Orators of the American RevolutionBaker and Scribner, 1848 - 456 páginas |
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... POLITICAL SAGACITY . XII . FISHER AMES , ORATOR OF GENIUS AND ELABORATE BEAUTY . XIII . WILLIAM PINKNEY , THE ACCOMPLISHED COUNSELLOR . XIV . WILLIAM WIRT , THE ELEGANT ADVOCATE . XV . THOMAS ADDIS EMMET , THE ORATOR OF DEEP X CONTENTS .
... POLITICAL SAGACITY . XII . FISHER AMES , ORATOR OF GENIUS AND ELABORATE BEAUTY . XIII . WILLIAM PINKNEY , THE ACCOMPLISHED COUNSELLOR . XIV . WILLIAM WIRT , THE ELEGANT ADVOCATE . XV . THOMAS ADDIS EMMET , THE ORATOR OF DEEP X CONTENTS .
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... elegant mind will be thus haunted in the same localities . The scene that beneficent spirits have visited " re- mains hallowed to all time , " says Schiller ; it is still 4 " blessed , though robbers haunt the place . 20 ORATORS OF THE ...
... elegant mind will be thus haunted in the same localities . The scene that beneficent spirits have visited " re- mains hallowed to all time , " says Schiller ; it is still 4 " blessed , though robbers haunt the place . 20 ORATORS OF THE ...
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... elegant locks of Adonis , graceful in the dance , but inefficient on the field of severe and solemn conflict . Every conquest of value is at the price of popular commotion and heroic blood . Men must dare if they would win . The ...
... elegant locks of Adonis , graceful in the dance , but inefficient on the field of severe and solemn conflict . Every conquest of value is at the price of popular commotion and heroic blood . Men must dare if they would win . The ...
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... elegant literature , before entering upon the study of a profession . He was very fond of the best poets , and , in the zealous emulation of their beauties , he energized his spirit and power of ex- pression . He did not merely read ...
... elegant literature , before entering upon the study of a profession . He was very fond of the best poets , and , in the zealous emulation of their beauties , he energized his spirit and power of ex- pression . He did not merely read ...
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... elegance of diction peculiar to himself . He first quotes the following remark from an illustrious master of ancient eloquence : " It is impos- sible that the unnatural father , the hater of his own blood , should be an able and ...
... elegance of diction peculiar to himself . He first quotes the following remark from an illustrious master of ancient eloquence : " It is impos- sible that the unnatural father , the hater of his own blood , should be an able and ...
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admiration Alexander Hamilton American argument arms audience battle beauty blood bold bosom Boston British career cause character Cicero Colonies command Congress debate Declaration Demosthenes distinguished divine early earth elegant eloquence Emmet emotion energy England exalted excellence excited fame Faneuil Hall fear feeling fire Fisher Ames foes force freedom genius glorious Governor graceful Hamilton Hancock heart heaven hero highest honor House of Burgesses human influence inspiration intellect James Otis John Adams John Randolph Josiah Quincy language learned liberty light living mankind manner master ment mental mighty mind nature never noble occasion orator oratorical passions Patrick Henry patriotic person Pinkney political popular possessed principles profound Quincy remarkable Revolution Richard Henry Lee sagacious Samuel Adams says scene sentiments soul speak speaker speech spirit splendid splendor storm struggle sublime talents thing thought tion tones voice Wirt words Writs of Assistance