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 Books1902 |
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... examples of native ora- tory attributed to the American Indians . This being the case , it might naturally be conceived that the literature of civiliza- tion would be overflowing with oratorical productions of high merit . Yet such a ...
... examples of native ora- tory attributed to the American Indians . This being the case , it might naturally be conceived that the literature of civiliza- tion would be overflowing with oratorical productions of high merit . Yet such a ...
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... example of speech - making and give its just pre - eminence to the truly great oration . From what is above said it should be evident that the powers of the orator are not alone those of pure reasoning , of logic reduced to its finest ...
... example of speech - making and give its just pre - eminence to the truly great oration . From what is above said it should be evident that the powers of the orator are not alone those of pure reasoning , of logic reduced to its finest ...
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... 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 ESESSION JAMES FOX DELIVERING HIS GREAT SPEECH In 1774 this.
... 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 ESESSION JAMES FOX DELIVERING HIS GREAT SPEECH In 1774 this.
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... example , is usually of passing interest , rarely appealing even at the time to more than a few persons , and seldom ... examples of oratory , for the double reason that these present the orator at his best , and usually deal with ...
... example , is usually of passing interest , rarely appealing even at the time to more than a few persons , and seldom ... examples of oratory , for the double reason that these present the orator at his best , and usually deal with ...
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... -Loud cries of " Treason ! Trea- son ! " 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.
... -Loud cries of " Treason ! Trea- son ! " 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.
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