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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... are capable , and all the powers of thought with which the intellect is furnished .
THE EFFECT OF ORATORY An oration , to be fully appreciated , must be heard ,
not read . Much of what gave it force and effect is lost when it is committed ...
... are capable , and all the powers of thought with which the intellect is furnished .
THE EFFECT OF ORATORY An oration , to be fully appreciated , must be heard ,
not read . Much of what gave it force and effect is lost when it is committed ...
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... in their habit as they lived ” ; the special occasion which gave rise to each
oration is cited ; and a sketch is given in the instance of each orator of the
qualities and circumstances to which he owes his fame and his characteristics as
a man .
... in their habit as they lived ” ; the special occasion which gave rise to each
oration is cited ; and a sketch is given in the instance of each orator of the
qualities and circumstances to which he owes his fame and his characteristics as
a man .
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The first such occasion in American history was that exciting era which gave birth
to the American Republic . It is the stirring events of this historymaking epoch that
produced the earliest outburst of American oratory , due to such masters of the ...
The first such occasion in American history was that exciting era which gave birth
to the American Republic . It is the stirring events of this historymaking epoch that
produced the earliest outburst of American oratory , due to such masters of the ...
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Here he offered a resolution that the Colony should be " put into a state of
defence , " and sustained it by the most brilliant speech to which the Revolution
gave rise . ] MR . PRESIDENT : No man thinks more highly than I do of the
patriotism , as ...
Here he offered a resolution that the Colony should be " put into a state of
defence , " and sustained it by the most brilliant speech to which the Revolution
gave rise . ] MR . PRESIDENT : No man thinks more highly than I do of the
patriotism , as ...
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The signing of the Declaration gave occasion for the delivery of the only example
we possess of his fervent DANIEL WEBSTER Daniel Webster , Henry Clay and
John C. 29 Joseph Warren 26 The Boston Massacre 27 Samuel Adams.
The signing of the Declaration gave occasion for the delivery of the only example
we possess of his fervent DANIEL WEBSTER Daniel Webster , Henry Clay and
John C. 29 Joseph Warren 26 The Boston Massacre 27 Samuel Adams.
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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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