| 单词 | oration |
| 例句 | In fact, he reminded me of Reverend Porter at the last tent revival, proud of his three-hour orations. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He certainly did add ‘spirit’ to the meetings, and ‘a tone’ to the paper, for his orations convulsed his hearers and his contributions were excellent, being patriotic, classical, comical, or dramatic, but never sentimental. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z And Chamberlain had gone on to school to make an oration on the subject: Man, the Killer Angel. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What he did on those occasions was to turn up his cuffs, stick up his hair, and give us Mark Antony’s oration over the body of Caesar. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z One night, as I was practising my oration, Uncle Piet came by and gave me a small transistor radio as a present for doing well in school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z If the first oration against Catiline can be said to have a dominant figure, though, it is the rhetorical question. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Now he was dead before his fortieth birthday, a tape recording of one of his last sermons serving as his own funeral oration. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Napoleon himself appeared at the meeting on the following Sunday morning and pronounced a short oration in Boxer’s honour. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Can’t a man get breakfast before he has to give an oration?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z We could not hear what Captain Mackay read of him; the damp wind interfered with the oration. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He was asked along, relatively late in the day and more or less informally, to make “a few appropriate remarks” after Edward Everett’s oration. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He’s credited with discerning the different parts of an oration—how to open your speech, advance your arguments in an orderly fashion, and close the deal—and with teaching his methods to others. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “But you're not here to make funeral orations for dead traitors. You're here to read aloud, and I am not going to tell you so again.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z On my graduation day I delivered an oration in which I showed that humility was the secret, indeed, the very essence of progress. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The advice comes from classical rhetoric, and it makes sense for long orations: if a listener’s mind momentarily wanders, the passage she has missed is gone forever. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Amarante suddenly hollered, but then he started to cough so dramatically he couldn’t continue his flamboyant oration. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Gouverneur Morris, an old family friend and Federalist colleague, delivered the funeral oration in an overflowing Trinity Church. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The opening words of Antony’s funeral oration in Julius Caesar are, covertly, an ethos appeal par excellence: a positioning of the speaker with relation to the crowd. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Francie recited passages she knew by heart—Portia’s speech, Marc Antony’s funeral oration, “Tomorrow and tomorrow”—the obvious things that are remembered from Shakespeare. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Now would come a lecture, or more accurately, an oration, because Scythe Goddard loved nothing more than performing to the gallery, even if it was just a gallery of one. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z After hearing one of Lander’s orations, she arranged for the distribution of his autobiography; the printer had previously put out a line of Shakespeare’s tragedies. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z This is, as the name suggests, the part of an oration in which you smash your opponent’s arguments into little tiny pieces. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Every June during the time of our school exhibition, the graduating class gave orations and dialogues on Friday night. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "So again our great tactician has relieved himself. Today he's a busy man. First an oration over the body of Brutus, and now a lecture on the patience of the Negro people." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood waiting, bent forward with my feet apart, flat-footed, till they ended their interminable orations. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z But unpacking the Ninth Amendment in her oration, and responding to the 14th in her extemporaneous challenge, Heidi often avoided making those valuable personal connections. Review: Can a Play Make the Constitution Great Again? 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z “The King” doesn’t preface the battle with the St. Crispin’s Day speech — “we happy few, we band of brothers” — one of Shakespeare’s most soaring and frequently bastardized orations. ‘The King’ Review: Once More Unto the Breach (but Why?) 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Elizabeth Marvel as Marc Antony brings down the house with the funeral oration, spicing its pentameter cadence with the gumbo drawl of a southern senator. Review: Can Trump Survive in Caesar’s Palace? 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z The work, Boykin’s third ballet for Ailey and a Music Center commission, is based on Martin Luther King Jr.’s orations. MLK's speeches translated into dance as Alvin Ailey troupe comes to the Dorothy Chandler 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z The character’s absurdism aligns with the authorial voice, which is not just humorously morbid but merrily macabre, as when Spencer wraps up a funeral oration by describing existence as “random, pointless, without redeeming value.” Armando Iannucci Gets Lost in Space in “Avenue 5” 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z When my brother died, he gave a funeral oration in which he told the story of how my brother had got him into music, something I would otherwise never have known. Geoffrey Burgon obituary 2010-09-22T18:10:00Z There, she berated all the grown men around her in a moment of staggering oration in defence of Jon Snow. Tyrion, Daenerys ... Hot Pie? The greatest Game of Thrones characters 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z It will be recorded as one of the highlight orations of his eight years in office. The Democratic convention has been a slick production — and that’s a compliment 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Advertisement Advertisement Watching President Ronald Reagan deliver a funeral oration for the astronauts who died in the space shuttle Challenger, Mr. Hughes describes their remains as “a sort of human pâté.” Review: In Robert Hughes’s ‘The Spectacle of Skill,’ an Aesthete’s Unsparing Eye 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z “Now, of course, Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is famous, and far fewer people remember Edward Everett and his oration,” she said. 10 things you may not know about Abraham Lincoln 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z As it has for the past few years, the Beinecke will mark the Fourth of July with a reading of both the Declaration of Independence and of Douglass’s famous Fourth of July oration of 1852. Frederick Douglass, Seen Up Close 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Last year, there were Time’s Up pins affixed to black dresses on the red carpet and Oprah Winfrey’s bracing oration, promising that a new day had dawned. The 2019 Golden Globes Recap: A Thankful Sandra Oh and a Mighty Glenn Close 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The whole thing felt like an artful but honest funeral oration for a dead person you kind of love and kind of loathe. From ‘Hamilton’ fever to the new Nordic Museum, Seattle’s arts-and-culture world saw a packed 2018 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Yet when Lang Lang played it as an encore at a Seattle Symphony concert a few years ago, he inflated it into a sort of grandiose public oration. Review: Hersh recital opens Olympic Music Festival season 2010-07-04T18:03:00Z The movie delves into technology to explain how advances in microphones enabled Hitler’s theatrical style of oration. ‘The Meaning of Hitler’ Review: Understanding Fascism 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z He gives us a cause worth believing in; his oration is brief, graceful and forward-looking; and he makes a prestigious occasion feel both artistically serious and personally good-humored. Dance Review: New York City Ballet?s Architecture of Dance 2010-04-30T23:01:00Z Something odd happens after Gregory Peck delivers one of cinema's most celebrated courtroom orations as attorney Atticus Finch in the 1962 film adaptation of "To Kill a Mockingbird." Atticus Finch a racist? There goes the ideal 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Remarkably, the prince’s investiture festivities, in 1716, had included not only a superabundance of concert offerings, but also a scholarly oration exploring how musical order and societal order are analogous. There’s More Religion Than You Think in Bach’s ‘Brandenburgs’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z In Watson's powerfully understated performance, there are occasional speeches but no stentorian orations. 'Oranges and Sunshine': True Dickensian tale 2011-11-03T22:09:53Z In one of the best-known orations of all time, Mark Anthony enters in Act 3 with the body of the assassinated Caesar to deliver a eulogy both personal and deeply political. Perspective | John Lewis’s death was loss for us all. But the powerful Capitol service for him was a blessing. 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z But much of the play’s primary dialogue is between the narrator’s critical oration and the indignant responses Rankine received to her essay, which ensemble members recite directly to the audience. ‘Help’ Review: Blindfolds (and Kid Gloves) Off. Let’s Analyze Whiteness. 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Adams developed his devotion to Cicero at Harvard, poring over the Roman’s famous orations in the hope of attaining a similar eloquence. What America Owes to the Greeks and Romans 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Oyelowo’s orations throughout the film are simply mesmerizing and held the audience in rapt attention. Palm Springs Film Fest: 'Selma' a powerful opener 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z The text, now delivered straight out, becomes an oration, a summation. Review: In ‘Prima Facie,’ Jodie Comer Makes the Case 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z This novel contains a funeral oration of improbable beauty. ‘The Book of Strange New Things,’ by Michel Faber 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Sermons at such camps often take the form of wild orations that aim to wear down the resistance of the audience to the message. Christian teen camps are wicked, innit 2011-08-10T18:14:02Z “I want my work to play the role of funeral oration, honoring this life.” Doris Salcedo, Whose Art Honors Lives Lost, Gets a Retrospective in Chicago 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z With the eyes of nearly every “Office” cast member on him, Mr. Ferrell did not resort to loud voices, wild gesticulations or other showy shtick, but gave a sincere reading of his oration. Television: Discomfort Zones 2011-04-06T16:02:12Z In Ms. Watson’s powerfully understated performance there are occasional speeches but no stentorian orations. | 'Oranges and Sunshine': ?Oranges and Sunshine,? Starring Emily Watson - Review 2011-10-20T23:25:39Z Spencer delivered an emotional oration at Diana's funeral in 1997 rebuking both Britain's royal family and the press. Princess Di's brother Earl Spencer to marry again 2011-02-15T12:57:25Z First delivered to a largely white audience on July 5, 1852, the oration laments, “This Fourth of July is yours, not mine.” 8 Things to Do This Fourth of July Weekend 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z During his fire-breathing orations, he also sprays the room with alcohol fumes, as he lubricates his limber tongue with generous splashes of white wine. ‘I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard,’ With Reed Birney 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z The cemetery was dedicated on Nov. 19, 1863, and following a Massachusetts politician’s two-hour oration, President Lincoln took two minutes to deliver “a few appropriate remarks” — the Gettysburg Address. 36 Hours in Gettysburg, Pa. 2013-06-27T23:20:01Z Between songs, Mr. Amram told of meeting Woody Guthrie, and gave brief philosophical orations in a beatnik patter. Cornelia Street Café Celebrates 40 Years, With Some Concerns 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z After Hammond’s messianic oration, which ends with her booming refusal to be silenced, there is thunderous applause. The Sound of Silence: what it means to be LGBTQ and a Zionist in today’s America 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z Armstrong's writing is consistently sharp and poignant, but Kendall's funerary oration gives wings to this heavy scene. "Succession" mourns the Roy "family way" in all its tragic glory 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z The sound can grow weighty and brash at times, but the playing is always brilliant, with blazing tremolos from the strings, distinctive colorings from the woodwinds and golden orations from the brasses. Schumann, via Simon Rattle, Robin Ticciati and Nézet-Séguin 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Armstrong's writing is consistently sharp and poignant, but Kendall's funerary oration gives wings to this heavy scene. "Succession" mourns the Roy "family way" in all its tragic glory 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z The Dany segments, with their ponderous orations and garish costumes, can approach “Clash of the Titans” camp. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Recap: Whispers, Threats and Baby Blues 2014-04-28T03:23:02Z But which is a better representation of the state of the union, the president’s regular tweets or his annual oration? President Trump didn’t need the State of the Union to speak his mind. He does it all the time. 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z In a few of her scenes, Steinfeld rushes through the Portis-Coen dialogue as if it were an oration she had memorized for school. True Grit Review: Trading the Dude for the Duke
