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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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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No longer taken captive by the speaker's manner and the external aids to
eloquence , the reader can calmly measure and weigh l.is words and thoughts ,
with competence to reject the vapid example of speech - making and give its just
pre ...
No longer taken captive by the speaker's manner and the external aids to
eloquence , the reader can calmly measure and weigh l.is words and thoughts ,
with competence to reject the vapid example of speech - making and give its just
pre ...
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Aside from the endeavor here indicated , it is the purpose of the editor of this work
to offer examples of oratory selected from the choicest orations on record in every
field ; chosen alike from the stars of the first magnitude in this art and those ...
Aside from the endeavor here indicated , it is the purpose of the editor of this work
to offer examples of oratory selected from the choicest orations on record in every
field ; chosen alike from the stars of the first magnitude in this art and those ...
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The legal oration , for example , is usually of passing interest , rarely appealing
even at the time to more than a few persons , and seldom having a message to
deliver to the world . The parliamentary oration , on the contrary , which deals
with ...
The legal oration , for example , is usually of passing interest , rarely appealing
even at the time to more than a few persons , and seldom having a message to
deliver to the world . The parliamentary oration , on the contrary , which deals
with ...
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from the frightened Burgesses interrupted the speaker . Heed less of them he
completed his sentence , “ MAY PROFIT BY THEIR EXAMPLE . 20 PATRICK
HENRY If this be treason , make the 19 REVOLUTIONARY ORATORS OF THE
UNITED ...
from the frightened Burgesses interrupted the speaker . Heed less of them he
completed his sentence , “ MAY PROFIT BY THEIR EXAMPLE . 20 PATRICK
HENRY If this be treason , make the 19 REVOLUTIONARY ORATORS OF THE
UNITED ...
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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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