During the dinner speeches were made in honor of the day, of Norway, of Nansen and Johansen, etc.
Then he made a few speeches from Tory Democratic platforms and people said he was a born orator, and born orators, by perversion of thought, are supposed to be born statesmen as well.
If you had told me that you had repeated my unjust speeches I should have asked you to take some apology, to say that I am quite willing to acknowledge my own--unreasonableness.
His published speeches are in the same spirit of regret, and of affection for the Union.
These speeches and sentiments do not savor of stirring up strife--of leading the South into rebellion "so that I may be king, and thou my standard bearer.
In the North the bitterness and unreason of limited groups of anti-slavery people excited the anger of men who saw in their ways and speeches continual sources of irritation, which made all compromise difficult.
Have you read any of the speeches of a man named Lincoln in Illinois?
Sir, we may be driven to more practical arguments by the scurrilous speeches of the abolitionists.
Not only did they refuse further financial aid, but criticized Susan roundly because in her speeches she emphasized woman suffrage rather than the virtues of the Republican party.
Victoria, however, did not prove to be the leading light of this convention, although she made one of her stirring fiery speeches calling upon her audience to form an Equal Rights party and nominate her for President of the United States.
The men liked her short matter-of-fact speeches and her flashes of wit.
She stayed on in Chicago for much of the summer and fall, for she was in demand as a speaker at several of the world congresses and had five speeches to read for Mrs. Stanton, who felt unable to brave the heat and the crowds.
She had heard him "make speeches on woman's suffrage that could be equalled only by John B.
This booklet also included the speeches of Susan B.
Not only did she chafe at the red tape most of them spun, but she often felt that they were too prone to linger in academic by-ways, listening to speeches and holding pleasant conventions.
The Republicans financed a paper, Woman's Campaign, edited by Helen Barnard, which published some of Susan's speeches and which Susan for a time hoped to convert into a woman suffrage paper.
I have fully determined to retire from the active presidency of the Association," she announced when the reports and speeches were over.
I never went to see them, but I had some bitter speeches to bear on my return.
Several other speeches were made, some to the same effect, and others applauding his resolve.
These speechesare usually delivered with great animation, and contain much poetic allusion to the objects of nature that surround the homes of the savage.
In the debate that followed, the most notable speeches were made by Cobden and Macaulay, who advocated complete free trade.
As a result of the speeches in opposition to Jefferson's and Madison's embargo policy against England, Daniel Webster was elected by the Federalists of New Hampshire to represent them in the Thirteenth Congress.
Still the influence of contemporaneous events in Europe was strong enough to frighten Parliament into passing an act which made the utterance of seditious speeches a felony.
Both Cobden and Bright madespeeches against the corn laws.
The "Spectator" computed the number of speeches which were delivered in committee between the middle and end of July at more than two hundred.
Sidenote: Chartist agitation] On behalf of the Chartists large public meetings were organized in London and in all parts of England at which violent speeches were made.
Since the days when Samuel Johnson reported speeches without having heard them things had changed.
The speeches which appeared in the paper were thus really Johnson's, and had very little resemblance to what had been said in the House.
O'Connell and John Russell made better speeches than Peel and Follett, and the latter seemed to be oppressed by a consciousness of the narrow, vindictive, and merely party, if not personal grounds on which the question was raised.
Brougham's harangues in the House of Lords have not done them half the mischief that Peel's speeches have done them in the House of Commons, because Peel has a vast moral weight and Brougham has none.
Out of Brougham's flaming speeches on Anti-slavery a tempest has arisen, which threatens the West Indians with sudden and unforeseen ruin in the shape of immediate emancipation.
The debates have elicited some admirable speeches on both sides, of which Peel's three nights ago, when he explained the law better than the lawyers could, has been the most remarkable.
The best speeches were Sir George Grey's on one side, and Peel's on the other.
Colstoun had wound up one of his speeches with some expression of their duty to their client.
Several longspeeches stated to have been uttered by her to Henry when he sought her illicit love are given in the Sloane MSS.
It could safely be said that half the stories told in campaign speeches are not instances in point at all, but are told only to amuse and deceive.
At Sparta a cenotaph was erected in his memory near the tombs of Pausanias and Leonidas, and yearly speeches were made and games celebrated in their honour, in which only Spartiates could compete (Paus.
For his other writings andspeeches see Din Scrierile si cuvintarile lui I.
In our speeches and orations, much, and sometimes more than is politically necessary, is said about personal liberty, which negro auditors know not how to apply except by running the parallel with their own condition.
Marlowe did not frequent the best society; HE was no courtier, but there is the high courtly style in the speeches of the great and noble in Edward II.
The speeches of Agamemnon and Nestor are dignified; indeed the poet treats Agamemnon much more kindly than Homer is wont to do.
How is it that I have shown myself to be so vain as to make speeches about my singing when I meant to talk to you of yourself?
Both the English and the dialect used help make the characters live, so the speeches have been written in the way in which these men and women would talk.
All you will need to do is to remember that you are taking the part of a radio actor, that you are to read your speeches very distinctly, and that by your voice you will make your audience understand how you feel.
The punctuation helps, too, to make the speeches sound like real conversation; for example, you will find that a dash is often used to show that a character is talking very excitedly.
Such speeches were the coin in which I paid my way among this credulous race.
He became a successful platform speaker, and his speeches were full of a humour which always told at public meetings.
He attributes the above two speeches to Moravian "teachers.
For example, the speeches at the end of the book of Job, ascribed there to God, are of such a nature that they cannot possibly have proceeded from the Holy Ghost.
The early years of Demosthenes's manhood were spent in preparing speechesfor sale, in instructing pupils in rhetoric, and in the severe and painstaking education of himself as a public speaker.
Of these the most famous, and perhaps the finest, are his speechesagainst Verres and against Catiline.
His bitter enemy, Clodius, now tribune, pressed the charge against him in inflammatory speechesspecially addressed to the lowest class of citizens, and Cicero in despair left Rome in 58 B.
Demosthenes's first speecheswere harsh and obscure.
There was said to be greater spirit and boldness in his impromptu speeches than in those which he had elaborately prepared.
But the anchorite, having heard the speeches of the king and his courtiers, thought to himself, “They have done this for the purpose of taking away the fruits of my penance.
The father hearing these speeches began to reflect, ‘It is said that excess in anything is not good.
He was a tall, grave man, and he spoke with dignity, as if he were accustomed to making public speeches on solemn occasions.
They proposed to march through the village street in procession, with a band playing tunes in front of them, and then to listen to speeches made by eminent men in a field.
This would require some time; but the demonstrators had a long day before them, and if the speeches were cut a little short no one would be any the worse.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "speeches" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
