Forensic Eloquence: A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Oratory as Exemplified in Great Speeches of Famous Orators; a Manual for Teachers, Students and Public Speakers and for Use in High Schools and CollegesS. Carson Company, 1891 - 260 Seiten |
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... terms with Cæsar after the death of Pompey . He took but little part in public affairs , only speaking once to return thanks for the return of his friend Marcellus . The assassination of Cæsar threw everything into worse commotion than ...
... terms with Cæsar after the death of Pompey . He took but little part in public affairs , only speaking once to return thanks for the return of his friend Marcellus . The assassination of Cæsar threw everything into worse commotion than ...
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... it would be necessary to possess before we could be satisfied that the oratorical model was complete . If we confine our inquiries to general terms , and not seek too diligently for particular qualifications , we can FORENSIC ELOQUENCE .
... it would be necessary to possess before we could be satisfied that the oratorical model was complete . If we confine our inquiries to general terms , and not seek too diligently for particular qualifications , we can FORENSIC ELOQUENCE .
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... term so as to explain it whenever brought to the surface in a forensic controversy . So , too , in government , while he may not be presumed to have that deep insight into public policy or the for- FORENSIC ELOQUENCE . 43.
... term so as to explain it whenever brought to the surface in a forensic controversy . So , too , in government , while he may not be presumed to have that deep insight into public policy or the for- FORENSIC ELOQUENCE . 43.
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... terms to show the enormity of the offense on account of its being per- petrated by a friend instead of an enemy or a stranger , quoted with fine effect the scriptural lan- guage , as follows : - " It is not an enemy that hath done me ...
... terms to show the enormity of the offense on account of its being per- petrated by a friend instead of an enemy or a stranger , quoted with fine effect the scriptural lan- guage , as follows : - " It is not an enemy that hath done me ...
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... terms ? Here is the speech of the Hon . Daniel Webster contained in the first volume of Gale's and Seaton's Register of Debates ( page 151 ) , delivered in the House of Representatives on the 18th of January , 1825 , in a debate on the ...
... terms ? Here is the speech of the Hon . Daniel Webster contained in the first volume of Gale's and Seaton's Register of Debates ( page 151 ) , delivered in the House of Representatives on the 18th of January , 1825 , in a debate on the ...
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Seite 84 - Of these the false Achitophel was first: A name to all succeeding ages cursed. For close designs, and crooked counsels fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit: Restless, unfixed in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace. A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay: And o'er informed the tenement of clay.
Seite 123 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Seite 144 - President, when the mariner has been tossed, for many days, in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.
Seite 213 - I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the union, To see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Seite 214 - Liberty first, and Union afterwards; but everywhere spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, 'LIBERTY AND UNION, NOW AND FOREVER, ONE AND INSEPARABLE!
Seite 81 - I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation — and it has been my favorite study — I have read Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia.
Seite 123 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Seite 213 - I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe...
Seite 182 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Seite 85 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.