| It would be easy to dismiss these frightful orations as the rantings of frustrated clergymen. |
| The orations that accompany the awarding of an honorary degree are rarely sophisticated studies in personality. |
| The historical background of such orations dates back to the laudation orations of classical times. |
| I want to insist, however, that in the case of his funeral orations, Derrida's concern for presence and otherness is not merely theoretical. |
| On their celebrated departure many of the most eloquent speechifiers in the land delivered impassioned orations. |
| For it is not necessarily self-evident that epistles and orations function in the same way. |
