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1  When the song is over, it is time for the speech, and old Dede Antanas rises to his feet.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1
2  The man had gone back to a seat upon the platform, and Jurgis realized that his speech was over.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 29
3  This time he talked for ten minutes at a stretch, and in the course of the speech he told Jurgis all of his family history.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 24
4  The two rival sets of grafters hired halls and set off fireworks and made speeches, to try to get the people interested in the matter.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11
5  Now it is understood that he has composed an original speech of congratulation and benediction, and this is one of the events of the day.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1
6  They could not understand why the union had not prevented it, and the very first time she attended a meeting Marija got up and made a speech about it.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8
7  There were to be speeches and singing, but no one had to listen who did not care to; if he wished, meantime, to speak or sing himself, he was perfectly free.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1
8  So he started away again, when suddenly he chanced to look about him, and found that he was walking down the same street and past the same hall where he had listened to the political speech the night before.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 28
9  Generally it is the custom for the speech at a veselija to be taken out of one of the books and learned by heart; but in his youthful days Dede Antanas used to be a scholar, and really make up all the love letters of his friends.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1