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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... Field of Gilboa . 3. The Shield . . 4. The Child's First Grief . 5. The Gipsy Wanderer . 6. Glenara . · 7. The Song of Constance . 8. The Orphan's Dream . 9. Henry First , after the Death of his Son . 10. Henry Fifth and the Hermit of ...
... Field of Gilboa . 3. The Shield . . 4. The Child's First Grief . 5. The Gipsy Wanderer . 6. Glenara . · 7. The Song of Constance . 8. The Orphan's Dream . 9. Henry First , after the Death of his Son . 10. Henry Fifth and the Hermit of ...
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... field , achieved for us the glorious revolution . Never can we duly appreciate the merits of a Washington , who , with but a handful of undisciplined yeomanry , triumphed over a royal army , and prostrated the lion of England at the ...
... field , achieved for us the glorious revolution . Never can we duly appreciate the merits of a Washington , who , with but a handful of undisciplined yeomanry , triumphed over a royal army , and prostrated the lion of England at the ...
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... field ! Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear , or peace ... fields , and buried our vales in blood . But the day - spring from on high soon opened upon us its glittering portals ...
... field ! Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear , or peace ... fields , and buried our vales in blood . But the day - spring from on high soon opened upon us its glittering portals ...
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... fields of the blessed . 16. THE LOSS OF NATIONAL CHARACTER . — Maxcy . The loss of a firm national character , or the degradation of a nation's honor , is the inevitable prelude to her destruction . Behold the once proud fabric of a ...
... fields of the blessed . 16. THE LOSS OF NATIONAL CHARACTER . — Maxcy . The loss of a firm national character , or the degradation of a nation's honor , is the inevitable prelude to her destruction . Behold the once proud fabric of a ...
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... fields now blasted with the fires of war ; And angels view , with joy and wonder joined , The golden age returned to bless mankind ! " " 21. NECESSITY OF A PURE NATIONAL MORALITY . - Beecher The crisis has come . By the people of this ...
... fields now blasted with the fires of war ; And angels view , with joy and wonder joined , The golden age returned to bless mankind ! " " 21. NECESSITY OF A PURE NATIONAL MORALITY . - Beecher The crisis has come . By the people of this ...
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