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... hand of Nature so many of the outward qualifications of an orator . In his best days , before he was crippled by the gout , his figure was tall and erect , his attitude imposing , his gestures energetic even to vehemence , yet tempered ...
... hand of Nature so many of the outward qualifications of an orator . In his best days , before he was crippled by the gout , his figure was tall and erect , his attitude imposing , his gestures energetic even to vehemence , yet tempered ...
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... hands of the government at home , placing the civil and military affairs of India under the control of a board of seven commissioners and putting their commercial interests into the hands of a second board to be managed for the benefit ...
... hands of the government at home , placing the civil and military affairs of India under the control of a board of seven commissioners and putting their commercial interests into the hands of a second board to be managed for the benefit ...
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... hand , making proposals of peace . Mr. Pitt , how- ever , refused even to treat with him on the subject . Upon the ... hands and turning them against himself , a keenness of retort , a graphic power of description , and an im- petuous ...
... hand , making proposals of peace . Mr. Pitt , how- ever , refused even to treat with him on the subject . Upon the ... hands and turning them against himself , a keenness of retort , a graphic power of description , and an im- petuous ...
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SIR JOHN ELIOT | 3 |
SIR ROBERT WALPOLE | 19 |
LORD MAnsfield | 69 |
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Essays from Select British Eloquence: Landmarks in Rhetoric and Public Address Chauncey Allen Goodrich No preview available - 2012 |
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