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... John had only to satisfy those who were present when he spoke . . In his Spirit of Patriotism ' he labours hard to prove from the examples of Demosthenes and Cicero , that all the powers of eloquence , unaided by study and experience ...
... John had only to satisfy those who were present when he spoke . . In his Spirit of Patriotism ' he labours hard to prove from the examples of Demosthenes and Cicero , that all the powers of eloquence , unaided by study and experience ...
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... John St. Aubyn , another speaker of note , said in this debate : For this reason , short Parliaments have been less corrupt than long ones : they are observed , like streams of water , always to grow more impure the greater distance ...
... John St. Aubyn , another speaker of note , said in this debate : For this reason , short Parliaments have been less corrupt than long ones : they are observed , like streams of water , always to grow more impure the greater distance ...
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... John Townshend involuntarily exclaimed , ' Good God ! what a man this is ! how could he acquire such trans- cendent powers ? ' Nor is there any reason to suppose that he did not frequently command the rapt attention of his audience . He ...
... John Townshend involuntarily exclaimed , ' Good God ! what a man this is ! how could he acquire such trans- cendent powers ? ' Nor is there any reason to suppose that he did not frequently command the rapt attention of his audience . He ...
الصفحة 65
... claim- ing the thunder ; from which Brougham did not re- cover for some weeks . It was John Wilson in Blackwood , ' we believe , who VOL . III . F at Canning's death said or wrote : - There died ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE . 65.
... claim- ing the thunder ; from which Brougham did not re- cover for some weeks . It was John Wilson in Blackwood , ' we believe , who VOL . III . F at Canning's death said or wrote : - There died ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE . 65.
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... John ( Earl ) Russell : a statesman who has played too important a part in the constitutional history of England to be passed over : who , moreover , became as good a speaker as it was well possible to become with hardly any of the ...
... John ( Earl ) Russell : a statesman who has played too important a part in the constitutional history of England to be passed over : who , moreover , became as good a speaker as it was well possible to become with hardly any of the ...
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