2010-12-22T19:25:00Z Throughout the hilarious five-minute oration, the comic was her usual inspiring and unfiltered self, speaking brazenly about the body pressures women face and not having to apologize for who you are. Amy Schumer slays the Glamour Awards with hilarious NSFW speech: “I’m 160lbs and I can catch a d**k any time I want” 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Here are a few choice orations from some of America’s most illustrious jerks. 7 most loathsome commencement speeches 2013-05-31T14:00:00Z Nay, do listen to this oath, congregation: Whatever grateful oration we, ah, bother to deliver ain't near enough. Style Invitational Week 1322: Back to the drawing board 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Tellingly, none of the orations in “Presidential Suite” can be traced to the campaign trail. Swinging the Vote: Jazz Inspired by the Presidential Race 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z That approach means the movie is freighted with exposition, along with lengthy monologues and much stirring oration. Review: Colman Domingo brings the activism drama 'Rustin' to life, thrillingly so 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Maddox was out of the courtroom but still gave orations as if trying to sway a jury. Alton Maddox, defense attorney in Tawana Brawley rape hoax, dies at 77 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Reporters had hoped to hear a fiery oration. Yes, Trump could run for president from prison. This candidate did it in 1920. 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z Bullock brings the quality of oration to all she sings. Commentary: How Julia Bullock became an essential soprano for our times 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z It clarifies: “But use the apostrophe alone for Jesus’ and for ancient and biblical proper names of more than one syllable ending in -es: Demosthenes’ orations, Xerxes’ conquests, Jesus’ birth.” Perspective | I am obsessed with exploring the possessive apostrophe in ‘Bojangles’ 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z Senate in a speech at the Statehouse in Springfield, Ill. Standing on the high dais, Lincoln gave his poetic oration about a “house divided” that “cannot stand.” Was the Civil War Inevitable? 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Training is rigorous, and kids can compete as individuals or on a team across a variety of categories, from poetry and oration to extemporaneous speech and political debate. Senior at Bellevue’s Interlake High has a winning way with words 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Through his rabble-rousing orations, Debs had been the public — and charismatic — face of socialism. Yes, Trump could run for president from prison. This candidate did it in 1920. 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z After delivering an economics-heavy speech on the labor market to a crowd of businesspeople in Rhode Island in 2019, Mr. Powell received a standing ovation — not a typical response to central bank oration. Jerome Powell Is Popular. His War on Inflation Could Change That. 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z It involved Princeton’s graduation-day tradition, in which a senior addresses classmates in Latin; during the oration, the classmates are instructed to laugh at various points, demonstrating their supposed erudition. Ralph DeNunzio, Wall Street Chieftain, Is Dead at 90 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z “I think it is a good thing for the microphone to have replaced the megaphone, the booming oration, or mysterious hand signals,” says John Thorn, Major League Baseball’s official historian. Beyond the grunt: Umpires mic up, and baseball changes a bit 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Yes, we know what “august” means — but when listening to more than 10 hours of oration on the dire state of the world, one looks for moments of levity. UN General Assembly meeting of world leaders, by the numbers 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Last year, months after a volcanic eruption in his country displaced 20,000 people, he came to the General Assembly and issued a clarion call in his oration. GLIMPSES: One prime minister, many quotable quotes 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z When Mr. Kulakov, who was seen as a possible successor to Mr. Brezhnev, died in 1978, Mr. Gorbachev was chosen to deliver the funeral oration. Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z There are times when his oration and his writing simply shift in gear and become poetry.” Thanks to a new musical, Frederick Douglass dances into pop culture 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z A rededication ceremony for the Lincoln Monument, with an oration by Harding, was scheduled for April 15, 1923. The original Lincoln memorial stands forgotten in D.C.’s Judiciary Square 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z In a tweet Sunday morning, Pelosi shared that she was at Brown University delivering the commencement oration and receiving an honorary doctorate degree. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband arrested on DUI charge in Napa 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Rather than show off what has always been his greatest political talent — dazzling oration — Lula, 76, has made uncharacteristic gaffes. Lula’s campaign missteps stir the question: Has he lost his touch? 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z In his scathing oration “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,” originally delivered as an Independence Day address, Douglass answered the question of its title with what he called “scorching irony.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z He ends his oration by saying this about war: "I love it. God help me, I do love it so. I love it more than my life." Bombed out: Why we keep on making war, and tolerating it 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z A week later, when he addressed the British Parliament, Zelensky made a similarly moving pitch, echoing a refrain from an oration that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered during World War II. Zelensky speech to Congress could add pressure on Biden 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z The lengthy oration will be punctuated by applause of course, and followed by intense analysis. A ‘memorable speech’ at the State of the Union not likely 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Howard pointed me to the curious oration of Rep. Stanley E. Bowdle, a Democrat from Ohio’s 1st District. Perspective | In 1915, a U.S. congressman tallied how many women in D.C. read the newspaper, then rejected their right to vote 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z In his book, the orations are presented alongside essays in which Dyson occasionally presses elegant distinctions to advance his arguments. Review | Why being Black in America so often involves some kind of performance 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Among his most painful tasks was delivering graveside orations for Black people who had died violently during the struggle against white domination. South Africa's Tutu - anti-apartheid hero who never stopped fighting for "Rainbow Nation" 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z This year, another type of explosion is preoccupying me — not the grand orations of our Founding Fathers but Frederick Douglass’ 1852 jeremiad, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” Independence looks different this July 4, thanks to the hell year that was 2020 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z But in the real world, oration is to filibuster as essay writing is to texting. The Senate’s F-bomb 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Implicit in the 21-minute oration was Biden’s recognition of his own limits in the face of political furies that have grown heated enough to cost human life. Biden’s inaugural address was a call for help: ‘We have to be different’ 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z “There’s a wonderful oration from a Bear clan member’s funeral where they talk about him traveling the road of the dead and gradually transforming into a bear as he moves.” Wisconsin’s effigy mounds connected people to spirits 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Lewis, at an age when most people had just begun their professional careers, also stood atop the Lincoln Memorial and gave a rousing oration about the importance of fighting for civil rights. Obituary: Representative John Lewis 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z And there are lessons in these orations of a long-ago age. The July 4 speeches that helped define what America is — or what it should be 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z The orations were broadcast into the surrounding neighborhood, and among those listening outside was Albert Ettinga, an immigrant from Cameroon who brought his family in from a Minneapolis suburb. GOP criticism of Trump grows, suggesting opposition has grown beyond his usual adversaries 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z “He also taught me the words of Pericles’ funeral oration, in which Pericles said that a man who does not participate in public affairs is not only unambitious, but useless.” Gene Rossides, 1940s football star who became lawyer, Treasury official, dies at 92 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Some historians, indeed, give pride of place to the 1865 oration. Review | In Lincoln’s Second Inaugural, human suffering and human sympathy 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The prime minister has often quoted admiringly the stirring oration given by Pericles to honour the dead after the first year of a destructive war against Sparta. What Boris Johnson's Greek hero teaches us about epidemics 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z But the grand tradition of the Independence Day oration has largely disappeared. The July 4 speeches that helped define what America is — or what it should be 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Now the politician, whose booming oration was described as sounding like “Uncle Monty played by Brian Blessed”, has joined the ranks of well-known bedtime storytellers. A-listers lend talents to bedtime story initiative during lockdown 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z The first movement is a huge funeral oration. Commentary: El Sistema uses glorious Mahler to extol hope as the coronavirus attacks Venezuela 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z It was that rousing religious oration that opened up the world of writing and performance. Danez Smith: ‘White people can learn from it, but that’s not who I’m writing for’ 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Both orations were reported by the contemporary historian Thucydides, whose searing description of the Great Plague is worth reading for its literary virtuosity alone. What Boris Johnson's Greek hero teaches us about epidemics 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Generations ago, America’s leading political figures delivered many of their most eloquent orations not in the chambers of the Capitol but from local gazebos and bandstands on Independence Day. The July 4 speeches that helped define what America is — or what it should be 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Schiff’s fiery final oration appeared to alienate the very Republicans he was trying to win over. Branding Trump a Danger, Democrats Cap the Case for His Removal 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Republicans apparently remained unmoved by the stirring oration of the Democratic congressman Adam Schiff, the lead prosecutor in the president’s impeachment, as