All 6 Uses of
eloquent
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- He is so gentle, yet so wise; his mind is so cultivated, and when he speaks, although his words are culled with the choicest art, yet they flow with rapidity and unparalleled eloquence.†
p. 29.1 *eloquence = powerful use of language
- Elizabeth's heart-rending eloquence failed to move the judges from their settled conviction in the criminality of the saintly sufferer.†
p. 90.2
- He is eloquent and persuasive, and once his words had even power over my heart; but trust him not.†
p. 212.4
- His eloquence is forcible and touching; nor can I hear him, when he relates a pathetic incident or endeavours to move the passions of pity or love, without tears.†
p. 213.9eloquence = powerful use of language
- Even the sailors feel the power of his eloquence; when he speaks, they no longer despair; he rouses their energies, and while they hear his voice they believe these vast mountains of ice are mole-hills which will vanish before the resolutions of man.†
p. 216.3
- I was at first touched by the expressions of his misery; yet, when I called to mind what Frankenstein had said of his powers of eloquence and persuasion, and when I again cast my eyes on the lifeless form of my friend, indignation was rekindled within me.†
p. 223.0