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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... desperation , the mother who bore him , inhumanly murdered , in the defense of her infants ? Who could hear , without frantic horror , the shrieks of a sister , flying from 3 AMERICAN ELOQUENCE . 25 Paine The Revelers.
... desperation , the mother who bore him , inhumanly murdered , in the defense of her infants ? Who could hear , without frantic horror , the shrieks of a sister , flying from 3 AMERICAN ELOQUENCE . 25 Paine The Revelers.
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... hear me . Let them follow the course of Logan . He goes in clouds and whirlwind - in the fire and in the smoke . Let them follow him . " Warriors ! Logan was the father of Harold ! " They fell back in astonishment , but they believed ...
... hear me . Let them follow the course of Logan . He goes in clouds and whirlwind - in the fire and in the smoke . Let them follow him . " Warriors ! Logan was the father of Harold ! " They fell back in astonishment , but they believed ...
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... hear me . I say that the character of the good old Virginia planter - the man who owned from five to twenty slaves , or less , who lived by hard work , and who paid his debts , is passed away . A new order of things is come . The period ...
... hear me . I say that the character of the good old Virginia planter - the man who owned from five to twenty slaves , or less , who lived by hard work , and who paid his debts , is passed away . A new order of things is come . The period ...
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... hear good news from the wars ; no long service in the ranks of the conqueror has turned the veteran's heart into marble ' ; their valor springs not from recklessness , from habit , from indifference to the preservation of a life , knit ...
... hear good news from the wars ; no long service in the ranks of the conqueror has turned the veteran's heart into marble ' ; their valor springs not from recklessness , from habit , from indifference to the preservation of a life , knit ...
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... hear me , and ask , whether it is not already planted there ? I resort , especially , to the convictions of the western gentlemen , whether , supposing no posts and no treaty , the settlers will re- main in security ? Can they take it ...
... hear me , and ask , whether it is not already planted there ? I resort , especially , to the convictions of the western gentlemen , whether , supposing no posts and no treaty , the settlers will re- main in security ? Can they take it ...
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