Modern Eloquence, Volume 15Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh University Society, 1903 |
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Page 1745
... Effect of Oratory . - The really great orator shines like the sun , making you think much of the things he is speaking of ; the second - best shines like the moon , making you think much of him and his eloquence . R. Whately . The Power ...
... Effect of Oratory . - The really great orator shines like the sun , making you think much of the things he is speaking of ; the second - best shines like the moon , making you think much of him and his eloquence . R. Whately . The Power ...
Page 1746
... effects of its magic influence ; it ex- cites the soldier to the charge , and animates him to the con- flict ; the guilty are living monuments of its exertion , and the innocent hail it as the vindicator of their violated rights and the ...
... effects of its magic influence ; it ex- cites the soldier to the charge , and animates him to the con- flict ; the guilty are living monuments of its exertion , and the innocent hail it as the vindicator of their violated rights and the ...
Page 1747
... effect on his audience , may be a great essayist , a great statesman , a great master of composition , but he is T. B. Macaulay . not an orator . Clear Thinking . - Whenever men think clearly and are thoroughly interested , they express ...
... effect on his audience , may be a great essayist , a great statesman , a great master of composition , but he is T. B. Macaulay . not an orator . Clear Thinking . - Whenever men think clearly and are thoroughly interested , they express ...
Page 1749
... that it enabled him to remove the natural hindrances which checked and clogged the stream of those feelings , and to pour them forth with a free and mighty tor- rent that swept his audience along . The effect produced INTRODUCTION ix.
... that it enabled him to remove the natural hindrances which checked and clogged the stream of those feelings , and to pour them forth with a free and mighty tor- rent that swept his audience along . The effect produced INTRODUCTION ix.
Page 1750
... effect produced by Charles Fox , who by the exaggerations of party spirit was often compared to Demosthenes , seems to have arisen wholly from this earnestness , which made up for the want of almost every grace , both of manner and ...
... effect produced by Charles Fox , who by the exaggerations of party spirit was often compared to Demosthenes , seems to have arisen wholly from this earnestness , which made up for the want of almost every grace , both of manner and ...
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