Essays from Select British EloquenceSouthern Illinois University Press, 1963 - 359 pages |
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Page 64
... object . It struggles to get free from all secondary ideas - all mere accessories . Hence the simplicity , and even bareness of thought , which we usually find in the great passages of Chatham and De- mosthenes . The whole turns often ...
... object . It struggles to get free from all secondary ideas - all mere accessories . Hence the simplicity , and even bareness of thought , which we usually find in the great passages of Chatham and De- mosthenes . The whole turns often ...
Page 102
... objects of curiosity . " A conversation ensued ; but , in a few moments , the clergyman's pride of local information ... object of public inter- est , he prepared , during this year ( perhaps in conjunction with his two brothers ) , a ...
... objects of curiosity . " A conversation ensued ; but , in a few moments , the clergyman's pride of local information ... object of public inter- est , he prepared , during this year ( perhaps in conjunction with his two brothers ) , a ...
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... object of my short official existence to do the duties of my station with all the ability and address in my power ... objects to most men , and objects which I am not ashamed to pursue- which I am even solicitous to possess , whenever ...
... object of my short official existence to do the duties of my station with all the ability and address in my power ... objects to most men , and objects which I am not ashamed to pursue- which I am even solicitous to possess , whenever ...
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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