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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... Fire . 5. The Warning . 6. Death . 7. The Dying Horse . 8. To - Morrow . 9. The Flight of Xerxes . 10. The American Patriot's Song . 11. The Victim . Sigourney . 203 Willis . 203 Croly . 204 Anonymous . 205 Anonymous . 206 Cunningham ...
... Fire . 5. The Warning . 6. Death . 7. The Dying Horse . 8. To - Morrow . 9. The Flight of Xerxes . 10. The American Patriot's Song . 11. The Victim . Sigourney . 203 Willis . 203 Croly . 204 Anonymous . 205 Anonymous . 206 Cunningham ...
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... fires , with spontaneous , original , native force . The graces taught in the schools , the costly ornaments , and studied contrivances of speech , shock and disgust men , when their own lives , and the fate of their wives , their ...
... fires , with spontaneous , original , native force . The graces taught in the schools , the costly ornaments , and studied contrivances of speech , shock and disgust men , when their own lives , and the fate of their wives , their ...
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... fire works of Adams , the venerable sage reserved by heaven , himself a blessing , to witness its blessing on our nation - of Ames , whose tongue became , and has become an angel s- of Perry , " Blest by his God with one illustrious day ...
... fire works of Adams , the venerable sage reserved by heaven , himself a blessing , to witness its blessing on our nation - of Ames , whose tongue became , and has become an angel s- of Perry , " Blest by his God with one illustrious day ...
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... fire had been destined for Lawrence's translation , he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory . Where , sir , are the names of the highminded , magnanimous Perry , the gallant Decatur , the stern and inflexible Porter ...
... fire had been destined for Lawrence's translation , he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory . Where , sir , are the names of the highminded , magnanimous Perry , the gallant Decatur , the stern and inflexible Porter ...
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... fire is dimmed ; and sealed are those oracu- lar lips . Americans , the serenest beam of your glory is ex- tinguished in the tomb ! The death of Hamilton is no common affliction . The loss of distinguished men is , at all times , a ...
... fire is dimmed ; and sealed are those oracu- lar lips . Americans , the serenest beam of your glory is ex- tinguished in the tomb ! The death of Hamilton is no common affliction . The loss of distinguished men is , at all times , a ...
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