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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... mind , the sophistry , the emptiness , of many showy orations become pitifully evident , while the true merit of the really great effort grows doubly apparent . No longer taken captive by the speaker's manner and the external aids to ...
... mind , the sophistry , the emptiness , of many showy orations become pitifully evident , while the true merit of the really great effort grows doubly apparent . No longer taken captive by the speaker's manner and the external aids to ...
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... mind . While , therefore , the idea is widely entertained that an oration must be heard to be truly appreciated , this conception is far from correct . There are two things to be considered in judging every oration ; the real quality ...
... mind . While , therefore , the idea is widely entertained that an oration must be heard to be truly appreciated , this conception is far from correct . There are two things to be considered in judging every oration ; the real quality ...
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... mind of the audi- tor when in a cool and critical state . Under such conditions the verdict is often changed and the weakness and emptiness of what may have seemed irrefutable arguments are exposed . For this reason it may be held that ...
... mind of the audi- tor when in a cool and critical state . Under such conditions the verdict is often changed and the weakness and emptiness of what may have seemed irrefutable arguments are exposed . For this reason it may be held that ...
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... mind , keeping its interest fresh even after centuries have passed . These are the two extremes between which it is necessary to choose . DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THIS BOOK It may further be said that in many cases the orator owes his ...
... mind , keeping its interest fresh even after centuries have passed . These are the two extremes between which it is necessary to choose . DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THIS BOOK It may further be said that in many cases the orator owes his ...
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... 489 The Rights of Ireland The Epitaph of England John Philpot Curran . The Pension System The March of the Mind . The Evidence of Mr. O'Brien 490 492 493 493 494 495 1 CONTENTS XV Richard Brinsley Sheridan PAGE · 496 The Arraignment.
... 489 The Rights of Ireland The Epitaph of England John Philpot Curran . The Pension System The March of the Mind . The Evidence of Mr. O'Brien 490 492 493 493 494 495 1 CONTENTS XV Richard Brinsley Sheridan PAGE · 496 The Arraignment.
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