the Senate trial reached the end of its third day on Thursday. US briefing: China's lockdown grows, wildfires and American neo-Nazis 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z The year before that, Oprah Winfrey brought the house down with a rousing oration that left many hoping she would run for president. Golden Globes 2020: Tom Hanks tears up during emotional Golden Globes speech 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z In his 50s he entered into a passionate and enduring relationship with the brilliant young Aspasia of Miletus, who bore him a child and helped him compose his magnificent funeral oration to the war dead. What Boris Johnson's Greek hero teaches us about epidemics 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Lincoln famously spoke at the dedication of the Gettysburg Cemetery, following the leading orator of the day, Edward Everett, who took two hours to deliver the official address, a 13,000 word oration. Greta Thunberg's 495-word UN speech points us to a future of hope – or despair 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Second to his “Strenuous Life” speech, in which he goaded Americans to go to work and to war, the oration that defined Roosevelt’s approach to life was his “Man in the Arena” speech. Review | Teddy Roosevelt’s example for America: Sweat and grit 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Inside the Maze Prison in 1981, he wrote and delivered the oration for the hunger striker Bobby Sands; reading it from a cell he shared at that time with the IRA jail leader Brendan McFarlane. Northern Ireland's 25 years of imperfect peace 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z He is one of the teens who meet weekly with members of the Tennessee Shakespeare Company to work on writing and oration skills. Juvenile offenders deal with drama-Shakespearean 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Despite Hoar’s eloquent oration, Miller’s bill passed, with the support of Southern Democrats and senators from both parties in Western states. America’s Exclusionary Past and Present and the Judgment of History 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z On the afternoon of the unveiling, the Rev. Henry W. Battle, known for his stirring orations, rose before the multitudes in Lee Park and extolled the gray-bearded veterans on hand. Charlottesville’s Confederate statues still stand — and still symbolize a racist past 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z It was also the first time in which a fiery young liberal politician, Viktor Orbán, entered the limelight, giving a rousing oration on the square calling for the Soviet army to leave Hungary. Hungarians remember Imre Nagy, hero of '56, as Orban tightens grip 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z But that acknowledgement looks perfunctory against the thrust of his oration: Donald Trump is an interruption in a great American story — and Trumpism, as Biden puts it, is “an aberrant moment in time.” Opinion | Joe Biden is wrong about Trump 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Granted rare access to the former general, the Guardian followed Prabowo for a day, flying from the Indonesian capital to Palembang, where he delivered a colourful oration to a sea of adoring fans. 'Don't teach me democracy!': an uneasy audience with Indonesia's Prabowo 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Her oration captured the sense of exhaustion that helped end the war. Review | Tale of a woman who died and a woman who killed in the Northern Ireland conflict 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z I encourage your readers to visit a small but moving oration of what happened to Emmett Till. Emmett Till’s Murder, and How America Remembers Its Darkest Moments 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z The annual oration stands as one of the Senate’s most enduring customs. George Washington's Farewell Address to be read on Senate floor in annual tradition 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Each contestant must give an eight-to-ten-minute prepared oration, drawing personal connections between the document and her own life. Heidi Schreck Takes the Constitution to Broadway 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z In Trump’s case, his two-faced politics was on display in the very same oration that went on and on and on. Opinion | Trump delivered the Eddie Haskell State of the Union 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z After my oration, I can complete the Coming of Age Rites. Love in a time of trash-eating mushrooms 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z A friend recalls a lighthearted moment in the Senate chamber in the 1980s, during an especially pompous and boring oration, when someone in the back suggested moving the capital to Omaha. Opinion | Get Washington out of Washington. Put it in Omaha. 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Euphoric Bolsonaro supporters, many of them wearing the yellow and green of Brazil’s national flag, cheered the oration with chants of “Brazil, Brazil, Brazil, Brazil!” and their leader’s nickname: “Legend! Legend! Legend! Legend!” Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro threatens purge of leftwing 'outlaws' 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Searching online archives for any official in the White House who has used lodestar, Bloom found several instances in public orations by Vice President Mike Pence. Right to remain Anonymous: Scholar who unmasked “Primary Colors” on authorship of Times op-ed 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z In the midst of her oration, she explained her coming victory in one sentence. Opinion | Boston couldn’t wait for change 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z I want to go back in time and deliver my oration to them, but something makes me think that’d make no difference at all. Love in a time of trash-eating mushrooms 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Aretha would open for him with some songs at the piano, then would punctuate his orations with instrumental adornments, developing the impassioned musical gestures that would mark her music later in her life. Aretha Franklin, who defined an era as the Queen of Soul, dies at 76 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z He was true to his word during a passionate oration that echoed his playing style. The Latest: Fiery Ray Lewis enters Hall of Fame 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z His withering 1852 oration in Rochester, New York ranks high in the canon of American oratory and is still widely cited as a corrective to the day’s celebratory spirit. Frederick Douglass’ July 4 speeches trace American history 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Organised by the town council, Bevan Day will also include Tredegar Comprehensive School pupils performing music and school oration and debating competitions. Bevan's town marks NHS anniversary 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z I’ve been reading about the lives of various saints over the last year in preparation for my oration to the enclave, and in another time, I think my Enid could’ve been St. Enid. Love in a time of trash-eating mushrooms 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z “No memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor President Kennedy’s memory,” he said, to their horror, “than the earliest possible passage of the civil-rights bill for which he fought so long.” The Rise of McPolitics 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z When Agnesi was 9, she recited from memory a Latin oration, likely composed by one of her tutors. Maria Agnesi, the Greatest Female Mathematician You've Never Heard Of 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z By this point in his oration, Mr. Trump is yelling and the crowd it roaring. A Trump even Sweden has to appreciate 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z A copy of his script for the ill-fated oration was later presented by Lyndon Johnson to Stanley Marcus, head of the department store chain Neiman Marcus, whose daughter was in the expectant audience that day. JFK’s real message from beyond the grave – don’t believe everything you hear | John Naughton 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z These are legitimate political issues, but Kennedy’s attack read more like the oration of a conservative state legislator than the measured words we might expect of a justice. Opinion | Conservatives are using the Supreme Court to destroy unions 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z In the Senate, where unthinkably long orations are more common, South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond spoke against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for a record 24 hours and 18 minutes. Pelosi speaks for record 8 hours in favor of ‘Dreamers’ 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z The best way to read “Why Liberalism Failed” is not as a funeral oration but as a call to action: up your game, or else. Liberalism is the most successful idea of the past 400 years 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Corp oration, put his Greensboro home up for sale earlier this week. U.S. Existing Home Sales Fell in December 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Students also are given Frederick Douglass’s 1852 Fourth of July oration, which venerates America’s founding principles but notes that they are “flagrantly inconsistent” with slavery. Studying Western Civilization in the South Bronx 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z But his oration reached its zenith when he addressed the challenges he said plague America's Christian conservatives, who made up the majority of Friday's audience. Trump Praises America's 'Judeo-Christian' Values In Speech To Conservative Voters 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine this workmanlike oration igniting a fist fight, let alone the civil war that follows it. Seattle Shakes’ ‘Julius Caesar’ reminds us that bold reactions can trigger seismic counter- reactions 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z “Poverty” is a word seldom uttered by politicians these days; it has been replaced in their orations by “middle-class” or, occasionally, “the working poor”. “The Florida Project” is a subtle film about poverty in America 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z It is a brilliant artifice in “Dunkirk” to have Churchill’s most famous oration — “We shall fight on the beaches” — read aloud by one of the soldiers who finally reaches safety. Opinion | At Dunkirk, the deliverance of a nation 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Kimball sees an ancient Greek antecedent for the president’s speech: the funeral oration of Pericles at the onset of the Peloponnesian War. Writers on the Right and Left React to Trump in Europe 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z But obviously, we ought not to delve too deeply into the oration’s contents. David Cameron, why oh why are you still talking? | Marina Hyde 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z “We don’t shed our humanity when we enter this chamber,” House Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin said in a moving oration on the House floor. Did a polarized nation lead to the congressional shooting? 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z His latest example was an hour-long oration delivered last week for an audience of 400 hand-picked people in Cincinnati. Trump is scared Brits will be mean to him? Classic strongman fragility | Moustafa Bayoumi 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Prior to his oration, Sessions — then a United States Senator from Alabama — and Kislyak were guests at a small VIP reception. Attorney General Jeff Sessions may have had another undisclosed meeting with Russia 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The Sunday before the debate, Marine Le Pen’s father, Jean-Marie, who co-founded her party, the Front National, delivered a May Day oration in Paris. Emmanuel Macron and the Modern Family 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z A federal judge partially agreed in 2015, ruling that the words “harangue” and “oration” were too vague, while the word “loud” was clear. 