Her voice had gained a wonderful fluency amid the general thaw.

14; England, contrasted with, i. 227, n. 4; English language injured by Gallicisms, iii. 343; 'fluency and ignorance,' iv. 15, n. 4; invasion feared, iii. 326, 360, n. 3, 365, n. 4; 'French maxims abolish mercy,' iii. 204, n. 1.

From this form is derived fluency of words; from it also the combination and rhythm of sentences derives a freer licence.

He displayed a fluency that overwhelmed her.

The training furnished by Part 1 should result in giving to the pupil some fluency of expression, some confidence in his ability to make known to others that which he thinks and feels, and some power to determine that the theme he writes, however rough-hewn and unshapely it may be, yet in its major outlines follows closely the thought that is within his mind.

Whenever the Scotch advocate has appeared at the bar of the English House of Lords, he has been admired by those who were in the habit of attending to speeches there, as having the greatest fluency of language and the greatest subtlety of distinction of any one of the profession.

When my pen shall have regained its original fluency and alertness, I will resume and prolong the pleasing task.

We should fall into a similar mistake if we said "brilliant fluency," and into a mistake of another kind (that of tautology or repetition of an idea) if we said "heart-felt cordiality," for cordiality means "feelings of the heart."

His plays, about forty in number, of which "The Traitor" is deemed the best tragedy and "The Lady of Pleasure" the best comedy, comprehend a wide variety of subject and exhibit refinement, deep feeling, and sustained fluency of graceful expression.

He remembered, too, with a pang that Tredgold had been content to enact the part of a listener, and had made no attempt to check the somewhat unusual fluency of the aggrieved Mr. Stobell.

It frequently wants fluency, but occasionally is tinged with a high degree of moral pathos.