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Herbert, William

(Encyclopedia)Herbert, William: see Pembroke, William Herbert, 3d earl of. ...

Cecil, William

(Encyclopedia)Cecil, William: see Burghley, William Cecil, 1st Baron. ...

Thomson, William

(Encyclopedia)Thomson, William: see Kelvin, William Thomson, 1st Baron. ...

William Rufus

(Encyclopedia)William Rufus: see William II, king of England. ...

Jay, John

(Encyclopedia)Jay, John, 1745–1829, American statesman, 1st chief justice of the United States, b. New York City, grad. King's College (now Columbia Univ.), 1764. He was admitted (1768) to the bar and for a time ...

oratory

(Encyclopedia)oratory, the art of swaying an audience by eloquent speech. In ancient Greece and Rome oratory was included under the term rhetoric, which meant the art of composing as well as delivering a speech. Or...

Parsons, William

(Encyclopedia)Parsons, William: see Rosse, William Parsons, 3d earl of. ...
 

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