The United States Speaker: A Copious Selection of Exercises in Elocution; Consisting of Prose, Poetry and Dialogue: Drawn Chiefly from the Most Approved Writers of Great Britain and America ... |
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... duty , my fellow - citizens , to felicitate you on the establishment of our national sovereignty ; and among the various subjects for congratulation and rejoicing , this is not the most unimportant , that heaven has spared so many ...
... duty , my fellow - citizens , to felicitate you on the establishment of our national sovereignty ; and among the various subjects for congratulation and rejoicing , this is not the most unimportant , that heaven has spared so many ...
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... duties exceed the risk and expense of the illicit intercourse . For a season , sir , the high moral sense of a young and uncorrupted people , may oppose some obstacle to these practices . No government on earth can prevent them ...
... duties exceed the risk and expense of the illicit intercourse . For a season , sir , the high moral sense of a young and uncorrupted people , may oppose some obstacle to these practices . No government on earth can prevent them ...
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... duties shall come to be considered as a badge of servitude ? 26 INFLUENCE OF GREAT ACTIONS DEPENDENT ON THEIR -Webster . RESULTS . ― Great actions and striking occurrences , having excited a tem- porary admiration , often pass away and ...
... duties shall come to be considered as a badge of servitude ? 26 INFLUENCE OF GREAT ACTIONS DEPENDENT ON THEIR -Webster . RESULTS . ― Great actions and striking occurrences , having excited a tem- porary admiration , often pass away and ...
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... duty to animadvert , to pass with- out a solemn expression of the disapprobation of this house . Recall to your recollection , sir , the free nations which have gone before us . Where are they now ? " Gone glimmering through the dream ...
... duty to animadvert , to pass with- out a solemn expression of the disapprobation of this house . Recall to your recollection , sir , the free nations which have gone before us . Where are they now ? " Gone glimmering through the dream ...
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... duty , which transcends all other regard , may influence public men and private citizens , and lead our country still onward in her happy career . Full of these gratify- ing anticipations and hopes , let us look forward to the end of ...
... duty , which transcends all other regard , may influence public men and private citizens , and lead our country still onward in her happy career . Full of these gratify- ing anticipations and hopes , let us look forward to the end of ...
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