| From that time forth he became known as an orator, and now stands second to no living man as a declaimer. |
| His role as declaimer seemed attached to, not intrinsic to the opera. |
| He was a great pretender to the saintly character, a animose declaimer against Charles I, and one of the foremost to encourage and justify the rebellion. |
| One really talked better standing up, and the gestures of the orator or declaimer only gained a more ample scope. |
| High points include the assessment of the orator Cassius Severus and his comparative failure as a declaimer. |
| But the puritan declamation which pleased all the rest, disgusted young Hinkley, and increased his dislike for the declaimer. |
