The American Debater: Being a Plain Exposition of the Principles and Practice of Public Debate ...S.C. Griggs & Company, 1860 - 360 páginas |
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... says a great and good man , * " I recommend , as the truly paternal advice of a father to his child . " The passage is this : " The discourse must be accommo- dated , not only to the truth , but to the taste of the hearers . Observe ...
... says a great and good man , * " I recommend , as the truly paternal advice of a father to his child . " The passage is this : " The discourse must be accommo- dated , not only to the truth , but to the taste of the hearers . Observe ...
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... ( says Whately , the able and elo- quent Archbishop of Dublin , ) " who shall determine to aim at the natural manner , though he will have to contend with considerable difficulties and discourage- ments , will not be without corresponding ...
... ( says Whately , the able and elo- quent Archbishop of Dublin , ) " who shall determine to aim at the natural manner , though he will have to contend with considerable difficulties and discourage- ments , will not be without corresponding ...
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... says Croly in his Life of George IV . , “ evidently in- tending to reply , sat with pen and paper in his hand , prepared to catch the arguments of his formidable adversary . He wrote a word or two . Erskine proceeded ; but , with every ...
... says Croly in his Life of George IV . , “ evidently in- tending to reply , sat with pen and paper in his hand , prepared to catch the arguments of his formidable adversary . He wrote a word or two . Erskine proceeded ; but , with every ...
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... say . Of Pericles , also , the same wri- ter says , that " such was his solicitude , when he had to speak in pub- lic , that he always first addressed a prayer to the gods , ' that not a word might unawares escape him unsuitable to the ...
... say . Of Pericles , also , the same wri- ter says , that " such was his solicitude , when he had to speak in pub- lic , that he always first addressed a prayer to the gods , ' that not a word might unawares escape him unsuitable to the ...
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... says Plu- tarch , " as from a supernatural impulse , " and equally to delight and instruct by his extemporaneous effusions . In modern times , also , numerous cases have occurred in which , after decided failures in the first attempts ...
... says Plu- tarch , " as from a supernatural impulse , " and equally to delight and instruct by his extemporaneous effusions . In modern times , also , numerous cases have occurred in which , after decided failures in the first attempts ...
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