Famous Orators of the World and Their Best OrationsJ. C. Winston Company, 1902 - 639 pages |
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... Nature Jean Baptiste Massillon The Iniquity of Evil Speaking . BOOK III . ENGLISH ORATORS OF THE MIDDLE PERIOD Francis Bacon . The Evils of Dueling Sir Edward Coke The Charges in Raleigh's Case Sir John Eliot . The Perils of the Kingdom ...
... Nature Jean Baptiste Massillon The Iniquity of Evil Speaking . BOOK III . ENGLISH ORATORS OF THE MIDDLE PERIOD Francis Bacon . The Evils of Dueling Sir Edward Coke The Charges in Raleigh's Case Sir John Eliot . The Perils of the Kingdom ...
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... Nature hath placed in our power . Three millions of people , armed in the holy cause of liberty , and in such a country as that which we possess , are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us . Besides , sir , we ...
... Nature hath placed in our power . Three millions of people , armed in the holy cause of liberty , and in such a country as that which we possess , are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us . Besides , sir , we ...
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... nature will teach us that their ease and security have been a principal cause of their want of exertion . While danger is distant , its impression is weak ; and while it affects only our neighbors , we have few motives to provide ...
... nature will teach us that their ease and security have been a principal cause of their want of exertion . While danger is distant , its impression is weak ; and while it affects only our neighbors , we have few motives to provide ...
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... nature ; it is , in a manner , unprecedented . We cannot find one express prototype in the experience of the world ; it stands by itself . In some respects it is a government of a federal nature ; in others , it is of a consolidated nature ...
... nature ; it is , in a manner , unprecedented . We cannot find one express prototype in the experience of the world ; it stands by itself . In some respects it is a government of a federal nature ; in others , it is of a consolidated nature ...
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... nature , joined to the power of direct taxation , will give it a tendency to destroy all subordinate authority ; that its increasing influence will speedily enable it to absorb the State governments . I cannot bring myself to think that ...
... nature , joined to the power of direct taxation , will give it a tendency to destroy all subordinate authority ; that its increasing influence will speedily enable it to absorb the State governments . I cannot bring myself to think that ...
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