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Sentences starting with speech

Speech at Concord.--Publication of "English Traits. [6]
Speech was beyond him, and he crushed the paper as fiercely as he would have liked to have crushed Cynthia, had she been in his hands. [9]
Speech was forbidden here, and their steps fell noiseless on the thick, heavy mats. [10]
Speech was difficult. [10]

Sentences ending with speech

Put it in your speech. [5]
At first the young man was awed by the presence of the grizzled gentleman, and he struggled with his language to bring it up to the classic level of the old meteorologist's speech. [11]
It may be written down in the great speech. [7]
The President, the worthy rector, was good at plain sailing in the track of the common moralities and proprieties, but was liable to get muddled if anything came up requiring swift decision and off-hand speech. [6]
After he had worked at the Rathhaus long after hours, he would go home alone, and no one sought him out to pass an hour in his company, for everyone feared the rough and brutal frankness of his speech. [10]
To facilitate the work of the reporter he loaned him a typewritten copy of the speech. [5]
He deals unfairly with me, and tries to make the people of this State believe that I advocated dangerous doctrines in my Springfield speech. [7]
We do not wish to be understood to be an enemy of the light traffic of human speech. [4]
Some day there will be a chairman who will forget some of these merits of mine, and then he will make a speech. [5]
I now perceive why all men are the deadly and uncompromising enemies of the rattlesnake: it is merely because the rattlesnake has not speech. [5]

Short sentences using speech

His opening speech was perfect. [5]
And speech became very difficult. [9]
He began his twelve-hour speech. [5]
He could understand this speech. [11]
Loud cheers followed this speech. [10]
That speech in the Commons? [11]
He made a speech. [5]
It's my natural speech. [11]
Till then avoid speech. [10]
Devil of a speech that! [11]

Sentences containing speech two or more times

An incomparable speech was that, an impromptu speech, and--an impromptu speech is a seldom thing, and he did it so well. [5]
His second speech was made at Bloomington, in which he commented upon my speech at Chicago and said that I had used language ingeniously contrived to conceal my intentions, or words to that effect. [7]
Of course there was brought within the scope in that half-hour's speech something of his own opening speech. [7]
I should like to describe John Paul as he made that speech, --for 'twas not so much the speech as the atmosphere of it. [9]
And yet, with the exception of my own little speech, which was published in two only of the then five, now four, Whig papers, I do not remember having seen a single speech, or even extract from one, in any single one of those papers. [7]
He was so set up that he concluded to make a speech --of course a humorous speech. [5]
I wish to say at the beginning that I will hand to the reporters that portion of Judge Trumbull's Alton speech which was devoted to this matter, and also that portion of Judge Douglas's speech made at Jacksonville in answer to it. [7]
The cries, if possible, were still louder and more persistent; they must have a speech and they would have a speech, and what could I do about it? [6]
He brings forward part of a speech from Henry Clay,--the part of the speech of Henry Clay which I used to bring forward to prove precisely the contrary. [7]
When a great orator makes a great speech you are listening to ten centuries and ten thousand men--but we call it his speech, and really some exceedingly small portion of it is his. [5]

