Famous Orators of the World and Their Best OrationsJ. C. Winston Company, 1902 - 639 pages |
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... effort grows doubly apparent . No longer taken captive by the speaker's manner and the external aids to eloquence , the reader can calmly measure and weigh his words and thoughts , with competence to reject the vapid example of speech ...
... effort grows doubly apparent . No longer taken captive by the speaker's manner and the external aids to eloquence , the reader can calmly measure and weigh his words and thoughts , with competence to reject the vapid example of speech ...
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... effort has been made to do justice to the orator , as far as possible , from both points of view . While carefully chosen selections from notable speeches have been made , in evidence of the quality of thought and mode of expression of ...
... effort has been made to do justice to the orator , as far as possible , from both points of view . While carefully chosen selections from notable speeches have been made , in evidence of the quality of thought and mode of expression of ...
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... efforts of the finest quality exist in several of the leading fields of human thought , such as those of the parliament ... effort , some grand dis- play of his powers which throws all others into the shade , and yields us the product of ...
... efforts of the finest quality exist in several of the leading fields of human thought , such as those of the parliament ... effort , some grand dis- play of his powers which throws all others into the shade , and yields us the product of ...
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... effort , its great triumphs have been dependent upon great exigencies in human affairs . While orators have been as numerous almost as autumn leaves , world - famous orations seem as few as the planets of our solar system . The orator ...
... effort , its great triumphs have been dependent upon great exigencies in human affairs . While orators have been as numerous almost as autumn leaves , world - famous orations seem as few as the planets of our solar system . The orator ...
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... effort of the King and Parliament of Eng- land to tax the American colonies without their consent . The Bur- gesses had met in protest and talked weakly about the Stamp Act , which was stirring up America to its depths , but were on the ...
... effort of the King and Parliament of Eng- land to tax the American colonies without their consent . The Bur- gesses had met in protest and talked weakly about the Stamp Act , which was stirring up America to its depths , but were on the ...
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