Who was it that delivered those long and noble orations to the people, that read to you the decrees of Miltiades and Themistocles, and the oath of the young soldiers[n] in the temple of Aglaurus?
The Three Olynthiacs rank high among the Orations of Demosthenes.
Footnote: The orations of Cicero against Verres are based upon information which the orator gathered by personally examining witnesses at the scenes of the rascality he unveiled.
They are as far superior to the endless number of orations and speeches which are delivered throughout the country as the works of a polished, talented and accomplished author surpass the ephemeral productions of a day.
In one respect these orations surpass almost all others, namely, in the elevation of sentiment, the high and lofty moral tone and grandeur of thought which they possess.
Collections of American orations have been numerous and useful, but the copiousness of the material has always proved a source of embarrassment.
Very many of the orations selected have been condensed by the omission of portions which had no relevancy to the purpose in hand, or were of only a temporary interest and importance.
In such a division, it has been found necessary to include, in a few cases, orations which have not been strictly within the time limits of the topic, but have had a close logical connection with it.
It has not seemed necessary to include other examples of the orations called forth by the temporary political issues of the time.
Even out of the twenty-one orations of Isokrates which we possess, the last five are composed to be spoken by pleaders before the dikastery.
Sokrates then compares the oration of Lysias with his own two orations (the first depreciating, the second extolling, Eros) in the point of view of art; to see how far they are artistically constructed.
With these accomplishments John of Damascus entered the lists in due course, and composed three immortal orations in favour of image worship, in which all the learning of the world was brought to bear upon that delicate subject.
At twenty-nine he made his first great discovery, at Liège, in the form of two previously unknown orations of Cicero.
Elocution was also given much importance in the upper classes as preparation for the ministry, two original orations being required each month.
The emperor Julian was the author both of orations and of satirical pieces.
Demosthenes excels all other masters of Greek prose not only in power but in variety; his political speeches, his orations in public or private causes, show his consummate and versatile command over all the resources of the language.
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.
Select Orationsof Cicero, translated into English; with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory.
He joined them in their sports, and wrote and read orations to them as though he was their ruler.
If I could not fight, I could speak, and I delivered orations all over my native state, and was in some demand in Boston.
Did you have leisure for study and time to hear orations when you were beginning life?
He delivered the last of his great orations at Gettysburg, after the battle, on the consecration of the national cemetery there.
The orations of Isaeus were exclusively judicial, and the whole of the eleven which have come down to us turn on the subject of inheritances.
There were ten Attic orators, whose works were collected by the Greek grammarians, and many of whose orations have come down to us.
It was at this juncture that Demosthenes stepped forwards as the proclaimed opponent of Philip, and delivered the first of those celebrated orations which from their subject have been called "the Philippics.
His poems and orations were published after his death.
Patrick Henry has fared better, many of hisorations being preserved in substance, if not in the letter, in Wirt's biography.
It is doubtful whether his classical orations on Washington, the Republic, Bunker Hill Monument, and kindred themes, have enough of the breath of life in them to preserve them much longer in recollection.
He excuses himself in one of his orations for this strange taste, as it would seem to the indolent and luxurious Roman nobles with whom he was so unequally yoked.
Viewed in this light, the history of Thucydides, the letters and orations of Cicero, are not ancient at all.
Brooklyn Bridge, Orations at opening, by Hewitt and Dr.
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