Landmarks of Liberty: The Growth of American Political Ideals as Recorded in Speeches from Otis to Hughes, Ed. with Introduction and Notes |
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... English sources . As it is they have begun with the first evidence of alienation from the Mother Country and have followed the story to the close of the Great War . Speeches of much historical importance , such as those that discussed ...
... English sources . As it is they have begun with the first evidence of alienation from the Mother Country and have followed the story to the close of the Great War . Speeches of much historical importance , such as those that discussed ...
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... English . Through oral reading or declamation the class should discover that an oration cannot make its complete appeal as written literature . No small part of the orator's message is transmitted through his voice and presence . The ...
... English . Through oral reading or declamation the class should discover that an oration cannot make its complete appeal as written literature . No small part of the orator's message is transmitted through his voice and presence . The ...
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... English Constitution and they had no thought of separation from the Mother Country . As late as the end of 1774 the Continental Congress in a petition to the King ex- pressed its desire to conform in all respects to the British ...
... English Constitution and they had no thought of separation from the Mother Country . As late as the end of 1774 the Continental Congress in a petition to the King ex- pressed its desire to conform in all respects to the British ...
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... English broadcloth and wearing their large cambric bands and immense judicial wigs . Behind them were full length portraits of Charles II and James II arrayed in royal splendor . After Gridley had spoken , Oxenbridge Thatcher gave the ...
... English broadcloth and wearing their large cambric bands and immense judicial wigs . Behind them were full length portraits of Charles II and James II arrayed in royal splendor . After Gridley had spoken , Oxenbridge Thatcher gave the ...
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... English liberty and the fundamental principles of law , that was ever found in an English law book . I must , therefore , beg your honors ' patience and attention to the whole range of argument1 that may , perhaps , appear uncommon in ...
... English liberty and the fundamental principles of law , that was ever found in an English law book . I must , therefore , beg your honors ' patience and attention to the whole range of argument1 that may , perhaps , appear uncommon in ...
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