Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and Corrections : Third SeriesLongmans, Green, 1874 - 411 من الصفحات |
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... told him that such a display of episcopal eloquence in the House of Lords was altogether contrary to rule . The Bishop of Peterborough ( Magee ) has more than once laid himself open to a similar reproof . of the book before us , are ...
... told him that such a display of episcopal eloquence in the House of Lords was altogether contrary to rule . The Bishop of Peterborough ( Magee ) has more than once laid himself open to a similar reproof . of the book before us , are ...
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... told of a very peculiar speech pronounced by the Earl of Carnarvon , a lord who is said never to have spoken before in that House , who , having been heated with wine , and more excited to display his abilities by the Duke of Buckingham ...
... told of a very peculiar speech pronounced by the Earl of Carnarvon , a lord who is said never to have spoken before in that House , who , having been heated with wine , and more excited to display his abilities by the Duke of Buckingham ...
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... memorandum in the handwriting of Pulteney recording the incident , with this addition to the common version : ' I told him ( Walpole ) I could take the money without any blush on my side , ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE . 43.
... memorandum in the handwriting of Pulteney recording the incident , with this addition to the common version : ' I told him ( Walpole ) I could take the money without any blush on my side , ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE . 43.
الصفحة 54
... told that Mr. Osborne , a popular speaker , whose dash and sparkle are enhanced by good feeling and sagacity , regretted a personal con- flict , which he had provoked . Tell him , ' said Lord Palmerston , that I am not the least ...
... told that Mr. Osborne , a popular speaker , whose dash and sparkle are enhanced by good feeling and sagacity , regretted a personal con- flict , which he had provoked . Tell him , ' said Lord Palmerston , that I am not the least ...
الصفحة 55
... succession of telling sentences which went far towards making the fortune of the speech . Mr. T. Grenville told Rogers , ' His ( Fox's ) speeches were full of repetitions : he used to say that it was ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE . 55.
... succession of telling sentences which went far towards making the fortune of the speech . Mr. T. Grenville told Rogers , ' His ( Fox's ) speeches were full of repetitions : he used to say that it was ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE . 55.
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