More example sentences with the word speech in them

Thank you for yours on my little notification speech and on the recent inaugural address. [7]
Before it reaches you, you will have seen and read my pamphlet speech, and perhaps been scared anew by it. [7]
But my sakes, you should have heard Ingersoll's speech on that table! [5]
If pride within you secretly abides That, forced by the elixir's charm, The Sooth You needs must speak--be wholly pure in thought, Despising not the teachings wise, of old; When Truth with equal earnestness was sought If speech be silver, silence then is gold! [10]
I still owe you my after-dinner speech, but you must let me off, for I can't speak your language fluently. [10]
That letter you wrote, that speech you made at the Chamber of Commerce dinner--" She watched him, dreading what his answer might be. [11]
I have neither written nor made a speech on that subject, because that was their business, not mine, and if I had a wish on the subject, I had not the power to introduce it, or make it effective. [7]
The orator had written his speech all out, and had it in his hand, though he held it back of him out of sight. [5]
I can now write in perfect security to the Emperor that all will be ready for him in Lochias, and as a farewell speech, I can only say, it is folly to be discouraged if only Pontius is at hand to support and assist me. [10]
Then Mr. Carvel would make them a little speech of thanks and of good-will, and white-haired Johnson of the senior quarters, who had been with my great-grandfather, would start the carol in a quaver. [9]
Years ago he would have made a speech at it! [11]
She was miserably worn and tired, by the long day's struggle and by illness, or she must have noticed the effect of that speech and divined the reason of it. [5]
It is hard work to make a speech when you have listened to compliments from the powers in authority. [5]
It make de words, make de thoughts, make de fine speech like de Cure, make de gran' poetry--oh, yes! [11]
But not a word of the sovereign had escaped her, and, though she still lacked the power of speech, she found courage to smile and shake her head in denial. [10]
The scornful laugh, with which she had triumphantly ended her speech, had opened as it were a wide abyss between his mind and hers. [10]
He seized it with the same rapid impatience which had characterised his speech, and hastily made his way to the other side of the screen. [12]
She spoke English with no perceptible accent, as she spoke Spanish, Italian, French, Hungarian and Greek; and there was nothing in her speech marking her as different from the ordinary Western woman. [11]
Hunger was not with him, nor composure, nor speech, and when he twisted in frequent unquiet movements the heavy guns that he had not removed knocked against the table-legs. [13]
Austen suddenly remembered, with an irresistible smile, that one of the reasons which he had assigned for his visit to the capital was to hear this very speech, to see how Mr. Crewe would carry off what appeared to be a somewhat difficult situation. [9]
We do not wish to attach too much importance to this movement, but rather to suggest to a continent yearning for culture in letters and in speech whether it may not be carried too far. [4]
Before long you will see this curious thing: the speakers stoned from the platform, and free speech strangled by hordes of furious men who in their secret hearts are still at one with those stoned speakers--as earlier --but do not dare to say so. [5]
If any one will read my speech, he will find I mentioned that as one of the points decided in the course of the Supreme Court opinions, but I did not state what objection I had to it. [7]
Any one who will read his speech of the 22d of last March will see that he there makes an open confession, showing that he set about fixing the institution upon an altogether different set of principles. [7]
A cynical philosopher, who proclaimed his sect by his ragged garment, unkempt hair, and rough mode of speech, declared that Caesar had a senator to guide his chariot because he had long since succeeded in turning the senate-house into a stable. [10]
When a man who has been bred to free thought and free speech suddenly finds himself stepping about, like a dancer amidst his eggs, among the old addled majority-votes which he must not tread upon, he is a spectacle for men and angels. [6]
The wailing widow, who called on him to return with "the silent speech of tears," was that queen of the idolater's devils whose shameful worship her father had often spoke of with horror. [10]
Each wore a white apron, and each made a short speech. [5]
In this speech, which was reported to me--for it did not get into the newspapers--I was the particular object of his attack. [9]
The things for which her mother had striven she took for granted, and thought of them not at all, and she had by nature that simplicity and astonishing frankness of manner and speech which was once believed to be an exclusive privilege of duchesses. [9]
