Irish Literature, Volume 7Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Charles Welsh, Douglas Hyde, Lady Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche J. D. Morris, 1904 - 4126 pages |
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... words and images fit only for arguments of the highest concern , and these turgid declaimers brought undeserved ... word - work . To do anything like justice to the brilliant men who wielded the great weapon of persuasive speech at ...
... words and images fit only for arguments of the highest concern , and these turgid declaimers brought undeserved ... word - work . To do anything like justice to the brilliant men who wielded the great weapon of persuasive speech at ...
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... word goes forth that has not been winged with new power by the propulsive force of the central heat by which the orator is moved . The language itself takes rhythm and has the beat and pulse of passion in it . The whole result will be a ...
... word goes forth that has not been winged with new power by the propulsive force of the central heat by which the orator is moved . The language itself takes rhythm and has the beat and pulse of passion in it . The whole result will be a ...
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... word . The specter , however , was passing from the pamphle- teers in both England and Ireland , and the living voice became potent in public affairs . The English language had been molded into easier working form by Addison and Steele ...
... word . The specter , however , was passing from the pamphle- teers in both England and Ireland , and the living voice became potent in public affairs . The English language had been molded into easier working form by Addison and Steele ...
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... word are as characteristic of his genius as the imperial qualities which lift him so high among the mighty . If his ... words fall into rank with- out an effort ; and in the march of sentences , the swing of periods , the joyousness of ...
... word are as characteristic of his genius as the imperial qualities which lift him so high among the mighty . If his ... words fall into rank with- out an effort ; and in the march of sentences , the swing of periods , the joyousness of ...
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... words . There never was a falser judgment . Grattan was Dantesque in his brevity and directness , and in the contemptuous econ- omy of his invective — searing and scorching by a word or epithet , and never casting another look at the ...
... words . There never was a falser judgment . Grattan was Dantesque in his brevity and directness , and in the contemptuous econ- omy of his invective — searing and scorching by a word or epithet , and never casting another look at the ...
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