All 6 Uses of
eloquent
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Why bring in a master of forensic eloquence like Whiteside?†
Chpt 7 *
- After an instructive discourse by the chairman, a magnificent oration eloquently and forcibly expressed, a most interesting and instructive discussion of the usual high standard of excellence ensued as to the desirability of the revivability of the ancient games and sports of our ancient Panceltic forefathers.†
Chpt 12
- The wellknown and highly respected worker in the cause of our old tongue, Mr Joseph M'Carthy Hynes, made an eloquent appeal for the resuscitation of the ancient Gaelic sports and pastimes, practised morning and evening by Finn MacCool, as calculated to revive the best traditions of manly strength and prowess handed down to us from ancient ages.†
Chpt 12
- A sigh of affection gave eloquence to these words and, having replaced the locket in his bosom, he wiped his eye and sighed again.†
Chpt 14
- He assumes the avine head, foxy moustache and proboscidal eloquence of Seymour Bushe.†
Chpt 15
- Nevertheless, without going into the minutiae of the business, the eloquent fact remained that the sea was there in all its glory and in the natural course of things somebody or other had to sail on it and fly in the face of providence though it merely went to show how people usually contrived to load that sort of onus on to the other fellow like the hell idea and the lottery and insurance which were run on identically the same lines so that for that very reason if no other lifeboat…†
Chpt 16
Definition:
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(eloquent) powerful use of language