5 who protested inside Supreme Court plead guilty 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams delivered a graveside oration in which he, too, appealed for renewed reconciliation efforts by both sides. Northern Ireland bids farewell to ex-IRA chief McGuinness 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z A federal judge ruled in 2015 that the words “harangue” and “oration” are too vague for people to understand, but said the word “loud” was clear enough. When a harangue is OK at the high court, and when it’s not 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z They were arrested and prosecuted, but then argued the law was unconstitutionally vague in prohibiting “loud” language, or making a “harangue” or “oration” in the building. Appeals court upholds law barring Supreme Court protests 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z He delivered this oration “in character” as a generic hipster, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses and a slightly strained knowing smirk on his face. 600 Miles in a Coffin-Shaped Bus, Campaigning Against Death Itself 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Trump’s inaugural speech is a funeral oration at the death of Reaganism, and of conservatism more broadly. Opinion | Trump’s funeral oration at the death of Reaganism 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z It may have been several years since Castro’s thunderous, marathon orations, but Cuba will still feel strangely quiet without him. Castro’s legacy: how the revolutionary inspired and appalled the world 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z A “harangue” is defined as a lengthy and aggressive speech, while “oration” is defined as a formal speech. When a harangue is OK at the high court, and when it’s not 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z A federal judge agreed in 2015 that the words “harangue” and “oration” are too vague for people to understand, but said the word “loud” was clear enough. Appeals court upholds law barring Supreme Court protests 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Over the next two hours, the candidate could heard bragging about his “remarkably successful” business career, complaining that his unpolished orations “are held against me” and that “the press treats me like dirt.” New York Theater Artists’ Latest Muse: Donald Trump 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z It reminds us of Otter’s famous oration in “Animal House”: Trump vs. Gore 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Before then, the leader descended on the conference at the end to deliver their oration. Conservative Party conference: Leaders' speeches past - BBC News 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z “That ‘harangue’ and ‘oration’ may not roll off the average person’s tongue today does not alter their possession of a settled meaning around public speeches,” Brown said. When a harangue is OK at the high court, and when it’s not 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Performing a cover version of James Earl Jones’s oration enabled Scully to deliver words that may have felt poignant to him and his fans as he approached his final game: Beyond Baseball, Vin Scully Leaves Behind an Archive of Oddities 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z After his 20-minute oration, each of us was invited to ask a question. Against the wall: from Mexico to Calais, why the idea of division is taking hold 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Then there was the acceptance speech, a passable but unmemorable oration that showed every sign of being written by committee. Clinton must cast aside caution 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z By high school, he was winning state and national awards with orations on topics like “The Constitution, an able partner for we, the people.” Indiana Hometown Molded Mike Pence Even as It Began to Change 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z “The prohibitions surrounding ‘harangue’ and ‘oration’ demonstrate concern with disruptions of the Supreme Court’s order and decorum,” Brown wrote in Friday’s ruling. When a harangue is OK at the high court, and when it’s not 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z The excitement over a great convention oration could be dissipated by on-screen debunking of the facts before the post-speech ovation even begins. The new, new political convention 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Gone were the lofty detachment and professorial tone that sometimes characterize his oration. Obama’s Defining Attack on Trump and Trumpism 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z BuzzFeed first published the oration Saturday in a post that has since been viewed more than 9 million times. Brock Turner’s rape victim ignites social media fury 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z He also had a hunger for erudition, expressed in precocious poems, essays, and orations. The Thrilling Mind of Wallace Stevens 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z His fans love his dramatic orations, but many others do not, finding his tone artificial or even pretentious. This is the right election to be unlikable 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Take Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, widely considered one of the most hope-inspiring orations in U.S. history. An Emotion We All Need More of 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z But in 2016, he has found that the marriage of his passions and his blunt, fiery oration have come into vogue among many Democrats. Bernie Sanders Scored Victories for Years via Legislative Side Doors 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z The first minister has spoken of the difficulties she experienced with the deputy first minister, because of his graveside oration at the funeral of the man who, she believes, tried to kill her father. FM speaks of 'difficulties' in dealing with Martin McGuinness - BBC News 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z But since the beginning of the year, a new Rubio has appeared, a man given to funereal orations about the passing of the old America. Rubio’s strategically gloomy detour 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z With nearly 20 current and former Giants players watching, he made his final appearance after 12 seasons as the team’s coach with a typically passionate and high-energy oration. Tom Coughlin Says Goodbye to Giants, Not Necessarily Football 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z In a fiery oration, on Thursday, Cruz reiterated promises from his stump speech including his pledge to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on his first day in office. Republicans seek Sheldon Adelson's favor at conservative Jewish forum 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Despite an oration about leading on climate change, the president did not claim that Keystone XL would increase climate change-inducing carbon dioxide emissions. Obama ditches evidence to capitulate on Keystone XL 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z He’s that good at making the case in his orations,” he said. Tragic parallels in the Yitzak Rabin and Abraham Lincoln assassinations 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Rubio’s performances are rehearsed orations of policy pronouncements and personal anecdotes. Marco Rubio may be on the rise, but can he go the distance? 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Beck took the stage after a short intermission, delivering an emotionally charged, nearly ninety-minute-long oration. A Day Inside Glenn Beck’s America 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z He would copy entire orations, memorizing for inspiration. From an ‘Undocumented’ Boyhood to a Doctorate 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z President Obama concluded his oration by leading the congregation in singing the hymn, Amazing Grace. Obama leads singing of Amazing Grace at Charleston funeral - BBC News 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z They recorded the polished and emotive orations delivered on formal occasions in their royal court, and their carefully argued legal speeches. Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Then there is the Mason Temple in Memphis, where King delivered his final speech, the "I've been to the Mountaintop" oration in which he seemed to predict his violent death the following day. Charleston shooting: Attack at church opens old wounds - BBC News 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z “It’s not just something for Fourth of July orations.” Democrats Challenge Voter Restrictions in Battleground States 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z The 1972 documentary Manson, based on the book, is worth watching for the original Super 8 footage of Spahn Ranch, the girls singing Look At Your Love outside the courthouse and Manson’s soaring oration. Charles Manson's sordid legacy endures thanks to pop culture's odd fascination 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Sometimes the sermon is dispensed with altogether, but often it just takes the form of a thought or two, which I find much easier to get my head round than one of Sunday's lengthy orations. What I learnt from 46 consecutive days in church - BBC News 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z But the rarefied forum of the Senate is also known for its stilted, stentorian orations, not to mention the one or two votes out of hundreds that can haunt a White House hopeful. Senators Running for President Face a Delicate Balancing Act 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z “Being nervous is normal,” Kouns said about the biggest oration obstacle. New Orleans storyteller’s happily ever after 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z He retired after twenty-five years, though he is still much in demand for his eloquent funeral orations. Can Dying Languages Be Saved? 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The flavour is hardly the same, however—Mr Li’s nearly 100-minute oration was as usual, larded with dry statistics and, barring renxing, heavy with wooden language. Go slow 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The abolitionist is best known for his unmatched talent for oration, and when he died in 1895, the medium was still an evolving technology. 9 Iconic Photographs From African American History 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z No oration is complete without a call for justice to roll down like a mighty stream. The Long Game of the Moral March 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z That sets the stage for an oration by an outspoken pontiff whose views on immigration and global warming clash with those of many Republicans who run the House and Senate. In milestone, Pope Francis will address Congress this fall 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Seven of the eight also were charged with violating a law against making "a harangue or oration, or uttering loud, threatening, or abusive language in the Supreme Court Building," Arberg said. Campaign finance protest, hidden camera disrupt high court 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Last year’s protester, Noah Newkirk of Los Angeles, was charged under a federal law that bans “a harangue or oration” and “loud, threatening or abusive language in the Supreme Court building.” One by One, Protesters Interrupt Supreme Court Over Citizens United Case 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z “They are saluted with shots they never expected, and it is not orations of music that remind one of jubilees, but moans and screams.” The Low-Tech Gun That Changed Everything 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z As Walker wrapped up his bar-top oration, he revealed a few details about the brewery’s Westside Taproom and restaurant that was announced a year ago. Firestone Walker Brewery marks 18 years with $24 anniversary bottles 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z But he cited the ancient Athenian leader Pericles, who once said in a funeral oration for the dead warriors of Athens that “the whole earth is their sepulcher.” British Museum Loans Disputed Greek Artifact to Russia, Angering Greece 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Still, the Catiline oration is quite a speech to hold up and praise as fitting. Obama, Cruz, and Catiline 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Lein established a reputation as a communicator who eschewed pulpit oration for a relaxed delivery. Spirit leads once-‘angry atheist’ to the ministry 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z Accordingly, while Rittenhouse’s announced subject in the February oration to the APS was astronomy, the expectations were for more than a dry recounting of the sublime science. Gentleman Scientists and Revolutionaries: Expressions of the American Mind [Excerpt] 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Prof Hamilton used his annual oration to the university to urge political parties to end student migrant targets and to use research-based evidence in forming election policies, particularly on immigration. UK student visa policy 'baffling' 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z For one thing, he wasn't going to divulge much in the way of detail from Ferguson's stirring oration the previous evening. Inspired by Sir Alex Ferguson's pep talk, Rory McIlroy is ready for the Ryder Cup: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Earlier Sharpton told NBC’s Meet the Press he intended to use the funeral oration to call for Brown’s death to mark a turning point. Michael Brown's father appeals for calm as Ferguson prepares for funeral 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z It was a soliloquy of pure rage; a fluent, apparently unstoppable oration against not just the men who had apprehended him but the system they represented. Ferguson’s black community must not be given the same ‘justice’ as Trayvon Martin 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Sharpton, who also hosts MSNBC’s “Politics Nation,” gave a fiery oration in which he called the fallout