Nobody knew afterward whether the great speech that he had so gaily planned ever came to a natural end or not. [5]
And I marvelled where the Swabian, who was so slow of speech, found the words for retort and answer, till at length it was too much for him and he laid his hand on his hanger as a second and a sharper tongue. [10]
It was as when a bell is rung in a vacuum,--no words came from them,--only a faint gasping sound, an effort at speech. [6]
He knew that what he read was the true interpretation of her speech, for in some manner--he guessed not how--she had begun to idealize him, to feel that the touch of these things defiled him. [9]
These verbal battles were one of the greatest pleasures of the Alexandrians, and they greeted every clever turn of speech with shouts of applause, every word which displeased them with groans, hisses, and cat-calls. [10]
But his ways were gentle, and his speech was soft and persuasive. [5]
They marvelled and were awed, for never in all his days had such speech broken from this man. [9]
As I never went prepared with a speech for any such occasion, I take it for granted that I thanked the company in a way that showed my gratitude rather than my eloquence. [6]
And Lockhart, next week, was coming to Hampton to make a great speech and look over the ground for himself. [9]
On that point we therefore content ourselves with giving the following extracts from the writings of Mr. Jefferson, General Jackson, and the speech of Mr. Calhoun: "To be independent for the comforts of life, we must fabricate them ourselves. [7]
In the same way, that other realist, M. Zola, has painted a patient suffering from delirium tremens, the disease known to common speech as "the horrors. [6]
No rain will wash a single one of them away, and I hope it won't efface the least word of my speech either. [10]
The Reverend Doctor was very far from taking offence at the old physician's freedom of speech. [6]
Yet, when one was used to him and to them, their potency seemed greater than polished speech and ordinary phrase. [11]
As the voice was used more and more, the vocal organs would have been strengthened and perfected through the principle of the inherited effects of use; and this would have reacted on the power of speech. [1]
But her self-command was unshaken, her power to control speech was the equal of his. [9]
Mark Twain, who was to make such a blighting speech at the mass-meeting of the Independents last night, didn't come to time! [5]
Not only Carnac was stirred by the question, for Barouche, who had listened to his foe's speech with admiring anxiety, was startled. [11]
The young wife was seized in the street with her attendant and thrown into prison; on the rack she entirely lost the power of speech. [10]
In it speech was restricted to absolute truth, iron-bound truth, implacable and uncompromising truth, let the resulting consequences be what they might. [5]
Only Count Rostov was pleased with them as he had been pleased with those of the naval officer, the senator, and in general with whatever speech he had last heard. [2]
Cleopatra noticed what was passing in her brother's mind, and in order to interrupt his further speech and to divert his mind to fresh thoughts, she said cheerfully: "Let us then give up the procession, and think of some other mode of celebrating your birthday. [10]
Perhaps, where speech was not given, a gift of divination entered into her instead, and she valued what others found useless, and held aloof from what others found good. [11]
He felt there was more awry in his life than he cared to put into thought or speech. [11]
Mr. Babbs's speech was like a thousand others by the same kind of man. [11]
Just as I was leaving here I got a telegram from London asking for the speech for a New York paper. [5]
Anna Pavlovna's alarm was justified, for Pierre turned away from the aunt without waiting to hear her speech about Her Majesty's health. [2]
When once Caracalla was gone--and it was to be hoped that he would not stay long--no one would ever think again of any biting speech made before his arrival. [10]
Last week I was going down with the family to Budapest to lecture, and to make a speech at a banquet. [5]
Shon's bubbling sarcasm was full-stopped by the beneficent savour that, rising now from the hands of the four, silenced all irrelevant speech. [11]
His daily speech was full of such things. [5]
When the dessert was finally eaten, and after sunset, in the brilliant light of the lamps and candles, greater attention was paid to the mixing vessels, all remained silent to listen to his fervid speech. [10]
Nay, and I was fain to go to churches and chapels, inasmuch as I was secure there from the speech of man. [10]
But since he was denied speech, he scorned the inarticulate mouthings of the lower animals. [4]
The original speech was delivered at a dinner given by the publishers of The Atlantic Monthly in honor of the seventieth anniversary o f the birth of John Greenleaf Whittier, at the Hotel Brunswick, Boston, December 17, 1877. [5]
