| 单词 | old man eloquent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasold man eloquent old man eloquent n. (originally, in Milton) Isocrates (436–338 b.c.), an Athenian orator who killed himself in despair after the defeat of Greece at Chaeronea; (later) (gen., in echoes of Milton) a man of great eloquence; spec. (U.S. historical) John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), sixth U.S. President, 1825–9. ΚΠ 1645 J. Milton Sonnet x, in Poems 51 As that dishonest victory At Chæronéa,..Kil'd with report that Old man eloquent. 1795 W. Gifford Baviad & Mæviad (1827) 83 We roved..o'er Troy's devoted shores, Or follow'd, while he sought his native soil, ‘That old man eloquent’, from toil to toil. 1827 J. Mitford Sacred Specimens p. xi That old man eloquent, Whose Song made Scio's rocks relent. a1843 H. Ware Our Societies Authors in Misc. Writings (1846) I. 255 That true ‘old man eloquent’,—Adams,—in age Filling up the strong lines of the Lecturer's page. 1848 Congress. Globe 24 Feb. 388 Let not the grave of the old man eloquent be desecrated by unfriendly remembrances. 1862 W. C. Bennett Poems (new ed.) 500 You have look'd on Landor and have heard His agèd lips utter Miltonic thought... O, old man eloquent, your place is sure..amid thought's sceptred kings. 1901 L. Morris Harvest-tide 147 Thou livest still, Brave soul, undaunted will. Thou silvery tongue, thou old man eloquent. 1908 E. C. Stedman Poems 465 Give me to die unwitting of the day,..as that old man eloquent made way From Earth, a nation's conclave hushed anear. 1956 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 22 522 The most important..phase of Adams' ‘Second Career’ is his crusade for freedom, liberty, and human rights in the House of Representatives. Here he won..the proud title of ‘Old Man Eloquent’. 2002 Hill (Nexis) 10 Apr. 25 Adams became known as ‘Old Man Eloquent’ in the House for his fight against slavery. < as lemmas |
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