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Orators of the American Revolution / By E.L. Magoon.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Forrest Collection E206 .M18 1848
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Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Genre:
  • Biographies.
Penn Provenance:
  • Forrest, Edwin, Estate of (donor)
Physical Description:
xv pages, 17 unnumbered pages-456 pages : frontispiece, portraits ; 19 cm
Edition:
Third edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Baker and Scribner, 1848.
Contents:
  • The battle-fields of early American eloquence.
  • James Otis, orator of intrepid passion.
  • Samuel Adams, last of the Puritans.
  • Josiah Quincy, orator of refined enthusiasm.
  • John Hancock, dignified cavalier of liberty.
  • Joseph Warren, type of our martial eloquence.
  • John Adams, orator of blended enthusiasm and sobriety.
  • Patriotic piety of '76.
  • Patrick Henry, the incarnation of revolutionary zeal.
  • Richard Henry Lee, the polished statesman.
  • Alexander Hamilton, the master of political sagacity.
  • Fisher Ames, orator of genius and elaborate beauty.
  • William Pinkney, the accomplished counsellor.
  • William Wirt, the elegant advocate.
  • Thomas Addis Emmet, the orator of deep feeling.
  • John Randolph, the impersonation of sarcasm.
OCLC:
1533886

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