Famous Orators of the World and Their Best OrationsJ. C. Winston Company, 1902 - 639 pages |
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... 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 John Pym .. Oliver Cromwell . Law the Basis of ...
... 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 John Pym .. Oliver Cromwell . Law the Basis of ...
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... speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve . This is no time for ceremony . The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country . For my own part , I consider it as nothing less than a ques- tion of freedom or ...
... speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve . This is no time for ceremony . The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country . For my own part , I consider it as nothing less than a ques- tion of freedom or ...
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... speak on the subject . Warren contemned their threats and delivered at Old South Church an impassioned address , from which we make the following selection . ] Could it have been conceived that we should have seen a British army in our ...
... speak on the subject . Warren contemned their threats and delivered at Old South Church an impassioned address , from which we make the following selection . ] Could it have been conceived that we should have seen a British army in our ...
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... speak for themselves and make their own law . What if the direct voyage of American ships to Jamaica with horses or lumber might net one or two per centum more than the present trade to Surinam ; would the proof of the fact avail ...
... speak for themselves and make their own law . What if the direct voyage of American ships to Jamaica with horses or lumber might net one or two per centum more than the present trade to Surinam ; would the proof of the fact avail ...
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... speak under impressions that I would have resisted if I could . Those who see me will believe that the reduced state of my health has unfitted me , almost equally , for much exertion of body or mind . Unpre- pared for debate , by ...
... speak under impressions that I would have resisted if I could . Those who see me will believe that the reduced state of my health has unfitted me , almost equally , for much exertion of body or mind . Unpre- pared for debate , by ...
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