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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... measures are submitted to the judg- ment of the people , or assemblies composed of indi- viduals who represent them . Where the govern- ment is arbitrary , where it is regulated by the will of one person who speaks by his interested ...
... measures are submitted to the judg- ment of the people , or assemblies composed of indi- viduals who represent them . Where the govern- ment is arbitrary , where it is regulated by the will of one person who speaks by his interested ...
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... measures were discussed . There were questions of war , of peace , treaties with foreign na- tions and with neighboring states , votes of approval and censure , rewards for eminent services or condem- nation for unsuccessful enterprises ...
... measures were discussed . There were questions of war , of peace , treaties with foreign na- tions and with neighboring states , votes of approval and censure , rewards for eminent services or condem- nation for unsuccessful enterprises ...
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... measures had to be explained ; the jealous aspirant , whose ambition had to be curbed ; and last , but not least , the corrupt emissary , whose plans had to be foiled . Amid scenes so active and movements so impor- tant , great names in ...
... measures had to be explained ; the jealous aspirant , whose ambition had to be curbed ; and last , but not least , the corrupt emissary , whose plans had to be foiled . Amid scenes so active and movements so impor- tant , great names in ...
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... measures , the adoption of his arguments . If he be wanting in these qualities , it will detract from his influence . How to form character , what principles it is nec- essary to follow to make it strong , sound , and pure , are ...
... measures , the adoption of his arguments . If he be wanting in these qualities , it will detract from his influence . How to form character , what principles it is nec- essary to follow to make it strong , sound , and pure , are ...
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... measure . To this charge Mr. Douglas replied : " All we have to do , therefore , is to adhere firmly in the future , as we have done in the past , to the prin- ciples contained in the recommendation of the Pres- ident in his annual ...
... measure . To this charge Mr. Douglas replied : " All we have to do , therefore , is to adhere firmly in the future , as we have done in the past , to the prin- ciples contained in the recommendation of the Pres- ident in his annual ...
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Abraham Lincoln action adversary advocate allusion American American Civil War American Revolutionary War answer argument audience Banquo Burke Cæsar cause character charge Cicero Clay Constitution contest course Ctesiphon Daniel Webster debate Demosthenes discussion doctrine Douglas Edmund Burke effect effort elegance eloquence England example excellence excited expression favor feel follow friends give hand Hayne hearers honorable gentleman honorable member illustration importance interest judges Julius Cæsar knowledge language liberty Lincoln Lord Chatham lords matter measures ment metaphor mind nation nature object occasion opponent oratory party passions patriotism person political Pompey popular possess prejudice principles public lands quence question REESE reply Revolution Robert Y Rome Senate sentiments skill slavery South Carolina speak speaker speech stand strong student territory thing thought Thucydides tion Union voice vote Warren Hastings Webster-Hayne debate words
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Seite 204 - 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 78 - 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 138 - 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 117 - ... 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 203 - 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 79 - Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy...
Seite 102 - Do you imagine then, that it is the land tax act which raises your revenue? that it is the annual vote in the committee of supply which gives you your army? or that it is the mutiny bill which inspires it with bravery and discipline? No ! surely no ! It is the love of the people ; it is their attachment to their government, from the sense of the deep stake they have in such a glorious institution...
Seite 203 - 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 117 - 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 208 - I impeach him in the name of the people of India, whose laws, rights and liberties he has subverted; whose properties he has destroyed; whose country he has laid waste and desolate. I impeach him in the name and by virtue of those eternal laws of justice which he has violated. I impeach him in the name of human nature itself, which he has cruelly outraged, injured and oppressed, in both sexes, in every age, rank, situation, and condition of life.