The Household Book of Irish Eloquence
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Excerpt from The Household Book of Irish Eloquence: Containing the Select Speeches of Daniel O´connell, Richard Lalor Sheil, John Philpot Curran, Henry Grattan, Edmund Burke, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Charles Phillips, Robert Emmet, Whiteside, Meagher, McGee It is a singular fact, that, by the admission of English critics, our language is indebted for its first great examples of eloquence to that island which has so long been oppressed - unhappy Ireland. England could boast of men of great learning, genius, and power; could enumerate some great names, who won distinction in the pulpit, at the bar, or in the legislative hall, by discourses full of learning and classic purity, animated at times by a kind of severe eloquence; but, as England lucked large popular assemblies, as appeals were never made, or, if made, would be lost, where imagination, fancy and vivacity quickened them, where the orator aimed not only to convince the mind, but to sway the feelings, true eloquence was almost unknown. Burke, nurtured in the sister isle, full of the rich imagination of the Celtic race, clothing his periods in words of rich and melodious harmony, appealing to every sympathy, every noble instinct and sentiment, gave the first example of tine English eloquence. The struggles of Ireland had called forth a race of speakers, full of classic culture, with ardent imagination, sensitive feeling, tenderness, warmth, and passion, which, devoted to the cause of liberty, made their words stir every fibre of the heart, enlist the affections, arouse the slothful, cheer the diffident, and unite all in the path in which the orator led the way. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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