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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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 old and influential members looked with displeasure on the raw newcomer ,
who ventured to address them on a topic which they had feared to deal with
themselves . They were the more annoyed and amazed when he offered a set of
...
The old and influential members looked with displeasure on the raw newcomer ,
who ventured to address them on a topic which they had feared to deal with
themselves . They were the more annoyed and amazed when he offered a set of
...
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In 1795 President Washington offered him the position of Secretary of State ,
which he declined . The following year he was again elected Governor of Virginia
, which position he also declined . During the exciting events of 1798 and 1799
he ...
In 1795 President Washington offered him the position of Secretary of State ,
which he declined . The following year he was again elected Governor of Virginia
, which position he also declined . During the exciting events of 1798 and 1799
he ...
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This is what Madison sought to demonstrate in his series of specches given in
June , 1788. We offer from these an illustrative extract describing the character of
the proposed new government . ) Give me leave to say something of the nature of
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This is what Madison sought to demonstrate in his series of specches given in
June , 1788. We offer from these an illustrative extract describing the character of
the proposed new government . ) Give me leave to say something of the nature of
...
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THE SECRET OF MURDER [ As an example of Webster's forensic oratory we
offer a selection from his celebrated argument in the trial for murder of John K.
Knapp . In the passage given he soars far above the dry level of legal oratory ,
and ...
THE SECRET OF MURDER [ As an example of Webster's forensic oratory we
offer a selection from his celebrated argument in the trial for murder of John K.
Knapp . In the passage given he soars far above the dry level of legal oratory ,
and ...
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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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