The History of Oratory from the Age of Pericles to the Present TimeScott, Foresman, 1895 - 440 страница |
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... interest , especially among students ; if these results shall be in any degree attained , the purpose of this sketch will be accomplished . The author appends his grateful recognition of val- uable assistance rendered in the reading of ...
... interest , especially among students ; if these results shall be in any degree attained , the purpose of this sketch will be accomplished . The author appends his grateful recognition of val- uable assistance rendered in the reading of ...
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... Interest in parliamentary dis- cussion . Its influence upon colonial thought and expres- sion . Samuel Adams . His sturdy speech . Characteriza- tion . Address to colonial governor . Its force and brevity . His practical speech . To be ...
... Interest in parliamentary dis- cussion . Its influence upon colonial thought and expres- sion . Samuel Adams . His sturdy speech . Characteriza- tion . Address to colonial governor . Its force and brevity . His practical speech . To be ...
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... interest . In colleges . Retrospect . The horizon line . Its elevations and depressions . Principal names . Oratory and liberty go hand in hand . Phases of expression in dif- ferent centuries . Conformity to universal laws . THE HISTORY ...
... interest . In colleges . Retrospect . The horizon line . Its elevations and depressions . Principal names . Oratory and liberty go hand in hand . Phases of expression in dif- ferent centuries . Conformity to universal laws . THE HISTORY ...
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... interest in the topic assigns a limit so moderate that a representative presentation of the phases of oratory in different centuries and countries is compelled , and a comprehensive view of the diversities in its fortunes . It will ...
... interest in the topic assigns a limit so moderate that a representative presentation of the phases of oratory in different centuries and countries is compelled , and a comprehensive view of the diversities in its fortunes . It will ...
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... interest centers in the city of Syracuse on the eastern coast , nearest Greece . Here the old Greek drama of government appears to have been re - enacted , very much as at home , with varying fortune . Oligarchies , despot- isms , and a ...
... interest centers in the city of Syracuse on the eastern coast , nearest Greece . Here the old Greek drama of government appears to have been re - enacted , very much as at home , with varying fortune . Oligarchies , despot- isms , and a ...
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American ancient Andocides appeared argument Aristotle assembly Athens Attic style audience became called cause century character Charles Sumner church Cicero classic colonies contemporaries court criticism debate deliberative delivered Demosthenes diction discourse eloquence eminent emotions England expression famous Faneuil Hall father followed force forensic freedom Gorgias Greece Greek Harrison Gray Otis hearers heart Herodotus human illustration inspiration interest Isæus Isocrates language later Latin learning liberty literary literature living logic Lord Lysias manner Massillon ment mind nation natural ness occasion orator oratory patriotism period persuasion philosophy plain poetry political practical preacher preaching principles prose pulpit quence Quintilian reason rhetoric rhetorician Roman Rufus Choate sense sentences sentiments sermon sion slavery speaker speaking speech spirit strong style success Sumner Theodectes things thought Thucydides tion truth uttered voice Webster Wendell Phillips words writing
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Страница 272 - I will not, join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my Lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment. It is not a time for adulation: the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne in the language of truth.
Страница 226 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Страница 350 - There yet remains to be performed, Mr. President, by far the most grave and important duty, which I feel to be devolved on me by this occasion. It is to state, and to defend, what I conceive to be the true principles of the Constitution under which we are here assembled.
Страница 343 - Sir, you may destroy this little institution ; it is weak; it is in your hands ! I know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may put it out. But, if you do so, you must carry through your work! You must extinguish, one after another, all those greater lights of science which, for more than a century, have thrown their radiance over our land!
Страница 274 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!