Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most Eminent Orators of Great Britain for the Last Two Centuries; with Sketches of Their Lives, an Estimate of Their Genius, and Notes, Critical and Explanatory |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page
... interest to the student in oratory , and all that I thought such are here inserted , including eight never before pub- lished in this country . All of BURKE's speeches which he prepared for the press have also found a place , except ...
... interest to the student in oratory , and all that I thought such are here inserted , including eight never before pub- lished in this country . All of BURKE's speeches which he prepared for the press have also found a place , except ...
Page 2
... interest , that all those secondary and collateral trains of thought with which a speaker like Burke , amplifies and adorns the discussion , are rejected as un- worthy of the stern severity of the occasion . The eloquence lies wholly in ...
... interest , that all those secondary and collateral trains of thought with which a speaker like Burke , amplifies and adorns the discussion , are rejected as un- worthy of the stern severity of the occasion . The eloquence lies wholly in ...
Page 14
... interest , and the interest of a saint in heaven , who hath left me here two pledges on earth- [ at this his breath stopped , and he shed tears abundantly in mentioning his wife ] -I should never take the pains to keep up this ru- inous ...
... interest , and the interest of a saint in heaven , who hath left me here two pledges on earth- [ at this his breath stopped , and he shed tears abundantly in mentioning his wife ] -I should never take the pains to keep up this ru- inous ...
Page 31
... interest to have frequent elections . The influence they possessed over their tenantry , could be exerted at any moment , and cost them little or nothing . This influence the Whigs in power could overcome only at an enormous expense ...
... interest to have frequent elections . The influence they possessed over their tenantry , could be exerted at any moment , and cost them little or nothing . This influence the Whigs in power could overcome only at an enormous expense ...
Page 32
... interest of his country , and consult- ing nothing but that of enriching and aggrand- izing himself and his favorites ; in foreign affairs , trusting none but those whose education makes it impossible for them to have such knowledge or ...
... interest of his country , and consult- ing nothing but that of enriching and aggrand- izing himself and his favorites ; in foreign affairs , trusting none but those whose education makes it impossible for them to have such knowledge or ...
Contents
1 | |
9 | |
15 | |
21 | |
27 | |
43 | |
52 | |
76 | |
404 | |
437 | |
443 | |
500 | |
528 | |
579 | |
593 | |
604 | |
110 | |
128 | |
142 | |
148 | |
154 | |
160 | |
166 | |
241 | |
378 | |
385 | |
394 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
affairs America Arcot army authority Begums bill British Burke Burke's called cause character charge colonies Company conduct consider Constitution court crimes Crown debate debt declared defense dignity Duke Duke of Grafton duty East India East India Bill eloquence enemies England English favor feelings force France friends give Hastings house of Bourbon House of Commons House of Lords inquiry interest Ireland jaghires Junius justice King King's kingdom letter liberty Lord Bute Lord Chatham Lord Mansfield Lord North Lord Rockingham Lordships Majesty means measures ment mind minister ministry Nabob nation nature never noble Lord object opinion Parliament party peace person Pitt political present pretended prince principles question reason repeal respect revenue right honorable gentleman ruin sovereign Spain speak speech spirit Stamp Act thing thought tion trade treaty trust vote Walpole Whigs whole