Forensic Eloquence: A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Oratory as Exemplified in Great Speeches of Famous Orators; a Manual for Teachers, Students and Public Speakers and for Use in High Schools and CollegesS. Carson Company, 1891 - 260 pages |
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... strong brogue ; Randolph had a high - keyed , squeaking voice , and like defects could be pointed out in others . These shortcomings are said to have made the speakers attractive , enlisting , possibly , the sympathy or attention of the ...
... strong brogue ; Randolph had a high - keyed , squeaking voice , and like defects could be pointed out in others . These shortcomings are said to have made the speakers attractive , enlisting , possibly , the sympathy or attention of the ...
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... strong brogue ; Randolph had a high - keyed , squeaking voice , and like defects could be pointed out in others . These shortcomings are said to have made the speakers attractive , enlisting , possibly , the sympathy or attention of the ...
... strong brogue ; Randolph had a high - keyed , squeaking voice , and like defects could be pointed out in others . These shortcomings are said to have made the speakers attractive , enlisting , possibly , the sympathy or attention of the ...
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... strong invective is termed a Phillipic , in recognition of Demosthenes ' power . The single example has given a name to a class . No higher tribute could be paid to his genius . His counsels finally prevailed , and he undertook an ...
... strong invective is termed a Phillipic , in recognition of Demosthenes ' power . The single example has given a name to a class . No higher tribute could be paid to his genius . His counsels finally prevailed , and he undertook an ...
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... strong language . There is no effort at humor , no straining after effect , no heaping up of ornament . He possessed the judg- ment to see the weak points of his adversary , the skill to plant his batteries in commanding positions , and ...
... strong language . There is no effort at humor , no straining after effect , no heaping up of ornament . He possessed the judg- ment to see the weak points of his adversary , the skill to plant his batteries in commanding positions , and ...
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... strong resemblance to the passage from Demosthenes just given . As Mr. Lincoln was not a classical scholar , the likeness must be deemed accidental . Demosthenes , like most of the eminent men of those stormy periods , was an object of ...
... strong resemblance to the passage from Demosthenes just given . As Mr. Lincoln was not a classical scholar , the likeness must be deemed accidental . Demosthenes , like most of the eminent men of those stormy periods , was an object of ...
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Page 84 - Of these the false Achitophel was first: A name to all succeeding ages cursed. For close designs, and crooked counsels fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit: Restless, unfixed in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace. A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay: And o'er informed the tenement of clay.
Page 123 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 144 - President, when the mariner has been tossed, for many days, in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.
Page 213 - I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the union, To see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Page 214 - Liberty first, and Union afterwards; but everywhere spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, 'LIBERTY AND UNION, NOW AND FOREVER, ONE AND INSEPARABLE!
Page 81 - I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation — and it has been my favorite study — I have read Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia.
Page 123 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Page 213 - I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe...
Page 182 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Page 85 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.