The American Orator's Own Book: Or, The Art of Extemporaneous Public Speaking, Including a Course of Discipline for Obtaining the Faculties of Discrimination, Arrangement and Oral Discussion; with a Debate, as an Exercise in Argumentative Declamation; and Numerous Selections for PracticeJ. Kay, 1836 - 328페이지 |
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... Caesar's powers of oratory , would only be to add one poor eulogium to the testimony of the first historians . Cicero , him- self , grants him the palm of almost pre - eminent merit ; and seems at a loss for words to express his ...
... Caesar's powers of oratory , would only be to add one poor eulogium to the testimony of the first historians . Cicero , him- self , grants him the palm of almost pre - eminent merit ; and seems at a loss for words to express his ...
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... Caesar , I think , may escape without censure , for not having indulged in them . And Cæsar is to be condemned , because he produced the images of Marius , and revived his memory and honours ! Now , sir , I conceive , a weaker ground of ...
... Caesar , I think , may escape without censure , for not having indulged in them . And Cæsar is to be condemned , because he produced the images of Marius , and revived his memory and honours ! Now , sir , I conceive , a weaker ground of ...
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... Cæsar advo- cated ! I shall prescribe for his sickness . Let him take a dose of common sense , and use a little mental exercise - that will remove his sick- ness . I am sure it makes me sick to hear the arguments of Caesar's opponents ...
... Cæsar advo- cated ! I shall prescribe for his sickness . Let him take a dose of common sense , and use a little mental exercise - that will remove his sick- ness . I am sure it makes me sick to hear the arguments of Caesar's opponents ...
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... Cæsar , then , did not deserve to rule his country , for he violated its laws . A good man respects the laws of his country ; Cæsar was not in this view a good man - Caesar was not in this view a great man ; for goodness is an essential ...
... Cæsar , then , did not deserve to rule his country , for he violated its laws . A good man respects the laws of his country ; Cæsar was not in this view a good man - Caesar was not in this view a great man ; for goodness is an essential ...
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... Cæsar paused upon the brink of the Rubicon ! What was the Rubicon ? The boundary of Caesar's province . From what did it separate his province ? From his country . Was that country a desert ? No : it was cultivated and fertile ; rich ...
... Cæsar paused upon the brink of the Rubicon ! What was the Rubicon ? The boundary of Caesar's province . From what did it separate his province ? From his country . Was that country a desert ? No : it was cultivated and fertile ; rich ...
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205 페이지 - If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, — but there is no peace.
213 페이지 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark! - that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! Arm! Arm! it is - it is - the cannon's opening roar!
325 페이지 - When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony and shroud and pall And breathless darkness and the narrow house...
183 페이지 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
214 페이지 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's...
218 페이지 - They fought like brave men, long and well; They piled that ground with Moslem slain; They conquered; but Bozzaris fell, Bleeding at every vein. His few surviving comrades saw His smile when rang their proud hurrah, And the red field was won, Then saw in death his eyelids close, Calmly as to a night's repose— Like flowers at set of sun.
217 페이지 - At midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming of the hour "When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power ; In dreams, through camp and court, he bore The trophies of a conqueror...
326 페이지 - Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings — yet the dead are there ! And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep — the dead reign there alone.
218 페이지 - But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free, Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word, And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be.
221 페이지 - I call upon the honour of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character. I invoke the genius of the constitution. From the tapestry that adorns these walls, the immortal ancestor of this noble lord frowns with indignation at the disgrace of his country.