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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To these there must be added, for eminent success upon the rostrum, rich and full
powers of voice, large training in the effective use of language, graceful and
commanding attitudes and gestures, and all those personal qualities which give
a ...
To these there must be added, for eminent success upon the rostrum, rich and full
powers of voice, large training in the effective use of language, graceful and
commanding attitudes and gestures, and all those personal qualities which give
a ...
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There are two things to be considered in judging every oration ; the real quality
and merit of the thought expressed, and the effect of delivery—the speaker's
powers of elocution and the magnetic influence of voice and personality. The
latter ...
There are two things to be considered in judging every oration ; the real quality
and merit of the thought expressed, and the effect of delivery—the speaker's
powers of elocution and the magnetic influence of voice and personality. The
latter ...
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His vibrant voice rang out with “Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his
Cromwell, and George the Third”—Loud cries of “Treason i Treason!" from the
frightened Burgesses interrupted the speaker. Heedless of them he completed
his ...
His vibrant voice rang out with “Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his
Cromwell, and George the Third”—Loud cries of “Treason i Treason!" from the
frightened Burgesses interrupted the speaker. Heedless of them he completed
his ...
Page 306
... cry out to us as a voice from heaven : “ Will you permit our posterity to groan
under the galling chains of our murderers? Has our blood been expended in vain
? Is the only reward which our constancy, till death, has obtained for our country,
...
... cry out to us as a voice from heaven : “ Will you permit our posterity to groan
under the galling chains of our murderers? Has our blood been expended in vain
? Is the only reward which our constancy, till death, has obtained for our country,
...
Page 308
The voice of the orator was the weapon employed, and a long c'ontest on the
rostrum preceded the appeal to arms. With the first of these periods we have
already dealt. 'The second was dominated by two exciting political problems, the
tariff ...
The voice of the orator was the weapon employed, and a long c'ontest on the
rostrum preceded the appeal to arms. With the first of these periods we have
already dealt. 'The second was dominated by two exciting political problems, the
tariff ...
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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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