from Michael Brown’s death a “defining moment in this country.” At least 1 dead as violence engulfs Ferguson 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z But even before his firebrand oration, portents of trouble were clear; on the Facebook post to announce the gathering, one of the first comments asked: “Shall I bring a can of gasoline?” How an Extremist Buddhist Network Is Sowing Hatred Across Asia 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Although some tanager species do emphasize oration over attire, like the aptly named drab hemispingus, some, like the mountain tanager, are both dashing and melodious. Colorful Birds Can Also Belt Tunes 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Opposition research is as old as politics itself—Cicero’s orations against Catiline, a dodgy candidate for the Roman consulship in 63BC, were notably well-informed. Digging dirt, digitally 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Johnson, in addressing a joint session of Congress on Nov. 27, 1963, said “no memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor President Kennedy’s memory” than passing the civil rights bill. 5 things to know about the 1964 Civil Rights Act 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z One player in particular is the recipient of particularly fervent orations: star striker Neymar, the 22-year-old upon whom the South American giant’s World Cup hopes are pinned. ‘Candomble’ seer says gods with Brazil team 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z He was charged under a federal law that bans “a harangue or oration” and “loud, threatening or abusive language in the Supreme Court building.” Justices Rule Against Man in Case on Protest Area Near Air Base 2014-02-26T21:43:56Z The media only like long oration when it's defending substandard abortion clinics in Texas. Right-wing Twitter responds to Chris Christie’s epic press conference 2014-01-09T18:36:00Z Hudson’s halftime orations were so impassioned, Rooney said, that “you didn’t want to be too close to him because he spit so much.” Vocal Acrobat Mixes Soccer Calls With Awe 2013-12-11T20:37:04Z "We'll be entitled to a funeral oration for Mr. Gaddafi, for President Chavez, a sort of who's who of international terrorism and his connections," Szpiner said on the first day of trial. French court upholds life term for Carlos the Jackal 2013-06-26T20:14:30Z He told me in long, detailed bursts of oration how all of them, and their comrades, had been so terribly wronged by the occupation. What if the Iraq War Never Happened? 2013-03-20T15:39:00Z Researchers who do write out a complete oration should not try to memorize and repeat it verbatim, because that can come across as unnatural. Communication: Two minutes to impress 2013-02-06T18:21:43.170Z His oration continued, almost in a manner synced with his scribbling. The Key to Science (and Life) Is Being Wrong 2012-11-13T14:45:00.407Z All inspirational speeches have to be compared to the mighty 'game of inches' oration delivered by Al Pacino in Any Given Sunday. What are the greatest speeches in sport? – open thread 2012-11-07T11:49:34Z Unlike her predecessors, Sullivan had no talent for Jeffersonian oration; she spoke the dry language of nonprofit administration. The Education Issue: What the Failed Removal of UVA President Teresa Sullivan Means for Higher Education 2012-09-11T11:00:22Z Romney must introduce himself to the wider electorate during the convention in Tampa with a killer acceptance speech that keeps voters and the press talking all the way through his rival's oration in Charlotte, N.C. What GOP Experts Say Romney Must Do 2012-08-24T08:05:33Z “The last thing a lot of New Yorkers would feel is that activists like me would have a rally with no noise, no oration,” he said. City Room: A History of Making Messages Heard, Silently 2012-06-15T22:57:31Z I tried as well as I could to soothe these overwrought minds, and pronounced funeral orations over those who had perished in this tempest of words. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z She is said to have instructed him in eloquence, and to have composed some of his most famous orations; she was continually consulted on affairs of state; and Socrates, like other philosophers, attended her assemblies. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z It chanced that as he ended his oration, a steamer fired a salute from a twelve pounder gun. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z For our next topic of criticism recourse must be had to Ciceronian Latin, and to the famous speech of Rome’s greatest orator, which is generally reckoned the first of his public and political orations. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z The court crier delivered his morning oration in one breathless sentence, the last five words of which only have ever been captured by mortal ears. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z At first the orations of Henley drew great crowds, but, although he never discontinued his services, his audience latterly dwindled almost entirely away. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Was there ever such a strange funeral oration! Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z Then he maketh an oration to the audience of half-an-hour long, wherein he doth most hyperbolically extol the virtue of his drugs and confections—though many of them are very counterfeit and false. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z He wished to hear their orations; but the Fathers did not come. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z She made the next day an oration in Latin, and stopped in the midst to bid my Lord Burleigh be seated, and not to stand painfully on his gouty feet. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z At eleven the prisoners assembled, while the walls around were lined with the English soldiers and officers and clerks, curious to hear what kind of an oration a Yankee sailor would make. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z The chief jumps ashore; he begins his oration, or rather to "blow up" all and sundry the tribe in general, and poor "Melons" in particular. Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 2012-04-05T02:00:37.337Z In fact, the whole oration is also a burlesque in every detail of an Attic speech at law; and in this case we have the material from which to estimate the excellence of the parody. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z It was a tiresome affair; we waited two hours, and after all, understood the oration of the Jews as little as the answer of the Christians. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z He was at length visited by a young cacique or chief, and the interview was graphically described by Columbus himself in his oration before Ferdinand and Isabella and the court on his return to Spain. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z He said little till excited; he then spoke rapidly, and often as if delivering an oration. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z His graduation oration being the first delivered there in the vernacular language. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Even his reform speeches are as Disraeli once said very happily of Lord Palmerston, rather speeches about Reform than orations on behalf of it. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Then came Octavia, sister of the emperor and widow of Antony, honoured by a public funeral, at which orations were delivered by Augustus himself, and Drusus, son of the empress Livia. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The priest wore his silk cassock, and his lips moved from time to time without sound, as though he were trying over a Latin oration--which, indeed, was the fact. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z The burden of the oration was always nearly the same:—the advantages of simple savage life over civilization. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z At the dedication of the monument erected on Dorchester Heights to commemorate the evacuation of Boston by the British, the oration was delivered by that Nestor of the United States Senate, Senator Hoar. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z They always excite controversy of some kind—not even the great orations of Bright and Gladstone are more talked of. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Trim took his off the ground,—put it upon his head,—and then went on with his oration upon death, in manner and form following. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2012-03-28T02:00:26.907Z He wrote some ringing war lyrics, and in 1863 delivered the Fourth of July oration in Boston, which showed a masterly appreciation of the stirring public questions of the day. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z John Adams afterward said, "I do say in the most solemn manner, that Mr. Otis's oration against Writs of Assistance breathed into this nation the breath of life." The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Fortunately for his readers and his fame, the speaker had taken good care to write out his oration and send the manuscript to the newspapers. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z The oration ended, service at the high altar proceeded, while at intervals gay, almost jocund, music burst forth from the grand organ. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z To this oration the advocate of the Duchess of Orleans replied at great length. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z At the close a young German hairdresser made a few commendatory remarks which developed somehow into an oration on Hanoverian politics. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z The commencement was quite similar to those at home, except that the orations were delivered in the various languages of the East as well as in French and English. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z I write of this celebrated oration now only from recollection; and, of course, I did not hear it spoken. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z The noble style of his biographies and orations has earned for him the title of the Swedish Tacitus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z His lectures and his oration not only gave him celebrity, but, what he needed quite as much, a little money; and they brought him an offer of a judicial station at Bombay. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z After this oration his ghostly adviser took his final leave, and the patient’s former dwelling was burnt to the ground. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z After the conclusion of the oration, Henry went back to Red Hill, and never left it again. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z The Emperor had gone to visit Algeria; the Prince went to deliver an oration at the inauguration of a monument to Napoleon I., at Ajaccio. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Mustafa listened to the long oration, took the money, and replied that he would see what could be done. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z Several of his orations and essays from the "Dial" have also been republished there, and met with a reverent and earnest response. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Seven thousand copies of this oration were distributed by the Peace Societies of England, and it had a wide reading in our own country. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Three years later the Kentucke Gazette, the first paper published west of the mountains, told of "an eloquent oration" that was "delivered by Henry Clay, Esquire." Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z He was interred, according to his own directions, in the cemetery of P�re-la-Chaise, Paris, without any religious ceremony, but funeral orations by Jouy and Arnault were delivered at the grave. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z He bowed still deeper than before, and sacrificing with extraordinary self-denial the remainder of his oration, especially as he perceived that any further parleying would not be permitted, he had resort to more drastic expedients. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z This oration cannot have the merit of an original study. Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 2012-02-22T03:00:23.620Z In preparing their orations and debates they eagerly sought her suggestions and criticisms.... Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z After making three or four attempts to gain a hearing White-Hat Williams saw that he must reserve his oration: and with a scowl he shouted his names into the ear of the clerk. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Ingersoll's orations were those that he delivered over the bodies of his friends. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z The chancellor's little oration came upon the party like a thunderclap. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z So succinct an oration, brief, and to the point, and patly delivered, deserved another cup of tea, and while she sipped it leisurely, Masago improved the occasion. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z At his graduation in 1856, when he was twenty-five, he delivered the metaphysical oration, the highest honor awarded. