213. Eloquence

1. Ambrose, St. bees, prophetic of fluency, landed in his mouth. [Christian Hagiog: Brewster, 177]
2. Antony, Mark gives famous speech against Caesar’s assassins. [Br. Lit.: Julius Caesar ]
3. Arnall, Father his sermons fill Stephen with the fear of hell-fire. [Br. Lit.: Joyce Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ]
4. bees on the mouth pictorial and verbal symbol of eloquence. [Folklore and Christian Iconog.: Brewster, 177]
5. Bragi god of poetry and fluent oration. [Norse Myth.: LLEI, I: 324]
6. Calliope chief muse of poetic inspiration and oratory. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 177]
7. Churchill, Winston (1874–1965) statesman whose rousing oratory led the British in WWII. [Br. Hist.: NCE, 556]
8. Cicero (106–43 B. C.) orator whose forcefulness of presentation and melodious language is still imitated. [Rom. Hist.: NCE, 558]
9. Demosthenes (382–322 B.C.) generally considered the greatest of the Greek orators. [Gk. Hist.: NCE, 559]
10. Gettysburg Address Lincoln’s brief, moving eulogy for war dead (1863). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 286–287]
11. King, Martin Luther, Jr . (1929–1968) civil rights leader and clergyman whose pleas for justice won support of millions. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1134]
12. lotus symbol of eloquence. [Plant Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 175]
13. Mapple, Father preaches movingly and ominously on Jonah. [Am. Lit.: Melville Moby Dick ]
14. Paine, Thomas (1737–1809) powerful voice of the colonies; wrote famous “Common Sense.” [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 369–370]
15. Webster, Daniel (1782–1852) noted 19th-century American orator-politician. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 539]

el·o·quence / ˈeləkwəns/ • n. fluent or persuasive speaking or writing: a preacher of great power and eloquence. ∎  the art or manner of such speech or writing.

Eloquence

of lawyers: company of lawyers—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.