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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... influence of voice and personality . The latter has often an immense effect , and the hearer fre- quently leaves the presence of the orator convinced against the vi THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ORATORY decision of his own intellect.
... influence of voice and personality . The latter has often an immense effect , and the hearer fre- quently leaves the presence of the orator convinced against the vi THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ORATORY decision of his own intellect.
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... latter , while enjoying the elo- quence of each member of our galaxy of orators , at the same time , in some measure , to behold him in person , to catch him , as it were , in the act of delivery . Aside from the endeavor here indicated ...
... latter , while enjoying the elo- quence of each member of our galaxy of orators , at the same time , in some measure , to behold him in person , to catch him , as it were , in the act of delivery . Aside from the endeavor here indicated ...
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... and taxation with representation . The former was the leading spirit in the " Boston Tea Party " and the latter led in the opposition to the " Writs of Assistance . ' 1 / PATRICK HENRY'S GREAT SPEECH The Orator electrifies his.
... and taxation with representation . The former was the leading spirit in the " Boston Tea Party " and the latter led in the opposition to the " Writs of Assistance . ' 1 / PATRICK HENRY'S GREAT SPEECH The Orator electrifies his.
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... latter two being initiated and carried through by him . By these noble services he smoothed the waves of discontent and stayed the spirit of disunion until death removed him from the scene . His own words form the true motto of his ...
... latter two being initiated and carried through by him . By these noble services he smoothed the waves of discontent and stayed the spirit of disunion until death removed him from the scene . His own words form the true motto of his ...
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... latter to his famous rejoinder . We must confine ourselves to suggestive extracts from this speech . ] MR . PRESIDENT : When I took occasion , two days ago , to throw out some ideas with respect to the policy of the Government , in ...
... latter to his famous rejoinder . We must confine ourselves to suggestive extracts from this speech . ] MR . PRESIDENT : When I took occasion , two days ago , to throw out some ideas with respect to the policy of the Government , in ...
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