a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research,...dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of tempestuous eloquence, he hurried away all... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - Great Britain - 1901
...young man when Otis spoke, who listened and took notes as the words fell from Otis's lips. " With a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research,...dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of tempestuous eloquence, he hurried away all... | |
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Otis was a flame of fire. With a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research, a rapid summary of historical events and dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glare of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence,... 
