Sentences with phrase «famous orator»
Imperium is narrated by the elderly Tiro (103 - 4 BC) formerly slave / secretary to the famous orator, statesman and political theorist Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 - 43 BC)- an inspired touch as not only did Tiro exist, he was also the inventor of shorthand, a system he invented (or at least refined) in order to record Cicero's speeches verbatim, and there is evidence that he did actually write a biography of Cicero (which was sadly lost sometime in the Middle Ages).
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Later, however, he came to be the famous orator's devoted friend, and his explanation of the change was brief and simple: whenever a man did Beecher an ill turn, Beecher was not happy until he had done the offender a good turn.
Hearing the story of the conversion of the famous orator Simplicianus, Augustine was on fire to be like him.»
As all know, the featured speaker of the day was Edward Everett, the most famous orator of the time, a spellbinder who took two hours to say the many things appropriate to say upon the dedication of a military cemetery.
The underlying principles that shaped the written documents (Declaration, Constitution) were derived from Cicero born 106 B.C., the most famous orator in Rome's history.
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On Oct. 3, at a university in Denver, a man famous for his luxurious hair and wooden personality destroyed one of the great orators of our time in a one - on - one debate.
Now, at only 34, he was America's most famous abolitionist orator.
The defense featured the famous attorney Clarence Darrow, and the prosecution starred the celebrated orator, populist, and three - time Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan.
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous «I Have a Dream» speech and established his reputation as one of the greatest orators in American history.