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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A carefully prepared history of the time and occasion which called forth the
speech , and the audience before which it was ... delightful afterdinner speeches ;
dignified senatorial addresses ; great legal arguments ; exciting campaign
speeches ...
A carefully prepared history of the time and occasion which called forth the
speech , and the audience before which it was ... delightful afterdinner speeches ;
dignified senatorial addresses ; great legal arguments ; exciting campaign
speeches ...
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RATORY is , in its essential elements , the oldest of the arts , for it is one that
requires , for its ordinary exercise , no other equipment than fluency of speech
and some degree of self - confidence on the part of the speaker . It has , therefore
...
RATORY is , in its essential elements , the oldest of the arts , for it is one that
requires , for its ordinary exercise , no other equipment than fluency of speech
and some degree of self - confidence on the part of the speaker . It has , therefore
...
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No longer taken captive by the speaker's manner and the external aids to
eloquence , the reader can calmly measure and weigh l.is words and thoughts ,
with competence to reject the vapid example of speech - making and give its just
pre ...
No longer taken captive by the speaker's manner and the external aids to
eloquence , the reader can calmly measure and weigh l.is words and thoughts ,
with competence to reject the vapid example of speech - making and give its just
pre ...
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The speech which does not ring true to a judicious reader is defective either in its
cause or its advocate . Sophistry may weigh well on the platform , but it becomes
hollow and empty in the cabinet , and the merit of no oration can be justly ...
The speech which does not ring true to a judicious reader is defective either in its
cause or its advocate . Sophistry may weigh well on the platform , but it becomes
hollow and empty in the cabinet , and the merit of no oration can be justly ...
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While carefully chosen selections from notable speeches have been made , in
evidence of the quality of thought and ... the stars of the first magnitude in this art
and those JAMES FOX DELIVERING HIS GREAT SPEECH In 1774 this Famous.
While carefully chosen selections from notable speeches have been made , in
evidence of the quality of thought and ... the stars of the first magnitude in this art
and those JAMES FOX DELIVERING HIS GREAT SPEECH In 1774 this Famous.
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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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