Essays from Select British EloquenceSouthern Illinois University Press, 1963 - 359 pages |
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... gave rise to the arbitrary acts referred to in the Petition of Right . The facts which Eliot adduces in proof are very briefly mentioned , or barely alluded to , because they were fresh in the minds of all , and had created a burning ...
... gave rise to the arbitrary acts referred to in the Petition of Right . The facts which Eliot adduces in proof are very briefly mentioned , or barely alluded to , because they were fresh in the minds of all , and had created a burning ...
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... gave a striking ex- hibition of disinterestedness , which raised him in the public estimation to a still higher level as a man , than he had ever attained by his loftiest efforts as an orator . It was then the cus- tom , that £ 100,000 ...
... gave a striking ex- hibition of disinterestedness , which raised him in the public estimation to a still higher level as a man , than he had ever attained by his loftiest efforts as an orator . It was then the cus- tom , that £ 100,000 ...
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... gave rise to Johnson's remark that " Bolingbroke was a scoundrel and a coward a scoundrel , for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; and a coward , because he had not resolution to fire it himself , but left half a ...
... gave rise to Johnson's remark that " Bolingbroke was a scoundrel and a coward a scoundrel , for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; and a coward , because he had not resolution to fire it himself , but left half a ...
Contents
SIR JOHN ELIOT | 3 |
SIR ROBERT WALPOLE | 19 |
LORD MANSFIELD | 69 |
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Essays from Select British Eloquence: Landmarks in Rhetoric and Public Address Chauncey Allen Goodrich No preview available - 2012 |
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