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  • [Footnote 2: In modern books this pulpit is sometimes called the Rostrum, using the word in the singular.] [Sidenote: Caesar's oration on his wife.] [Sidenote: Alarm of the patricians.]

    History of Julius Caesar Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879 1904

  • Accolades include recognition by the International Rostrum of Composers in Dublin (2008), Icelandic Music Awards for Best Composer and Best Composition (2009), and a Nordic Council Music Prize nomination (2010).

    Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 189-Rewind Phil Ramone 2011

  • The needle of the Peter and Paul Fortress is glinting in the first rays of the sun, which is rising one hour past midnight, as usual, a copper disk making the brick-colored Rostrum Columns glow in the hues of pale rose.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • The needle of the Peter and Paul Fortress is glinting in the first rays of the sun, which is rising one hour past midnight, as usual, a copper disk making the brick-colored Rostrum Columns glow in the hues of pale rose.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • Somehow without the threat of gallows, Middle Schools all over America will burn...thus George mounts the Rostrum at the Heritage Foundation to scream for blood and power!

    The Chimes at Midnight 2005

  • He had seen this man many times, at public functions, on the Rostrum, in the law courts.

    Wagers of Sin Asprin, Robert 1996

  • Rostrum, tis a heavy unelegant, verbose performance and did not strike my fancy at all.

    Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 16 - 18 March 1776 1963

  • This afternoon, the four Battallions of the Militia were together, and Mr. Dickinson mounted the Rostrum to harrangue them, which he did with great Vehemence and

    Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 13 February 1776 1963

  • But should the former have begun his whining sing-song, after the manner of the Asiatics, who would have endured it? or rather, who would not have ordered him to be instantly torn from the Rostrum?

    Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • But in the harangue from the Rostrum he missed the mark by aiming too high.

    The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810

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