declamations

Tradition might long preserve some curious circumstances of these important transactions.] 27 A traveller, who returned from Rheims to Auvergne, had stolen a copy of his declamations from the secretary or bookseller of the modest archbishop, (Sidonius

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

All Connecticut boys knew it by heart, and it had an established place among the 'declamations' of school exhibitions.

The Defence of Stonington (Connecticut) Against a British Squadron, August 9th to 12th, 1814 1859

There are small-scale posters as well as full-scale billboards, personal self-reflections as well as declamations of social alienation.

This week's new exhibitions 2011

His declamations of Hollywood and the New York Times feel like regurgitations from just about every other hard-line conservative crank.

Rabid Reads: "Secular Sabotage" by Bill Donohue 2010

What made him so compelling in the aftermath of the French Revolution was his choice of emotionally charged scenarios, his muscular treatment of the orchestra, and his dramatic vocal declamations.

Rodney Punt: Medea Takes Revenge in an Abandoned Warehouse Rodney Punt 2011

Some of them, such as Anna Tambour's "The Shoe in SHOES 'Window" and Catherynne M. Valente's "A Dirge for Prester John" are essentially unreadable, full of pretentious declamations substituting for narrative: "Truly, where chaos reigns, even at night, nonsense and evasion shine where people look for straightforwardness, but where they look for inspiration, something beyond the realm of daily existence, they are then shown only things, and who can feed his soul with that?"

Experimental Fiction 2010

His declamations of Hollywood and the New York Times feel like regurgitations from just about every other hard-line conservative crank.

Archive 2010-04-01 2010

The exploration of grief also draws from Attic tragedy, with its naked emotionality and poetic declamations: "You must also learn to accept that death is the most sophisticated form of beauty," Mr. Van Booy writes from the oracular second-person point of view used to narrate this half of the novel.

In Brief: Fiction Sam Sacks 2011

Debating with you requires a rewriting of entire textbooks just to cut through your irrational declamations.

Credit Bush for Recovery?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Whatever the Prince's theological interpretations, what mainly caught our attention were his declamations against the West, going back a few centuries.

Royal Environmental Chic 2010