Persuasion hung upon his lips, and the elements of Logick and Rhetorick were so blended up in him, — and, withall, he had so shrewd guess at the weaknesses and passions of his respondent, — that NATURE might have stood up and said, — "This man is eloquent."
Book I, Ch. 19. - The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
