All 3 Uses of
harangue
in
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- These proverbs, which contained the wisdom of many ages and nations, I assembled and form'd into a connected discourse prefix'd to the Almanack of 1757, as the harangue of a wise old man to the people attending an auction.†
- This reconcil'd me to the newspaper accounts of his having preach'd to twenty-five thousand people in the fields, and to the antient histories of generals haranguing whole armies, of which I had sometimes doubted.†
- I harangued them a little on the subject, read the paper, and explained it, and then distributed the copies, which were eagerly signed, not the least objection being made.†
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Definition:
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(harangue) to try to persuade, or to criticize in an impassioned and often annoying manner; or a speech with such an intent