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Search phrase: oratory

Plays

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Henry VI Part 11H6 II.ii.49Could not prevail with all their oratory,Could not preuayle with all their Oratorie,
King Edward IIIE3 I.ii.140That more persuades than winning oratory?That more perswads then winning Oratorie.
Richard IIIR3 III.i.37My Lord of Buckingham, if my weak oratoryMy Lord of Buckingham, if my weake Oratorie
Richard IIIR3 III.vii.20And when mine oratory drew toward endAnd when my Oratorie drew toward end,
Titus AndronicusTit V.iii.89But floods of tears will drown my oratoryBut floods of teares will drowne my Oratorie,

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.564 Which to her oratory adds more grace. Which to her Oratorie addes more grace.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.815 The orator to deck his oratory The Orator to decke his oratorie,

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oratoryeloquence, persuasiveness
rhetoricoratory, flowery language

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oratoryrhetoric

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