Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Volume 22Mayo Williamson Hazeltine P. F. Collier & Son, 1905 - 11114 pages |
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Page 9270
... speak of the House of Commons with the highest respect , and there is no doubt that , for ordinary purposes , dealing with ordinary bills , its authority is full and unquestioned to the term of its natural career ; but when it lays ...
... speak of the House of Commons with the highest respect , and there is no doubt that , for ordinary purposes , dealing with ordinary bills , its authority is full and unquestioned to the term of its natural career ; but when it lays ...
Page 9281
... speak of the innuendoes of the Queen's speech . The policy of dealing by innuendoes with unimportant measures might be passed over without remark ; but with respect to the burning questions of the day , I cannot help thinking that it is ...
... speak of the innuendoes of the Queen's speech . The policy of dealing by innuendoes with unimportant measures might be passed over without remark ; but with respect to the burning questions of the day , I cannot help thinking that it is ...
Page 9297
... of barbarism and fanatical forces . But her Majesty's government speak as if a good govern- ment were a Christmas present , which you can give a country and then take away . A good government , like ON THE ABANDONMENT OF GEN . GORDON 9297.
... of barbarism and fanatical forces . But her Majesty's government speak as if a good govern- ment were a Christmas present , which you can give a country and then take away . A good government , like ON THE ABANDONMENT OF GEN . GORDON 9297.
Page 9301
... SPEAKING PARTS OF AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE ATHENÆUM CLUB OF MONTREAL IN 1880 TH HE question whether oratorical ability be on the whole a public benefit or a mischief , was frequently debated among the ancients ; but in the ...
... SPEAKING PARTS OF AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE ATHENÆUM CLUB OF MONTREAL IN 1880 TH HE question whether oratorical ability be on the whole a public benefit or a mischief , was frequently debated among the ancients ; but in the ...
Page 9302
... speaking , and speaking well , in public . It does not surprise us , " writes Emerson , " to learn from Plutarch what large sums were paid at Athens to the teach- ers of rhetoric , and if the pupils got what they paid for , the lessons ...
... speaking , and speaking well , in public . It does not surprise us , " writes Emerson , " to learn from Plutarch what large sums were paid at Athens to the teach- ers of rhetoric , and if the pupils got what they paid for , the lessons ...
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