What is formal discourse in public; oration; harangue. The constant design of these orators, in all their speeches, was to drive some one particular point. Swift called?
speech — formal discourse in public; oration; harangue. The constant design of these orators, in all their speeches, was to drive some one particular point. Swift. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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