Essays from Select British EloquenceSouthern Illinois University Press, 1963 - 359 pages |
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Page viii
... given entire , because the object is to have each of them studied as a complete system of thought . Detached passages of extraordinary force and beauty may be useful as exercises in elocution ; but , if dwelt upon exclusively as models ...
... given entire , because the object is to have each of them studied as a complete system of thought . Detached passages of extraordinary force and beauty may be useful as exercises in elocution ; but , if dwelt upon exclusively as models ...
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... given space in the House of Commons until 1834. Before that time they were often ejected . Reid analyzes the uncomfortable condi- tions for accurate reporting in the eighteenth century House of Commons . 25 Of the speech by the Earl of ...
... given space in the House of Commons until 1834. Before that time they were often ejected . Reid analyzes the uncomfortable condi- tions for accurate reporting in the eighteenth century House of Commons . 25 Of the speech by the Earl of ...
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... given in the Parliamentary History , is less harsh ; but , whatever may have been his exact expressions , they were such as induced Mr. Burke to rise at once and declare , in calm but indignant terms , that " such language ought to have ...
... given in the Parliamentary History , is less harsh ; but , whatever may have been his exact expressions , they were such as induced Mr. Burke to rise at once and declare , in calm but indignant terms , that " such language ought to have ...
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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