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See what sad work they make of it, who, ignorant of this, flame out in Irish enthusiasm and with Irish sincerity, to a benefactor, who, if a man of sense and respectability, as well as kindliness, can but be more or less annoyed by it; and, if of a nervously fastidious nature, as some are, may be led to think almost as much less favorably of the beneficiary paining him by his gratitude, as if he had been guilty of its contrary, instead only of an indiscretion.

The Confidence Man by Herman Melville - Chapter 5

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"flame out in Irish enthusiasm and with Irish sincerity".

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

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flame out in Irish enthusiasm and with Irish sincerity = burst with enthusiasm & sincerity like an Irishman does; give loud and vigorous expression to their enthusiasm & sincerity.
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Wholegrain · Answer

Thank you. That's what I thought, but I didn't understand why it was "with" instead of "in".

Mister Micawber · Answer

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Actually, I would say the reverse about enthusiasm-- I would expect with as the most common preposition with both.

She dances with grace
They shouted with enthusiasm
He spoke with humility
She seethed with anger
etc.

Anonymous · Answer

I have a speech that needs to be repharsed.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under ***, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth

Clive · Answer

Hi,

It's better if you try to do it first. Then post your attempt, and we will help you with it.

Clive

Mister Micawber · Answer

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Actually, the speech does not need rephrasing at all-- it is one of the best speeches ever composed.
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