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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Its scene is the Assembly hall of the House of Burgesses of Virginia , its date the
year 1765 , its occasion the effort of the King and Parliament of England to tax the
American colonies without their consent . The Burgesses had met in protest and ...
Its scene is the Assembly hall of the House of Burgesses of Virginia , its date the
year 1765 , its occasion the effort of the King and Parliament of England to tax the
American colonies without their consent . The Burgesses had met in protest and ...
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PRESIDENT : No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism , as well as
abilities , of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House . But
different men often see the same subject in different lights ; and , therefore , I
hope ...
PRESIDENT : No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism , as well as
abilities , of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House . But
different men often see the same subject in different lights ; and , therefore , I
hope ...
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THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE [ The only extant speech of Samuel
Adams was delivered at the State House in Philadelphia , to a very numerous
audience , on the ist . of August , 1776 , its subject being American Independence
.
THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE [ The only extant speech of Samuel
Adams was delivered at the State House in Philadelphia , to a very numerous
audience , on the ist . of August , 1776 , its subject being American Independence
.
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... House of Congress an unexaggerated picture of the general distress
pervading the whole land . We must all yet remember some of its frightful features
. We all know that the people were then oppressed and borne down by an
enormous ...
... House of Congress an unexaggerated picture of the general distress
pervading the whole land . We must all yet remember some of its frightful features
. We all know that the people were then oppressed and borne down by an
enormous ...
Page 89
He had been a member of the National House of Representatives for sixteen
years before the war , and entered this body again in 1874 , serving for several
terms . In 1882 he was elected Governor of Georgia . Alike as orator and
statesman ...
He had been a member of the National House of Representatives for sixteen
years before the war , and entered this body again in 1874 , serving for several
terms . In 1882 he was elected Governor of Georgia . Alike as orator and
statesman ...
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| Title | 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 ... |
| Author | Charles Morris |
| Published | 1902 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 30 Sep 2014 |
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