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Page 9261
In November of the next year he followed Lord Derby as chancellor of the
University of Oxford , and on the return of Disraeli to the premiership in February ,
1874 , he again became secretary of state . He was appointed special
ambassador to ...
In November of the next year he followed Lord Derby as chancellor of the
University of Oxford , and on the return of Disraeli to the premiership in February ,
1874 , he again became secretary of state . He was appointed special
ambassador to ...
Page 9306
Some years ago , on the occasion of distributing the prizes at University College ,
London , the Earl of Derby delivered a speech , which no one , old or young , can
read without profit or admiration . Part of it I shall quote as strictly applicable to ...
Some years ago , on the occasion of distributing the prizes at University College ,
London , the Earl of Derby delivered a speech , which no one , old or young , can
read without profit or admiration . Part of it I shall quote as strictly applicable to ...
Page 9308
... will be bold enough to deny , used the following language in 1820 , and
apparently so satisfied with its truthfulness that he reproduced it forty years
afterward in the address which he delivered at his installation as chancellor of the
University ...
... will be bold enough to deny , used the following language in 1820 , and
apparently so satisfied with its truthfulness that he reproduced it forty years
afterward in the address which he delivered at his installation as chancellor of the
University ...
Page 9314
Lord Chatham , at the age of eighteen , when he went to the University of Oxford ,
forthwith entered upon a severe course of rhetorical training . We are informed by
his biographers that he adopted the practice of translating largely from the ...
Lord Chatham , at the age of eighteen , when he went to the University of Oxford ,
forthwith entered upon a severe course of rhetorical training . We are informed by
his biographers that he adopted the practice of translating largely from the ...
Page 9316
His studies at the University of Dublin were severe . Leland , the translator of
Demosthenes , used to speak of him young man more anxious to acquire
knowledge than to display it . ” Accordingly , when he had left college he had
mastered ...
His studies at the University of Dublin were severe . Leland , the translator of
Demosthenes , used to speak of him young man more anxious to acquire
knowledge than to display it . ” Accordingly , when he had left college he had
mastered ...
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| Title | Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Volume 22 Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine |
| Editor | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine |
| Publisher | P. F. Collier & Son, 1905 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2012 |
| Length | 11114 pages |
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