Famous Orators of the World and Their Best OrationsJ. C. Winston Company, 1902 - 639 pages |
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... carried the hail by storm ; the resolutions were adopted ; and from that day to this Patrick Henry has been hailed as one of the greatest of American orators . Henry was sent as a delegate to the Continental Congress , which he ...
... carried the hail by storm ; the resolutions were adopted ; and from that day to this Patrick Henry has been hailed as one of the greatest of American orators . Henry was sent as a delegate to the Continental Congress , which he ...
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... carried away all before him . American inde- pendence was then and there born . Every man of an immense crowded audience appeared to me to go away as I did , ready to take arms against Writs of Assistance . Then and there was the first ...
... carried away all before him . American inde- pendence was then and there born . Every man of an immense crowded audience appeared to me to go away as I did , ready to take arms against Writs of Assistance . Then and there was the first ...
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... carried on almost without money . It was obliged to beg the states for every penny it needed , and it often begged in vain . The new government began with an empty purse and a ruined credit . All this was reversed by Hamilton's magic ...
... carried on almost without money . It was obliged to beg the states for every penny it needed , and it often begged in vain . The new government began with an empty purse and a ruined credit . All this was reversed by Hamilton's magic ...
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... carried New York for the Union , his colleague , Madison , was engaged in the same good work in Virginia . Hamilton had the able party leader George Clinton , to contend against , and Madison had the brilliant orator Patrick Henry , yet ...
... carried New York for the Union , his colleague , Madison , was engaged in the same good work in Virginia . Hamilton had the able party leader George Clinton , to contend against , and Madison had the brilliant orator Patrick Henry , yet ...
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... carried out in the States . Trouble arose about the harsh treatment of the Tories , who were forced by thousands to leave the country . Also the old debts due British merchants were not paid . England looked on this as bad faith , and ...
... carried out in the States . Trouble arose about the harsh treatment of the Tories , who were forced by thousands to leave the country . Also the old debts due British merchants were not paid . England looked on this as bad faith , and ...
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