Modern Eloquence: A Library of the World's Best Spoken Thought, Том 11Ashley Horace Thorndike Modern Eloquence Corporation, 1928 |
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... less conspicuous , the legislative assembly ; and a fifth , now grown to notable influence , the political convention . Of these , the last three may properly be used to illustrate the American notion of political eloquence . The stump ...
... less conspicuous , the legislative assembly ; and a fifth , now grown to notable influence , the political convention . Of these , the last three may properly be used to illustrate the American notion of political eloquence . The stump ...
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... less to the audience than to the reporters . They think less of the few hearers than of the innumerable readers . " This was written more than half a century ago , and while there is some force in it , it evidently overstates the ...
... less to the audience than to the reporters . They think less of the few hearers than of the innumerable readers . " This was written more than half a century ago , and while there is some force in it , it evidently overstates the ...
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... less than a question of free- dom or slavery ; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate . It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth 1 HENRY, PATRICK Liberty or Death.
... less than a question of free- dom or slavery ; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate . It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth 1 HENRY, PATRICK Liberty or Death.
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... less active in the defense of liberty on that trying occasion than those who oppose it ? When foreign dangers come , may not the fear of immediate destruction , by foreign enemies , impel us to take a most dangerous step ? Where , then ...
... less active in the defense of liberty on that trying occasion than those who oppose it ? When foreign dangers come , may not the fear of immediate destruction , by foreign enemies , impel us to take a most dangerous step ? Where , then ...
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... less efficient than it might have been . The weakness of that government caused troops to be against us which ought to have been on our side , and prevented all resources of the community from being called at once into action . The ...
... less efficient than it might have been . The weakness of that government caused troops to be against us which ought to have been on our side , and prevented all resources of the community from being called at once into action . The ...
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