facility of speech
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Ultimately, it seeks to explain the ages-old mystery of precisely how and why man developed the unique facility of speech as an expression of thought, which, more than any other activity, separates him from animals.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through constant study, and by leading the life of an ascetic, he acquired a facility of speech which obtained for him a great reputation amongst the uneducated and superstitious classes in which he moved.
From Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 by Wingate, F. R.
He had a ready wit, a dexterity in epigram, an astonishing facility of speech, and a very great appreciation of his own power of turning friends or foes into ridicule.
From A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III by McCarthy, Justin
His usual facility of speech seemed to have deserted him.
From Cap'n Dan's Daughter by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
Madison had the brain of a statesman, energy and persistence in crises, immense industry, facility of speech, a broad contempt for the pretensions and mean bickerings of the States, and a fairly national outlook.
From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
