Rifle-shots and execrations were discharged together against the notorious enemy of their pinfolds; who nothing daunted, and nothing loath, let fly his own "speechifier," as he denominated his rifle, in return, accompanying the salute with divers yells and maledictions, in which latter he showed himself, to say the truth, infinitely superior to his antagonists. From Wordnik.com. [Nick of the Woods] Reference
She had to take down that uppity speechifier real quick-like. From Wordnik.com. [Linda Hansen: Clinton Persecution Complex Redux: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Strikes Again] Reference
Great speechifier! by Bryan Emmel on Monday, Nov 2, 2009 at 3: 16: 18 AM. From Wordnik.com. [President Barack H. Obama, One Year Later: "C" for Effort] Reference
Boy, does this current speechifier make me miss W and the days of “misunderestimation.”. From Wordnik.com. [Rumsfeld to Obama: What Requests For Troops in Afghanistan Are You Talking About? [UPDATED] - Dan_McLaughlin’s blog - RedState] Reference
(Will it at least aspire to the JFK idea that no speechifier should utter a word unless she "aims to change the world"?). From Wordnik.com. [Are you tired? Busy?] Reference
Tom Peters: The Days of Our Lives:. .no speechifier should utter a word unless she aims to change the world .. via Seth Godin: Are you tired?. From Wordnik.com. [Are you tired? Busy?] Reference
The letter does not help Clinton because it has to skirt around Bill and thus makes Hillary appear to be a light weight jet setting speechifier. From Wordnik.com. [Thirty-Two Ambassadors Praise Hillary's Foreign Policy Experience -- As First Lady] Reference
Particularly after Sarah Palin's universally praised speech it is laughably false to say that Barak Obama is the only great speechifier in this race. From Wordnik.com. [The Spiritual Seductions of Eloquence] Reference
On the one hand, there is Dr. Barack, the high-minded, Niebuhr-quoting speechifier who spent this past winter thrilling the Scarlett Johansson set and feeling the fierce urgency of now. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Obamas: ‘Dr. Barack’ and ‘Fast Eddie’ Obama | Disinformation] Reference
Maybe Jonathan Archer is just a bad public speechifier, because if he couldn't make a speech ghost-written by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens riveting, what could he possibly achieve with one of probably lesser quality written by B&B?. From Wordnik.com. [FINALITIES II] Reference
You know, I thought Sarah was the speechifier in this group. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He was, however, denounced by the Standard as a "blue light Federalist speechifier during the war.". From Wordnik.com. [Party Politics in North Carolina, 1835-1860] Reference
Exeter Hall speechifier, that at some African den of thieves men leave their money with impunity in the storehouse or on the highway. From Wordnik.com. [To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative] Reference
To dramatize the anger of many conservatives, one speechifier brandished a plastic sword piercing a hollow rubber Schwarzenegger head …. From Wordnik.com. [RedState] Reference
A county member need have very little trouble in that way, and both out of the House and in it is liked the better for not being a speechifier. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Deronda] Reference
"I think when you get to the point where you're just lecturing people, you're no longer an artist, you're just a speechifier," Schneiderman said. From Wordnik.com. [The Buffalo News: Home] Reference
Cantwell's 2011 assignment would be a fitting coda to her 2000 election squeaker when she unseated incumbent Slade Gorton (full disclosure: I worked as a Cantwell speechifier that year). From Wordnik.com. [Crosscut] Reference
He's not a great speechifier. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2008] Reference
Tell him -- you know what to say -- I'm no speechifier -- but you know what I mean. ". From Wordnik.com. [Sketches — Complete] Reference
"Friends," said he, "I niver wos much o 'a speechifier, but I could always manage to blurt out my meanin' somehow. From Wordnik.com. [Silver Lake] Reference
Doncaster, a dunce -- Stratford, a miser -- Coleman, a knave -- Naresby, non compos -- Skreene, the most corrupt of the corrupt -- Twisselton, puzzle headed -- Waltham, a mere theorist -- Wrexfield, a speechifier -- Chelsea, a trimmer -- Lancaster, deep and dark -- Sir Thomas Cope, a wit, a poet, and. From Wordnik.com. [Tales and Novels — Volume 07] Reference
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