Sentences with phrase «work of oratory»

Mr Brown's speech is worth skimming over, for this was not a towering work of oratory.

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On his return to England, Newman was approached by some Catholic parents and asked to found a school, along the lines of the traditional Public Schools but Catholic in character, and the result was the Oratory School, which still continues today and is the subject of Shrimpton's earlier work A Catholic Eton?

But that kind of language works better in campaigns than in governance; eventually, you have to talk about things as they are, not just as you feel they should be, and so it was inevitable that the radiance of his oratory dimmed a little once he took office.

An Oratory priest, Richard Simon (1638 - 1712), with his work Histoire critique du Vieux Testament (1678), began the era of modern criticism.

As part of a project supported by The Leverhulme Trust he has developed the website www.britishpoliticalspeech.org and is working to promote the theory, analysis and improved practice of political speech, oratory and argument in the UK.

I've got a lot of work to do on my oratory, but for me it's about getting the message across that there's a group of guys, my generation, there's a warrior generation out there that we have put through 15 years of conflict and we now have a duty to look after.»

The legend thus combines features characteristic of traditional folk - literature with others derived ultimately from the Bible and the panegyric oratory of the later Roman Empire, as mediated by the pattern works of Christian hagiography, Athanasius» Life of Antony (before 373) and Sulpicius Severus» Life of Martin.

Starting at The Oratory, which hosts works by several Biennial artists as part of the Ancient Greece episode, the tour will continue onto Derby Square for Lawrence Abu Hamdan's new public time piece, Sahej Rahal's «fossilised» sculpture at Exchange Flags, and Betty Woodman's large - scale fountain at George's Dock Ventilation Tower plaza.

As a piece of political oratory, the short, upbeat speech that ex-Republican former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist delivered at the Democratic Convention Thursday worked pretty well.

to work as a medical front office executive in a medical centre wherein I would be able to use my knowledge of the medical field as well as my exceptional oratory skills and interpersonal skills in the right manner.