Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Volume 22 |
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9507 DAWSON The Prose Writers of Canada ........ 9548 INGERSOLL Blaine , The Plumed Knight ........... 9580 Oration at his Brother's Grave ...... 9584 BRADLAUGH At the Bar of the House of Commons ....... 9586 HARRISON Inaugural Address ...
9507 DAWSON The Prose Writers of Canada ........ 9548 INGERSOLL Blaine , The Plumed Knight ........... 9580 Oration at his Brother's Grave ...... 9584 BRADLAUGH At the Bar of the House of Commons ....... 9586 HARRISON Inaugural Address ...
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During a number of years he was engaged in journalism in Hamilton and subsequently in Montreal , and he was one of the most brilliant writers and platform speakers of his day . He was returned to the House of Commons for Cardwell ...
During a number of years he was engaged in journalism in Hamilton and subsequently in Montreal , and he was one of the most brilliant writers and platform speakers of his day . He was returned to the House of Commons for Cardwell ...
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Our independent national legislature was torn from us by means the iniquity of which , even among English writers , is now proclaimed and execrated . By fraud and by force that outrage on law , on right , on justice , was consummated .
Our independent national legislature was torn from us by means the iniquity of which , even among English writers , is now proclaimed and execrated . By fraud and by force that outrage on law , on right , on justice , was consummated .
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a the orator , equals or surpasses in effect , at least for the time being , the pen of the ablest writer . If the true function of eloquence is to enlighten the understanding , to please the imagination , to stir the passions , or to ...
a the orator , equals or surpasses in effect , at least for the time being , the pen of the ablest writer . If the true function of eloquence is to enlighten the understanding , to please the imagination , to stir the passions , or to ...
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They believe that , like Dogberry's reading and writing , oratory comes by nature — that the orator , in fact , as has been said of the poet , nascitur non fit ; while the reverse of the case is nearer the truth — orator fit ...
They believe that , like Dogberry's reading and writing , oratory comes by nature — that the orator , in fact , as has been said of the poet , nascitur non fit ; while the reverse of the case is nearer the truth — orator fit ...
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