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Thence he went to the Library, where an excellent oration was made by Dr. Leland, the Librarian, Orator, and Professor. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z Why, Sir, Prentiss, with his oration on starving Ireland, made the whole world weep. Bolanyo 2012-02-12T03:00:14.503Z Given a few ideas for a start, and any educated Latin will deliver an extempore oration that suggests weeks of careful preparation. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z Having made this long oration, the chief of the samurai bent down, touched with his lips the hem of my lord's hanging girdle, and then rising, with bowed neck awaited orders. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The same year Williams College invited him to deliver the master's oration on Commencement day. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z He had so often been robbed of a prepared oration by some unexpected turn of the conversation that he felt now much happier than he ought under the weight of a family scandal. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z I listened a year ago to a most unusual Fourth of July oration. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z It was a grand oration, and it was listened to by enthusiastic and appreciative hearers, upon whom not a single word was lost, and in whose hearts every word awoke a responsive echo. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z The people listened to the oration, and bowed their heads without a word, for the decision of the elders was good and natural. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Hamilton was especially proud of this son, of whom he said, when he gave his oration at Columbia College, "I could not have been contented to have been surpassed by any other than my son." Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z So Bishop Simpson, in his oration or funeral sermon, said nothing about Lincoln's having been a Christian. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z To this deceitful oration the Count would willingly have listened longer, had not his good Angel twitched him by the ear, and warned him to give no farther heed to the voice of temptation. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Unlike many educated Spaniards who would rather attend the bull-fights than defend them, he squared his shoulders for an oration. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z He indulged in an apostrophe to Paris that reminded Stainton of some of the orations he had read as having been delivered in the councils of the First Republic. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z He had written considerable for the press, made several Fourth of July orations, and published a little pamphlet, "Considerations on the Embargo Laws." Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z The speech is both an oration and a poem. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z The Count had listened to his Squire till the sense of his oration was completely before him; then he answered it with two words, shortly and clearly: "Peace, Dog!" Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z He was buried in Westminster Abbey, a short oration being pronounced on this occasion by his friend Dean Vincent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Speech, spēch, n. that which is spoken: language: the power of speaking: manner of speech, oration: any declaration of thoughts: mention: colloquy: conference.—ns. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z From the day he delivered that oration, Mr. Webster was the leading orator of America. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z In France the traditions are almost as explicit in this matter, and there are remains of religious orations that fully confirm the reputation of the orators of the time. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Close on this stout oration followed a loud humming symphony of snap-reel and spinning-wheel, to make up for the time lost in speaking. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Willie James gave the oration and Booker Washington really made the address of the day, simple, balanced, and very eloquent. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Mr. Thomas J. Gargan, of Boston, delivered an oration in Halifax, Nova Scotia, before the Charitable Irish Society, of that city, on the occasion of its one hundredth anniversary. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z In delivering this oration, his manuscript lay near him on a small table, but he did not once refer to it. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z An oration was delivered in his honour before the Hungarian Academy by E�tv�s, the novelist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z The Shiek, when he heard his despot talk in this dialect, marvelled much that all things took so well; and blessed himself that he had held his tongue, and retained his defensive oration to himself. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z The veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic had invited Major-General Joseph Wheeler to deliver the Memorial Day oration in Boston Theatre. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Sorry to disturb the oration——” “Gimme the pail,” snapped the interrupted Thistle. The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z The people heard the oration as though entranced. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z On the 4th of July our national anniversary was observed, and an oration was delivered by the Rev. G. Hines. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z I have heard Gambetta deliver an oration, Victor Hugo read a speech, the grandson of Goethe talk of den Grossvater in the great poet's house at Weimar. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z "They was to our house Thursday——" She went on to tell me who was to read the Declaration and who deliver the oration. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z A more ancient law, of similar import, will be found recited, in the oration of Demosthenes, against Macartatus, viii., Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Political cabinets have but too long notified the death of those who were never great but in their funeral orations; the etiquette of courts has but too long sanctioned hypocritical grief. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z At this visit, after various polite phrases had been interchanged, Haggard premised his oration by enjoining on Yandall to interpret his words exactly. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z As the practice of public speaking advanced, these gradually passed into a mere form, and were superseded by funeral orations. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z I had accustomed myself to think of Henry as an attorney, which in Taylorville meant a man who could be trusted with the administration of widows' property and Fourth of July orations. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z At the close Melanchthon delivered a Latin oration, after which the corpse was lowered into the vault near the pulpit, where it awaits the coming of the resurrection morn. Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history 2012-01-12T03:00:13.267Z Here Cornelius Agrippa preached her funeral oration, dwelling at much length on her many virtues and great talents. The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z He was selected to deliver the oration at the dedication of the Dean Stanley Memorial. Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z I even feel that I must request the reader not to be disdainful of the puns that embellish the oration, since it is something other than the art of rhetoric that is here in question. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z During this miscellaneous oration, I had made my way into the parlour, and taken possession of the first seat I could find. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Is the extempore oration, "the unpremeditated lay," in truth a subliminal product? or have we to do merely with the rapid exercise of ordinary powers? Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z He grew in oratorical power, dropping gradually the alliteration and rosy metaphor of youth, until he was able at last to deliver that grandest of all orations—the Gettysburg address. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z One of the newspaper men* who heard this majestic oration wrote me as follows: * Horace White, MS., Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z Even his political orations bristled with panegyrics on the sanctity of the home and the high duty men owed their wives. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z The natives, who were standing closely packed on either side, and listened in breathless silence, expressed their acquiescence by head and hand at the end of each oration. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z Thus, for the boy called on to make an oration in a platform exhibition, hypnotisation sets free the primary instinct of garrulity without the restraining fear of ridicule. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z In 1842, when the latter died, and Lincoln was selected by the Masonic lodge to deliver the funeral oration, he broke down in the midst of his address. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z There Bishop Matthew Simpson delivered an eloquent and impressive funeral oration, and Rev. Dr. Gurley, of Washington, offered up the closing prayer. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z It is not always easy to trace the sequence of Pitt's speeches in Walpole's notes, nor is it possible to tell whether the confusion is due to the oration or the notes. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Had Demosthenes written his orations in such a language as High Dutch, or Virgil his poems in such a one as Irish or Welsh, their names would not long have outlived themselves. A Discourse Being Introductory to his Course of Lectures on Elocution and the English Language (1759) 2012-01-01T03:00:09.283Z For those reasons I wanted to join the arguments, the orations really, flooding the circles of green-painted iron chairs on the Havana plazas; and, solitary, I passed envying the ingenuous welding dissent. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z When the hollow roar died, the chief witch-doctor stepped out and made an oration. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z On Commemoration Day, 1830, he was called upon to deliver an oration in the College Chapel, the subject being “An Apology for the Moral and Literary Character of the Nineteenth Century,” which was afterwards printed. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z What a figure would they with their formal laboured cabinet orations make vis-a-vis his manly vivacity and dashing eloquence at one o'clock in the morning, after sitting in that heat for eleven hours!' Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z On the Monday evening previous, a characteristically brilliant oration was delivered before the Literary Societies by Rev. Dr. Bethune, of Brooklyn. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z It is particularly used in all cases of ceremony, either in making war or peace; at all public entertainments, orations, &c. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z The oration must have lasted a good half hour, the condemned men standing like statues all the while. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z The girl listened to her brother-in-law's oration till it was over without moving a muscle. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Edmund Burke, who now commenced his series of splendid orations in favor of America, denounced the whole scheme as essentially wicked and unjust, because it punished the innocent with the guilty. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z In Washington, upon the occasion of laying, by the President, the corner stone of the extension of the Capitol, Mr. Webster delivered an oration which will rank with his most eloquent speeches. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z In this oration he affirmed that the religion of Lincoln was the religion of Voltaire and Paine. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z This oration flattered the vanity of the old queen and practically settled the question. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z He attended the emperor at his death, and pronounced his funeral oration. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z I discovered that I had been in the habit of propounding "yes" and "no" queries, merely as excuses for five-minute orations. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z The annual oration before the Alumni was delivered by Howard Crosby, Esq. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z In that masterpiece of eloquence, the Gettysburg oration, the name of God occurs but once, while not the remotest reference to Christianity or even immortality appears. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z It was more than half finished and she took a drink while I was delivering my flattering oration. