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I am not writing to deny woman's weakness, nor her vanity, nor the ridiculous exhibition she makes of herself when she takes to "orating" -- as the

The Cockaynes in Paris Or 'Gone abroad' W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855

He grew more moderate in his "orating" and the girls, as critics, were better pleased.

The Girls of Central High on the Stage: or, The Play That Took the Prize 1914

P. Blanton, who -- carried away as usual by the importance of the occasion -- was "orating" to a group of strangers.

The Winning of Barbara Worth Harold Bell Wright 1908

Mr. Burns was "orating" on the revival mesmerism was destined to make, and telling us how, like the Plumstead Peculiars, we should be able to do without doctors as soon as the healing powers of animal magnetism were properly recognised and diffused.

Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Charles Maurice Davies 1869

Now that men not only make the nights of the session hideous by what the Americans call "orating" in Parliament, but trouble the peace of the vacation by saying over again what they said there

The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2 (of 3), 1857-1870 Charles Dickens 1841

Nearby is a set of Nazi toy soldiers with a miniature Hitler orating wildly from a podium.

Why Did Germans Embrace Him? A.J. Goldmann 2010

A roar of applause greeted the time-honoured yarn, and from somewhere over in the deeper darkness came another voice, orating angrily:

THE SPIKE 2010

I took both photos and video of this French leader orating before the statue of Joan of Arc, calling this heroine "little sister."

Beth Arnold: Letter From Paris: Torture, Murder and May Day 2009

And, parents, if you see me at your kids 'lemonade stand orating about the reality of competition -- please hand me a cup, and send me on my way.

Rachel Thebault: Bring on the Lemonade Stands 2009

Unfortunately, this means that when Scully is not orating on behalf of the revolution, he is swinging pendulously between the two women for whom he lusts.

Archive 2009-06-01 Fred Perry 2009