Irish Eloquence: The Speeches of the Celebrated Irish Orators, Philips, Curran and Grattan. To which is Added, the Powerful Appeal of Robert Emmett, at the Close of His Trial for High Treason |
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... argument instructs without interesting , and eloquence interests without convincing ; but oratory is neither ; it is the compound of both ; it conjoins the feelings and opinions of men ; it speaks to the passions through the mind , and ...
... argument instructs without interesting , and eloquence interests without convincing ; but oratory is neither ; it is the compound of both ; it conjoins the feelings and opinions of men ; it speaks to the passions through the mind , and ...
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... argument , although it has been made an argument , against the strength of his reasoning powers ; for let us strip these speeches of every thing , whose derivation could be by any construction , assigned to his fancy ; let us apply this ...
... argument , although it has been made an argument , against the strength of his reasoning powers ; for let us strip these speeches of every thing , whose derivation could be by any construction , assigned to his fancy ; let us apply this ...
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... argument , and you will stand amazed at the strength of their expression , the rapidity of their ideas , and the energy of their gesture . In short , God seems to have formed our country like our people ; he has thrown round the one its ...
... argument , and you will stand amazed at the strength of their expression , the rapidity of their ideas , and the energy of their gesture . In short , God seems to have formed our country like our people ; he has thrown round the one its ...
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... argument for the sceptic and the disbeliever , when we see the human shape almost without an aspiration of the human soul , separated by no boundary from the beasts that perish - be- holding with indifference the captivity of their ...
... argument for the sceptic and the disbeliever , when we see the human shape almost without an aspiration of the human soul , separated by no boundary from the beasts that perish - be- holding with indifference the captivity of their ...
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... argument can affect it , stands on a sublime and splendid elevation . Every obstacle has vanished into air ; every favourable circumstance has hardened into adamant . The Pope , whom childhood was taught to lisp as the enemy of religion ...
... argument can affect it , stands on a sublime and splendid elevation . Every obstacle has vanished into air ; every favourable circumstance has hardened into adamant . The Pope , whom childhood was taught to lisp as the enemy of religion ...
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