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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... eyes from time to eternity , from the world of mortals to the world of just men made perfect , from the visible creation , marvellous , beautiful and glorious as it is , to the invisible creation of angels and seraphs , from the ...
... eyes from time to eternity , from the world of mortals to the world of just men made perfect , from the visible creation , marvellous , beautiful and glorious as it is , to the invisible creation of angels and seraphs , from the ...
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... eyes of those with whom he was most conversant . The greatness of most men , like objects seen through a mist ... eye of fire is dimmed ; and sealed are those oracu- lar lips . Americans , the serenest beam of your glory is ex ...
... eyes of those with whom he was most conversant . The greatness of most men , like objects seen through a mist ... eye of fire is dimmed ; and sealed are those oracu- lar lips . Americans , the serenest beam of your glory is ex ...
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... eyes . The souls of your ancestors still live in the bosoms of their descendants ; and rather than submit this fair land of their inheritance to ravage and dishonor , from hoary age to helpless infancy , they will form one united ...
... eyes . The souls of your ancestors still live in the bosoms of their descendants ; and rather than submit this fair land of their inheritance to ravage and dishonor , from hoary age to helpless infancy , they will form one united ...
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... eyes shone with admiration - such heroic deportment , in one so young - a boy ! so intrepid ! so prompt ! so graceful ! so eloquent , too ! -for , knowing the effect of eloquence , and feeling the loftiness of his own nature , the ...
... eyes shone with admiration - such heroic deportment , in one so young - a boy ! so intrepid ! so prompt ! so graceful ! so eloquent , too ! -for , knowing the effect of eloquence , and feeling the loftiness of his own nature , the ...
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... eyes by the timid dog- matism of the papal church . I It is to protestant christianity , gentlemen , that you are in- debted for the noblest exercise of your rational powers . It is to protestant christianity , that you owe the vigor of ...
... eyes by the timid dog- matism of the papal church . I It is to protestant christianity , gentlemen , that you are in- debted for the noblest exercise of your rational powers . It is to protestant christianity , that you owe the vigor of ...
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