The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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... Demosthenes was when he delivered the Oration for the Crown . " Assuredly , Kean nor Kemble , nor any other masterly delineator of the human passions ever produced a more powerful impression upon an audience , or swayed so completely ...
... Demosthenes was when he delivered the Oration for the Crown . " Assuredly , Kean nor Kemble , nor any other masterly delineator of the human passions ever produced a more powerful impression upon an audience , or swayed so completely ...
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... Demosthenes and the gates of Athens had crumbled away to dust , a greater than Demosthenes now lived to give a last- ing influence to the character and destiny of the New World . The reply to Hayne settled in the minds of all reasonable ...
... Demosthenes and the gates of Athens had crumbled away to dust , a greater than Demosthenes now lived to give a last- ing influence to the character and destiny of the New World . The reply to Hayne settled in the minds of all reasonable ...
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... Demosthenes , Sophocles , and Phidias , as secure , yet , to himself and to the world . " If we conquer , " said the Athenian_commander on the approach of that decisive day , " if we conquer , we shall make Athens the greatest city of ...
... Demosthenes , Sophocles , and Phidias , as secure , yet , to himself and to the world . " If we conquer , " said the Athenian_commander on the approach of that decisive day , " if we conquer , we shall make Athens the greatest city of ...
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