The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 8F. P. Kaiser, 1899 - 4107 pages The text of thousands of speeches from all historical periods through the 19th century arranged in alphabetical order. |
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Page 2852
... in this country , by the persuasion of Pericles , and he continued in it thirty years , without ever appearing before you as plaintiff or defendant . His behavior was so moderate and inoffensive that it prevented him 2852 LYSIAS.
... in this country , by the persuasion of Pericles , and he continued in it thirty years , without ever appearing before you as plaintiff or defendant . His behavior was so moderate and inoffensive that it prevented him 2852 LYSIAS.
Page 2855
... lament the public's calamities and my own . My brother , guiltless of any injury , public or private , fell a sacrifice to the cruel avarice of Eratosthenes . And let him now appear that I may interrogate him ; for though with LYSIAS 2855.
... lament the public's calamities and my own . My brother , guiltless of any injury , public or private , fell a sacrifice to the cruel avarice of Eratosthenes . And let him now appear that I may interrogate him ; for though with LYSIAS 2855.
Page 2856
... appear that I may interrogate him ; for though with a view to his safety it would be impious even to name him to another , I shall feel no horror in speaking to him , in order to promote his destruction . Step up , then , and answer the ...
... appear that I may interrogate him ; for though with a view to his safety it would be impious even to name him to another , I shall feel no horror in speaking to him , in order to promote his destruction . Step up , then , and answer the ...
Page 2858
... appear if you , who punished with death the sea commanders in the engagement because they were unable to draw up dead bodies from the bottom of a tem- pestuous sea , saying that it was necessary to sacrifice the living to the virtues of ...
... appear if you , who punished with death the sea commanders in the engagement because they were unable to draw up dead bodies from the bottom of a tem- pestuous sea , saying that it was necessary to sacrifice the living to the virtues of ...
Page 2860
... appear that he had no occasion to dread the resentment of his associates , and that his influence among them was so great that he could oppose them all without danger to himself , it must be evident that he concurred in every design ...
... appear that he had no occasion to dread the resentment of his associates , and that his influence among them was so great that he could oppose them all without danger to himself , it must be evident that he concurred in every design ...
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Page 3235 - Not as the conqueror comes They, the true-hearted, came ; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame. Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear ; — They shook the depths of the desert gloom, With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Page 3139 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.
Page 3015 - Lords and commons of England ! consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit ; acute to invent, subtile and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Page 3013 - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
Page 3150 - But, at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated my mind as I first approached and entered the eternal city. After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Csesar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed before I could descend to a cool and minute investigation.
Page 3033 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Page 3016 - Why else was this nation chosen before any other, that out of her as out of Sion should be proclaimed and sounded forth the first tidings and trumpet of reformation to all Europe ? And had it not been the obstinate perverseness of our prelates against the divine and admirable spirit of...
Page 3019 - ... methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.
Page 3092 - Lord, dost thou not care that my sister did leave me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. But the Lord answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about many things : but one thing is needful : for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Page 3013 - Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies, Who built him fanes of fruitless prayer, Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation's final law Tho...