Off-Hand Portraits of Prominent New Yorkers
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But whether ^t the social board, or before the courts, or upon the 94 OFF-HAND PORTRAITS.
stump, or at the Legislature, his grave, earnest, seri- ous manner never varies. He is as seemingly un- conscious of the fun of what he says as poor Artemus "Ward used to be ; he has the solemnity, without the tedious slowness, of Mark Twain. For the felicity of his phrases, the force of his expressions, the calm, even, steady flow of his language, he has seldom been equalled and never surpassed. While he ...is speaking, without the slightest apparent effort, you wonder at the copiousness of his vocabulary ; but he is as terse as he is fluent. His oratory is like a broad, deep, mighty river, upon which the tiny pleasure-boats of wit and humor can dance in the sunshine, but which is also capable of sustaining and transporting the heavily-weighted argosies of law and politics.
Mr. Depew was born at Peekskill, New York, and his father. Captain Depew, sailed between liis native town and the metropolis. The family still reside at Peekskill and rank among the local aristo- cracy.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But whether ^t the social board, or before the courts, or upon the 94 OFF-HAND PORTRAITS.
stump, or at the Legislature, his grave, earnest, seri- ous manner never varies. He is as seemingly un- conscious of the fun of what he says as poor Artemus "Ward used to be ; he has the solemnity, without the tedious slowness, of Mark Twain. For the felicity of his phrases, the force of his expressions, the calm, even, steady flow of his language, he has seldom been equalled and never surpassed. While he ...is speaking, without the slightest apparent effort, you wonder at the copiousness of his vocabulary ; but he is as terse as he is fluent. His oratory is like a broad, deep, mighty river, upon which the tiny pleasure-boats of wit and humor can dance in the sunshine, but which is also capable of sustaining and transporting the heavily-weighted argosies of law and politics.
Mr. Depew was born at Peekskill, New York, and his father. Captain Depew, sailed between liis native town and the metropolis. The family still reside at Peekskill and rank among the local aristo- cracy.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Fiske, Stephen, 1840-1916 to read onlineMoreLess
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