If the age was coarse in speech or specially affected in manner, the books followed the lead given by the demand; but, coarse or affected, they had the quality of art demanded by the best existing cultivation. [4]
Beneath his speech was an undercurrent--or undertow, perhaps--carrying her swiftly, easily, helpless into the deep waters of intimacy. [9]
He poured out volumes of speech to match, and contorted his body and sawed the air with his hands in a most extraordinary way. [5]
This is the view I entertain, and this is the reason why I entertained it, as Judge Douglas has read from my Springfield speech. [7]
The speech, not very well reported, appears in the State journal of this morning. [7]
It had been very carefully prepared, that speech, and was a model of proposals for the rising young men of all time. [9]
Mr. Redbrook's speech, vehement and honest, helps a little; people listen to an honest and forceful man, however he may lack technical knowledge, but the majority of the replies are mere incoherent denunciations of the Northeastern Railroads. [9]
His Majesty usually uttered exactly the opposite of his real opinions, and therefore, in the outline of his abdication speech, he twice emphasized how great a debt of gratitude Don Philip owed him for the Heritage which while still alive he bequeathed to him. [10]
I, too, can use figures of speech. [10]
Again Pierre worked upon him adroitly, and again he became loud in speech, and grandly patronising. [11]
Artemus dropped an unimportant remark or two, and then assumed a look of superhuman earnestness, and made the following astounding speech. [5]
I do not understand the flowers of speech, and desire plain language. [10]
We were almost under the monstrous wall of water thundering down from above, and speech was in vain in the midst of such a pitiless crash of sound. [5]
Judge Douglas made two points upon my recent speech at Springfield. [7]
Perhaps by taking two parts of the same speech he could have got up as much of a conflict as the one he has found. [7]
The big river-driver turned on the grizzled old man beside the bar- counter with bent shoulders and lazy, drawling speech. [11]
Its parodies of Tudor speech lapse sometimes into a callow satisfaction in that idiom--Mark hugely enjoys his nathlesses and beshrews and marrys. [5]
When, after varied troubles hereafter set down, he went back to Jersey, he made a speech before the Royal Court, in which he told what chanced while Elizabeth was at chapel. [11]
Up in the tower Dicky had listened intently, and as the speech proceeded his features contracted; once he gripped the arm of Renshaw. [11]
The slow, stammering tongue of an almost silent existence had found the fulness of speech. [11]
Then my freed tongue found blessed speech again, and the pent talk of many a weary hour began to gush and flow. [5]
It was telegraphed to Washington City, and published in the Union, that he was framing his plan for the purpose of going to Illinois to pounce upon and annihilate the treasonable and disunion speech which Lincoln had made here on the 16th of June. [7]
I have come to the hill Difficulty, Sir, and am fighting my way up.--His speech was laborious and interrupted. [6]
So I tried to stop you, Buck--" Life was going fast, and speech failed him; but he opened his eyes again and whispered, "I didn't want to die, Buck. [11]
I don't want to speak too slightingly of these verbal critics;--how can I, who am so fond of talking about errors and vulgarisms of speech? [6]
It was splendid to see; and everybody said he had never come up to that speech in his life before, and never could do it again. [5]
But he forgets to say that our Republican Senator, Trumbull, made a speech against Lecompton even before he did. [7]
It expects rather to record a continually perfected machinery, a life in which not only speech but ideas are brought into rule. [4]
When you come to read the speech, as you will be able to, examine whether the evidence is a forgery from beginning to end. [7]
She brought him to order and to keep his hours, and when grave speech availed not she could laugh at him with friendly mockery, such as hurts no man, inasmuch as it is the outcome of a good heart. [10]
It helps greatly to make this country interesting that nearly every State has its peculiarities, and that the inhabitants of different sections differ in manner and speech. [4]
Whereupon he proceeded to make them a speech that for vileness exceeded aught I have ever heard before or since. [9]
Have you time to listen to his two-minutes speech at Gettysburg, at the dedication of the Soldiers' Cemetery? [7]
I pointed out to Judge Douglas that in his Freeport speech he had promised to investigate that matter. [7]
And there came to him, ironically out of the past, the very words of Mr. Parr's speech to the vestry after Dr. Gilman's death, that succinct list of qualifications for a new rector which he himself, Nelson Langmaid, had humorously and even more succinctly epitomized. [9]

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