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... effect . For example , Webster's Argument in the Dartmouth College Case was designed . to secure a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that certain acts of the Legislature of New Hampshire were " unconstitutional and ...
... effect . For example , Webster's Argument in the Dartmouth College Case was designed . to secure a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that certain acts of the Legislature of New Hampshire were " unconstitutional and ...
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... effect , it ceases to be an oration , and becomes an essay1 or some other form of discourse . The delivery is oral ; but this is an accident , not an essential attribute , of the oration . An essay or a poem does not become an oration ...
... effect , it ceases to be an oration , and becomes an essay1 or some other form of discourse . The delivery is oral ; but this is an accident , not an essential attribute , of the oration . An essay or a poem does not become an oration ...
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... effect must be secured , not by a mere exhibition of the facts or truths , but by placing these truths or facts in such a per- sonal relation to the hearer , that they will exert an influence upon him . 51. Akin to the Oration is the ...
... effect must be secured , not by a mere exhibition of the facts or truths , but by placing these truths or facts in such a per- sonal relation to the hearer , that they will exert an influence upon him . 51. Akin to the Oration is the ...
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... effect . Sailors have contempt for a landlubber's preaching . But Boatswain Smith takes them on a true tack . " - W . B. Hodgson , in a letter , an . 1843 . dialect . . . But his hearers , backwoodsmen though ITS IMPORTANCE . 53.
... effect . Sailors have contempt for a landlubber's preaching . But Boatswain Smith takes them on a true tack . " - W . B. Hodgson , in a letter , an . 1843 . dialect . . . But his hearers , backwoodsmen though ITS IMPORTANCE . 53.
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... effect upon the body , but must talk of habits of cleanliness and daily ablutions are sad examples ; for they are " sinners above all the Galileans , " their place among highly culti- vated men demanding better things of them . " Her ...
... effect upon the body , but must talk of habits of cleanliness and daily ablutions are sad examples ; for they are " sinners above all the Galileans , " their place among highly culti- vated men demanding better things of them . " Her ...
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