All 4 Uses of
eloquent
in
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
- Mr Shepherd was eloquent on the subject; pointing out all the circumstances of the Admiral's family, which made him peculiarly desirable as a tenant.†
Chpt 3 *
- How eloquent could Anne Elliot have been!†
Chpt 4
- how eloquent, at least, were her wishes on the side of early warm attachment, and a cheerful confidence in futurity, against that over-anxious caution which seems to insult exertion and distrust Providence!†
Chpt 4
- When the evening was over, Anne could not but be amused at the idea of her coming to Lyme to preach patience and resignation to a young man whom she had never seen before; nor could she help fearing, on more serious reflection, that, like many other great moralists and preachers, she had been eloquent on a point in which her own conduct would ill bear examination.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
powerful use of language