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Meanings of eloquence in English

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eloqüência
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eloqüència

Powerful and effective language.

        eloqüência
        Usage of eloquence in English
        1
        The story of eloquence is breathed in the associations of the spot.
        The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2
        2
        He had great eloquence; he persuaded them; we underwent this terrible operation.
        Candide
        3
        Nor did they favor eloquence in the ordinary meaning of that word.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 2: Renaissance and Refor...
        4
        He excelled in eloquence, and in the science of our holy religion.
        The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. J...
        5
        The truly inspired orator forgets himself in the subject of his eloquence.
        Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature
        6
        The eloquence of the last named was a proverb in his day.
        Something of Men I Have Known / With Some Papers of a General Na...
        7
        He spent all his eloquence in making this sound natural and attractive.
        Australia Felix
        8
        The laugh checked Lucia at once in her little outburst of eloquence.
        A Fair Barbarian
        9
        There was more satisfaction to self in logic than in mere eloquence.
        Lifted Masks; stories
        10
        I deplore of course the uses to which their eloquence is put.
        Julian
        11
        And how it beggars the studies eloquence of the masters of oratory.
        Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2
        12
        He early employed his pen in literature, and his eloquence in politics.
        Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical ...
        13
        There were memories in the house of Laurier's eloquence; but memories only.
        Laurier: A Study in Canadian Politics
        14
        Also I came in the hope of trying my eloquence on Donaldson.
        The Second Latchkey
        15
        Nothing I could say can intensify the simple eloquence of these figures.
        Modern India
        16
        But it was not exactly the eloquence of the House of Lords.
        Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
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