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z He was interred, with all the pomp due to his rank, in the church of the Convent of the Nuns of St. Dominic el Real, at Madrid, but there was no funeral oration. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z A Convocation was held in St. Mary's Church, on May 29, at which an oration was delivered by Rich. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z Both these works were printed from glyphographic blocks and have as little charm as a stentorian oration in a small chapel. George Cruikshank 2011-12-18T03:00:20.137Z When he pronounced his matchless oration on the chief battlefield of the war, he gave expression to the resolve that 'this nation, under God, should have a new birth of freedom.' Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z The natives are never more happy than when delivering an oration, the words illustrated with full-arm gestures, and I found my audience most appreciative. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z Forbes felt ashamed of discussing prices, though many a richer man, especially Enslee, would have fought all along the line and delivered an oration on the extortions of restaurateurs. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z He was received with an oration by the Public Orator, Strode, a copy of which is preserved in Smith MS. xxvi. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z For three whole hours the air resounded with long inflated erudite orations and poems not remarkable for sweetness. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z When the remains of the President were conveyed to their final resting-place at Springfield, Bishop Simpson was selected to deliver the funeral oration. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z Then Jafta, entirely naked except for an old silk hat my father had given him, would stride into the garden and when my father came out of the house would make an oration. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z It was on the day, which this year everybody remembered who was old enough, when Mr. Emerson delivered his first Phi Beta oration at Cambridge. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z In a moment there was silence, and the vast audience listened to the brief oration that fell from the lips of their chief magistrate. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z This blunderbuss of an oration took me by surprise. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z When he died Dr. Gurley, being Mrs. Lincoln's pastor, delivered the funeral oration in Washington. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z These orations are the finest exposition of the Catholic doctrine of the Trinity as conceived by the orthodox teachers of the East, and they were directed especially against the Eunomians and Macedonians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z This oration was extremely well delivered, cigar in mouth, yet the committee seemed to be more impressed by it than Ginger himself. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z However, this is not an oration of farewell, so I will not longer emphasize the melancholy topick of mutability. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Then comes a prologue in the manner of a quack-doctor's oration to his gulls. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z In that oration Dr. Gurley did not affirm that Lincoln was a Christian, a thing he would not have failed to do had it been true. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z His extant works consist of poems, epistles and orations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The attraction was the showman, who used to give an elaborate 140 oration in Lancashire brogue. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z Fridays, when school was out, the pupils invariably heard the same oration. The Cabin [La barraca] 2011-12-01T03:00:23.247Z He delivers a rhetorical oration, ascribing this miracle to the matchless spirit of his horse! The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z This simple Deistic phrase, "under God," is the only utterance of a religious character to be found in that oration. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z The emperor Julian was the author both of orations and of satirical pieces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z With the finish of the oration her chin tilted aggressively. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z This is more than we can say of any of the literary remains of antiquity—poem, play or oration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Buck came to me and greeted me in an unusual manner, congratulating me in a long oration on my intention, saluting me ‘your Grace.’ Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 2011-11-26T03:00:13.823Z Ingersoll delivered in New York his masterly oration on Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z The one oration of Lycurgus which remains to us is earnest and stately, reminding us both of Antiphon and of Isocrates. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The friends all go to the church, where the prayers and orations occupy from one to two hours. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z A valedictory oration is pronounced at the grave. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z I was in his camp when he made his great farewell oration to his people, the evening before his departure for England. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z "When he pronounced his matchless oration on the chief battle-field of the war, he gave expression to the resolve that 'this nation, under God, should have a new birth of freedom.'" Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z He then stationed himself in front of the regiment, and delivered a remarkable and most stirring oration. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z If he had asked me for a Greek oration I would have said "yes." Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z Busy all the morning preparing my oration on the "Wise Sayings of Wise Women in all Countries and Epochs," for the Congress. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 27, 1872 2011-11-19T03:00:22.947Z Our information on the subject is from two of Demosthenes' orations—one against Pantaenetus, the other against Phaenippus—the first mining lawsuit in which the address of counsel is extant. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Bishop Simpson, in his oration at Springfield, made no mention of these claims, and Dr. Gurley and Bishop Simpson are known to have held a consultation before that oration was delivered. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z It was attended by a large procession from the house of Christopher Gore to King's Chapel, where an oration was pronounced by Samuel Dexter. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Among the other essays and orations in Pages from an old Volume of Life, we find the Physiology of Walking, which contains many interesting facts concerning the human wheel, with its spokes and felloes. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z In one point the memorial differed curiously from the oration of the month before. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z So also with Cicero: an oration at a lesson. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Bishop Simpson delivered the funeral oration, and in that oration there was not one word about Mr. Lincoln's Christianity. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z Class Day is now the culminating point of the student's life—the exercises are an oration and poem in the morning, and a ball and reception in the afternoon and evening. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z IN Pages from an old Volume of Life, one of the latest books published by Doctor Holmes, we have a collection of most delightful orations and essays. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z The Plymouth oration, delivered in 1820, begins a new and very important stage of Webster’s career. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Though I am appointed by the princes here present to speak to you, I find myself rather ready to burst into tears, than to make an eloquent oration. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z Among these was an oration delivered in Morristown on the Fourth of July, 1851. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z New England's most distinguished orator and scholar was selected to pronounce the oration. Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z Which thing indeed The Bishop said in the rare oration he made over him. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z But in the Plymouth oration Webster set forth so much of it, the effect upon New England was magical. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z His best deliverances were half-secular addresses on some theme of immediate popular interest, speeches, orations, ethical talks, ever on a high plane of sentiment, but looking towards the urgent preoccupations of the time. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Mr. Kinney, besides his editorial writing, delivered, by request, a number of important orations which were published. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z Thus the Italian Rabbi Segri, in an oration in honour of Napoleon's birthday said: "Truly a supernatural genius appeared upon earth, invested with greatness and infinite fame." Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z On that occasion Mr. Horsey, of Northampton, read the Scriptures and prayed, and Mr. Edwards, of the same place, delivered the funeral oration. Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. 2011-10-13T02:00:37.230Z It did not stop with adding greatly to the influence he had won over New England by the Plymouth oration; it revealed him to the whole country as its supreme orator. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z His oration before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard, in 1853, is an admirable specimen of his treatment of similar themes. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Besides these speeches in the Senate, Mr. Miller delivered a good many addresses and orations. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z Da Costa delivered an oration at his funeral. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z The orations of Lall Mohun Ghose in England have proved that a native of India has mastered the art of thinking on his legs, which is the beginning and end of oratory. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z He heard the reply to Hayne, and, as he says, he could not but be reminded throughout of Demosthenes’ making the unrivalled crown oration. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z On each of these days five cardinals in turn give the absolution, and on the ninth day a funeral oration is pronounced. Leo XIII., the Great Leader 2011-10-12T02:00:51.183Z Rev. Mr. Bridgman made the oration at the 4th of July county celebration, soon after his arrival, in the First Presbyterian church. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z At the Coronation of King Friedrich, he delivered a rabbinic oration, and likewise at the conclusion of peace between the Kings of England, Denmark, and Prussia. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z He was appropriately selected to give the first anniversary oration on the King's execution. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Many have been superior to Toombs in making perfect orations, but it is hard to find in any deliberative body a match for him as a debater. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z An oration by Dr. Braun followed, bearing upon the great event of the day. John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch 2011-10-12T02:00:44.710Z This was an oration of considerable importance on "The Value of Sacrifice," but withal his gifts are essentially poetic. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z Areopagit′ic, pertaining to the Areopagus.—n. a speech on the model of Isocrates's oration of that name addressed to the Areopagus. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z It has already been proposed to abolish the penalty of death, and it is with infinite satisfaction that I recollect the humane and excellent oration pronounced by Robespierre on the subject, in the constituent Assembly. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z It needs not to dwell upon the Bunker Hill oration, made June 17, 1825. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z The enthusiasm that followed his baptismal oration had not calmed when Lovejoy announced a gathering that evening of the friends of freedom. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z Brother J. B. Jones gave his first oration before the public; it was well delivered throughout. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z A most voluminous author; she wrote nineteen plays, besides philosophical essays, letters, and orations. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z On the 22nd of May he delivered an eloquent oration in support of his motion. