peroration
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The Peroration of Mr. Roosevelt's sixth Annual Address brought all hands up unanimously once more.
From Time Magazine Archive
Peroration, per-ō-rā′shun, n. the conclusion of a speech, usually summing up the points and enforcing the argument.—v.i.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
And now, Mr. Pasquin, the sooner you come to your Peroration the better.
From The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd Drawcansir by Macklin, Charles
Rhetorick has this advantage over Poetry in the Parts of Oration, that the Exord, Narration, Confirmation and Peroration are founded upon a way of discoursing natural to all Men....
From A Book About the Theater by Matthews, Brander
A very good Peroration upon Honour; I 72 believe he Stole it from the Robin Hood Society Pas.
From The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd Drawcansir by Macklin, Charles
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