Famous Orators of the World and Their Best Orations: Containing the Lives of the Greatest Orators and Their Best Orations from Earliest Times to Present Day, with an Account of Place and Time of Delivery of Each Oration and Explanatory Notes on Obscure Passages : Arranged in Eighteen Great Epochs Or Books |
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A Complete Book of Ancient and Modern Oratory It is divided into two divisions ;
the first devoted to American Oratory ; the second to European Oratory , ancient
and modern . Each is arranged in nine great books , classifying the orators , both
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A Complete Book of Ancient and Modern Oratory It is divided into two divisions ;
the first devoted to American Oratory ; the second to European Oratory , ancient
and modern . Each is arranged in nine great books , classifying the orators , both
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D. Author of " Manual of Classical Literature " " Half - Hours with Best American
Authors , " " History and Triumphs of the Nineteenth Century , ” Etc. , Etc. , Etc.
Profusely Illustrated with Great Historic Scenes and Portraits of Brilliant Orators .
D. Author of " Manual of Classical Literature " " Half - Hours with Best American
Authors , " " History and Triumphs of the Nineteenth Century , ” Etc. , Etc. , Etc.
Profusely Illustrated with Great Historic Scenes and Portraits of Brilliant Orators .
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It has , therefore , been practiced for ages past , as well among savage and
barbarous tribes as among civilized peoples , in evidence of which may be
mentioned the striking examples of native oratory attributed to the American
Indians .
It has , therefore , been practiced for ages past , as well among savage and
barbarous tribes as among civilized peoples , in evidence of which may be
mentioned the striking examples of native oratory attributed to the American
Indians .
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... and usually deal with subjects of permanent interest in themselves — those
great occasions or events of history which never grow dull or stale , but retain
their freshness through the ages . CONTENTS PART I. AMERICAN ORATORS
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... and usually deal with subjects of permanent interest in themselves — those
great occasions or events of history which never grow dull or stale , but retain
their freshness through the ages . CONTENTS PART I. AMERICAN ORATORS
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CONTENTS PART I. AMERICAN ORATORS PAGE BOOK I. REVOLUTIONARY
ORATORS OF THE UNITED STATES Patrick Henry 19 An Appeal to Arms 20
James Otis 23 The Writs of Assistance 24 Joseph Warren 26 The Boston
Massacre ...
CONTENTS PART I. AMERICAN ORATORS PAGE BOOK I. REVOLUTIONARY
ORATORS OF THE UNITED STATES Patrick Henry 19 An Appeal to Arms 20
James Otis 23 The Writs of Assistance 24 Joseph Warren 26 The Boston
Massacre ...
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