Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most Eminent Orators of Great Britain for the Last Two Centuries; with Sketches of Their Lives, an Estimate of Their Genius, and Notes, Critical and ExplanatoryHarper & brothers, 1870 - 947 páginas |
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... object in both courses was , not only to awaken in the minds of the class that love of genuine eloquence which is the surest pledge of success , but to aid them in catching the spirit of the authors read , and , by analyzing passages ...
... object in both courses was , not only to awaken in the minds of the class that love of genuine eloquence which is the surest pledge of success , but to aid them in catching the spirit of the authors read , and , by analyzing passages ...
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... 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 Demosthenes . The whole turns often on ...
... 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 Demosthenes . The whole turns often on ...
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... object which ought firmly defended . It would increase that strength . to engage and interest us all . I flattered my- because I think it is the only security we have self I should see some barriers thrown up in against the profligacy ...
... object which ought firmly defended . It would increase that strength . to engage and interest us all . I flattered my- because I think it is the only security we have self I should see some barriers thrown up in against the profligacy ...
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... object to an alteration so necessary for the secu- rity of both . I do not speak of the authority of the Legislature to carry such a measure into ef- fect , because I imagine no man will dispute it . But I would not wish the Legislature ...
... object to an alteration so necessary for the secu- rity of both . I do not speak of the authority of the Legislature to carry such a measure into ef- fect , because I imagine no man will dispute it . But I would not wish the Legislature ...
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... object of this question are naturally connected with considerations of the most extensive national importance . For ... object of such a negotiation would have been , to obtain complete satisfaction for the injury done to the crown and ...
... object of this question are naturally connected with considerations of the most extensive national importance . For ... object of such a negotiation would have been , to obtain complete satisfaction for the injury done to the crown and ...
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