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z In the Plymouth oration, as we have already suggested, he exhibits the exceptional progress and acquisitions of New England. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z "Demosthenes wanted to know what he thought of his oration," the narrator said. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z I am trying to compose an oration on the 'True and Good in Man,' and would be very much obliged if you will give a few suggestions. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z A school or college reputation, an able pamphlet, a club or county-meeting oration, pointed him out. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z After the other speakers had been heard, the distinguished chairman delivered his oration. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z The foregoing is made up from the Plymouth oration. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Aristotle was gravely attentive, and even Chares, though he could not be aroused from his lazy pose, followed the oration with evident enjoyment. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z How shall we sum Seven long weeks' oration?— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 2nd, 1893 2011-09-30T02:00:16.737Z After an oration had been delivered in German, the curtain was drawn over our persecuted and destroyed queen. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z Victor Hugo on several occasions delivered funeral orations over departed patriots. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z On this occasion General Stephen D. Lee delivered an oration which, as a monument itself, will long outlast the stone one. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z But, great heavens,—" "It was a book of plays, Mr. Herrick; blank verse and Roman soldiery—with orations! "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Hon. Daniel Webster being requested to deliver the oration declined because of pressure of business and the shortness of the time allowed in which to prepare one. History of the Washington National Monument and of the Washington National Monument Society 2011-09-27T02:00:16.967Z Several persons then deliver orations on horseback, with their hats off, demanding the daughter from the father, who were answered by persons appointed for the business. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z We have here a complete collection of Hugo's addresses, orations, and confessions of faith, etc., during the preceding thirty years. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z It was an admirable effort, an oration trimmed with red exclusively. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z "Don't you, Herrick, want to take a look at the curiosity without which I might as well have asked a clam for a Fourth of July oration?" "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z I was appointed valedictorian, as you know, and in preparing my oration I selected a few of those old ideas and embodied them in language to suit the occasion. Jessie Graham 2011-09-21T02:00:30.653Z Laughing, now, though with bitterness, rather than gaiety, 'What does the world say,' she cried, 'to find that I still live, after the pompous funeral orations, declaimed by myself, upon my death? The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z His oration began with a description of the splendour and power of Napoleon. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z The words of Mr. Cowan's oration of the night before began to come back to him. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z Thus, the texture of his opening oration tends toward the dense. Otellini Kicks Off IDF 2011-09-13T18:09:19Z Another would have prepared an oration beforehand, and then come to confidence; I have begun with confidence. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z It is well known, as I have already mentioned, that Jeffrey's speech for Mrs. S—— was the greatest of all modern orations, yet it was delivered under peculiar circumstances. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z I went up to college to pronounce my probationary oration. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z Next came Master Gabriel Haller, who seemed as if he would really never leave off bowing and scraping, and addressed an eloquent oration to Apafi, every tenth word of which was a title of honour. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z The nobles feasting in the second hall came with their goblets; the marshal wished to make an oration, but could not, for his words were lost in the endless shouts: "Vivat! vivat! vivat!" The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z This allusion to the terrific gambling that went on in the deceased man's house was his funeral oration. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z What he did on those occasions was to turn up his cuffs, stick up his hair, and give us Mark Antony’s oration over the body of Cæsar. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z How often are our prayers more like orations than petitions—more like statements of doctrine than utterances of need! The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z Like other Apologies, this oration contains only indirect references to the Christian Scriptures. Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:31.587Z My father took a free glass; and, inspired wi' the generous liquor, made a speech to me as lang as a funeral oration. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z Mar�chale prepared for himself fifty conjugal orations by the recklessness with which, under the very eyes of madame, he devoted himself to another woman. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z Gar��o was the chief contributor to its proceedings, bearing the name of “Corydon Erimantheo,” and his orations and dissertations, with many of his lyrics, were pronounced and read at its meetings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z He certainly did add "spirit" to the meetings, and "a tone" to the paper; for his orations convulsed his hearers, and his contributions were excellent, being patriotic, classical, comical, or dramatic, but never sentimental. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z The happiest memory scarcely retains long orations after three or four years: how, then, could John with verbal accuracy report the discourses of Jesus after fifty or sixty years! Supernatural Religion, Vol. II. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:31.587Z Between them they composed his address and his first oration. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z However, this is not a Ruskinian oration, But an Ode, And I shall therefore proceed to give you a few tips As to legitimate methods of raising the wind. Outlook Odes 2011-08-16T02:00:47.257Z A rap with the hammer and amid dead silence the president whispered the following oration: just delivered by him at a meeting of the Coal Company Limited, in the hall of the Polytechnic. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z So upon the War in Europe He delivered an oration, Darkly hinting at the problems Calling for elucidation. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916 2011-08-09T02:00:23.527Z He is said to have established the first gymnasium in this country, on foreign models, and was the first to advocate, in 1838, in a Fourth-of-July oration, the right of woman suffrage. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z It is a full hour or more before the orations have all been delivered, and even then small bands rush up into the air still dissatisfied. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The burgomaster felt moved to give expression to his sympathy in some eloquent words, and, having once heard his own mellifluous tones, he passed into an oration in praise of Miriam and her generosity. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z Accepting his Republican Party's nomination for governor of New York in October 1898, Theodore Roosevelt delivered a soaring, chauvinist oration. How we became a nation of warriors 2011-07-31T16:01:00Z The second condition of a successful oration is the statements of the important facts or truths. Increasing Personal Efficiency 2011-07-31T02:00:10.480Z Besides this success, his oration on “The Fear of Death” won the first prize for English composition. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z The solemn service of the dead was chanted, mass was celebrated, and a funeral oration pronounced. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z His conversation was like an oration in miniature. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z When the oration was over, Lowell, who presided, congratulated Mr. Emerson on his success, and Emerson’s first words were, ‘Where’s that saint, Edward Hale?’ McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 2011-07-21T02:00:22.737Z Many an oration has been elegant enough from its choice diction and labored phraseology, yet it has fallen flat upon the audience. Increasing Personal Efficiency 2011-07-31T02:00:10.480Z For her father was urging in solemn oration, 'You need, my young friend, for your fearful probation 'Endurance—true Courage—and strong Veneration! Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z Yet the memoranda consist purely of four or five sentences of two or three words apiece, written on a single sheet of note paper, and no hint of the course of the oration is given. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z The speech had all the characteristics of an oration, historical, compact, and complete—though brief. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z Eager to avert, if possible, the impending conflict of arms between the North and South, Everett 9 prepared an “oration” on George Washington, which he delivered in every part of America. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Imagine it gravely proposed, by the aid of four such conflicting documents, to re-adjust the text of the funeral oration of Pericles, or to re-edit “Hamlet.” The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z I had heard many of his pulpit orations, but I thought this series of lectures the finest thing he had ever done, though perhaps slightly over the heads of his undergraduate auditors. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z But Mr. Morley would not undertake the responsibility of cutting a great oration, and the result was that Mr. Gladstone stole another half hour from time and his physician. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z The town was astonished at the relevance and fire of his orations. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z He delivered the last of his great orations at Gettysburg, after the battle, on the consecration of the national cemetery there. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The orations of Cicero and precious versions of the New Testament have been over-laid and were regarded as lost. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z "To be happy means to be free and to be free means to be brave," Pericles said in his oration for the Athenian war dead. Let the law save whistleblowers, not silence them 2011-07-09T23:04:13Z The patron made a magnificent oration; he drew a superb picture of the moral, intellectual, social, and political merits of Jean Bouchon. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z When mass had been sung, the provost pronounced a short oration. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z He was frequently invited to deliver an “oration” on some topic of historical or other interest. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Hereupon the old coxswain took the opportunity of delivering an oration. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Well, that big leader he up and made a speech—not a oration like our gifted young friend here can make, but a few yaps and growls. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z He made a long oration, of considerable eloquence, but it was all in favour of peace. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z To this house for some years, the Burschenschaft were accustomed to go on the anniversary of Sand's execution, in procession, and there with singing, and probably an oration, paid their respect to his memory. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z With him these “orations,” instead of being the ephemeral entertainments of an hour, became careful studies of some important theme. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Thus ended this funeral oration, and it had such an effect upon the Buccaneer that what little spirits he commenced the day with had completely vanished. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z We like the chivalry with which our author undertakes the defence of any libelled and persecuted animal, and in no instance is he more happy than in his oration in favour of the injured badger. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z I was once asked to attend for a few hours before the time fixed for his oration one of the greatest orators of this country, who was about to talk at a university commencement. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z |
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