Essays from Select British EloquenceSouthern Illinois University Press, 1963 - 359 pages |
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Page 48
... once more took place between the two branches of the house of Bourbon . The French min- ister instantly changed his tone . He came forward with a pro- posal that Spain should be invited to take part in the treaty , specifying certain ...
... once more took place between the two branches of the house of Bourbon . The French min- ister instantly changed his tone . He came forward with a pro- posal that Spain should be invited to take part in the treaty , specifying certain ...
Page 144
... once told the House , in a speech on American af- fairs that he did not know how to draw up a bill of indict- ment against a whole people , but " he had now learned to do it , and to crowd it with all the technicalities which disgraced ...
... once told the House , in a speech on American af- fairs that he did not know how to draw up a bill of indict- ment against a whole people , but " he had now learned to do it , and to crowd it with all the technicalities which disgraced ...
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... once , of real- ity and imagination " all compact . " When he was about fourteen years old , as he was rolling marbles one morning and playing his tricks in the ball - alley , he attracted the notice of an elderly gentleman who was ...
... once , of real- ity and imagination " all compact . " When he was about fourteen years old , as he was rolling marbles one morning and playing his tricks in the ball - alley , he attracted the notice of an elderly gentleman who was ...
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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