Essays from Select British EloquenceSouthern Illinois University Press, 1963 - 359 pages |
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Page xxiii
... oratory . As Goodrich differentiates public speaking and oratory , so does he mark off the debater from the orator . The English distinguish between an Orator and a Debater . Promptitude of thought , sagacity in discerning the weak and ...
... oratory . As Goodrich differentiates public speaking and oratory , so does he mark off the debater from the orator . The English distinguish between an Orator and a Debater . Promptitude of thought , sagacity in discerning the weak and ...
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... orator , he failed as speaker and leader . As Goodrich puts it , " He was the minister of the Present , not of the Future . " ( p . 23 ) Lord Chatham , by contrast , was a powerful speaker , chiefly because of his moral stature ...
... orator , he failed as speaker and leader . As Goodrich puts it , " He was the minister of the Present , not of the Future . " ( p . 23 ) Lord Chatham , by contrast , was a powerful speaker , chiefly because of his moral stature ...
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... orator has been distinguished for his conversational powers . At the age of eighteen , Mr. Pitt was removed to the Univer- sity of Oxford . Here , in connection with his other studies , he entered on that severe course of rhetorical ...
... orator has been distinguished for his conversational powers . At the age of eighteen , Mr. Pitt was removed to the Univer- sity of Oxford . Here , in connection with his other studies , he entered on that severe course of rhetorical ...
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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