Memoir of Tristam Burges: With Selections from His Speeches and Occasional WritingsMarshall, Brown, 1835 - 404 من الصفحات |
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... the scholar and statesman , it offers fine specimens of eloquence and truth , with valuable commen- taries on our American Institutions . PROVIDENCE , February , 1835 . 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION . Page 9 . PART iv PREFACE .
... the scholar and statesman , it offers fine specimens of eloquence and truth , with valuable commen- taries on our American Institutions . PROVIDENCE , February , 1835 . 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION . Page 9 . PART iv PREFACE .
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... eloquence , the utility of philosophy , the beauties of po- etry , the truths of government , and the triumphs of religion.- The dying Roman said , " Virtue is but a name . " It is in- deed , no more , " if human breath can make or mar ...
... eloquence , the utility of philosophy , the beauties of po- etry , the truths of government , and the triumphs of religion.- The dying Roman said , " Virtue is but a name . " It is in- deed , no more , " if human breath can make or mar ...
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... eloquence which sprung up in his soul ; for , from that moment , he resolved " to speak for himself . " The house at which he resided was situated on the east side of the road , and was sheltered on the west by a thick wood of high ...
... eloquence which sprung up in his soul ; for , from that moment , he resolved " to speak for himself . " The house at which he resided was situated on the east side of the road , and was sheltered on the west by a thick wood of high ...
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... eloquence . His eloquence , however , was not of that kind which receives most applause from the unthinking multitude . It was altogether mental : " You seemed to hear the soul of the man ; and each one of the largest assembly , in the ...
... eloquence . His eloquence , however , was not of that kind which receives most applause from the unthinking multitude . It was altogether mental : " You seemed to hear the soul of the man ; and each one of the largest assembly , in the ...
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... eloquence . It may be an ingenious artifice , woven to conceal the loathsome visage of classical animosity . " Far from me be a wish to disguise the truth . Yet if we have had enmities , why may we not cease to feel them ? Why may not ...
... eloquence . It may be an ingenious artifice , woven to conceal the loathsome visage of classical animosity . " Far from me be a wish to disguise the truth . Yet if we have had enmities , why may we not cease to feel them ? Why may not ...
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