Modern Eloquence, Volume 4Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... death has ushered in . In Congress the funeral oration still survives , and much eloquence still pervades the halls when death comes . Of course , there is much uttered which makes the judicious smile , but there is also much that is ...
... death has ushered in . In Congress the funeral oration still survives , and much eloquence still pervades the halls when death comes . Of course , there is much uttered which makes the judicious smile , but there is also much that is ...
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... death . That is cheap benevolence . [ Applause . ] Well , this is the first element of mistake among large classes of commercial life in America . The second is , they want it suddenly . They are not willing to say , " For forty years I ...
... death . That is cheap benevolence . [ Applause . ] Well , this is the first element of mistake among large classes of commercial life in America . The second is , they want it suddenly . They are not willing to say , " For forty years I ...
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... death in any such sense as that of non - investigation , not changing , and if men say : " If you give up the old landmark you do not know where you will land . " I know where you will land if you do not . Do you believe in God ? I do ...
... death in any such sense as that of non - investigation , not changing , and if men say : " If you give up the old landmark you do not know where you will land . " I know where you will land if you do not . Do you believe in God ? I do ...
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... death to an ancient and an outraged faith . The great majority of Burke's brothers and sisters , like those of Laurence Sterne , were " not made to live ; " and out of the fifteen but three , besides himself , attained ma- turity ...
... death to an ancient and an outraged faith . The great majority of Burke's brothers and sisters , like those of Laurence Sterne , were " not made to live ; " and out of the fifteen but three , besides himself , attained ma- turity ...
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... death . In 1761 that shrewd old gossip , Horace Walpole , met Burke for the first time at dinner , and remarks of him in a letter to George Montague : " I dined at Hamilton's yesterday ; there were Garrick , and young Mr. Burke , who ...
... death . In 1761 that shrewd old gossip , Horace Walpole , met Burke for the first time at dinner , and remarks of him in a letter to George Montague : " I dined at Hamilton's yesterday ; there were Garrick , and young Mr. Burke , who ...
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