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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... heart with joy and fills every tongue with praise . We celebrate not the sanguinary exploits of a tyrant to ... hearts of the inhabitants War desolated our fields , and buried our vales in blood . But the day - spring from on high soon ...
... heart with joy and fills every tongue with praise . We celebrate not the sanguinary exploits of a tyrant to ... hearts of the inhabitants War desolated our fields , and buried our vales in blood . But the day - spring from on high soon ...
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... heart its sensibility , until all that was once lovely and of good report retires , and leaves the wretch abandoned to the appetites of a ruined animal . In this deplorable condition , reputation expires , business falters and becomes ...
... heart its sensibility , until all that was once lovely and of good report retires , and leaves the wretch abandoned to the appetites of a ruined animal . In this deplorable condition , reputation expires , business falters and becomes ...
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... heart - expanding triumph for the pilgrim adven- turer . And if he be proud of his offspring , well may they boast of their parentage . 4 10. THE HEROES OF THE LAST WAR.- -Dorsey . > Sir , -As a military commander , General Jackson ...
... heart - expanding triumph for the pilgrim adven- turer . And if he be proud of his offspring , well may they boast of their parentage . 4 10. THE HEROES OF THE LAST WAR.- -Dorsey . > Sir , -As a military commander , General Jackson ...
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... heart ! Touching , at his pleasure , every string of pity or terror , of indignation or grief , he melted , he soothed , he roused , he agitated ; alternately gentle as the dews , and 24 UNITED STATES SPEAKER . Mason SELECTION Lochinvar.
... heart ! Touching , at his pleasure , every string of pity or terror , of indignation or grief , he melted , he soothed , he roused , he agitated ; alternately gentle as the dews , and 24 UNITED STATES SPEAKER . Mason SELECTION Lochinvar.
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... heart , the character of the Indians for hospitality , and their veneration for his blood , Harold dealt out the ... hearts about him , through which his eloquence thrilled and lightened like electricity . The old greeted him with a ...
... heart , the character of the Indians for hospitality , and their veneration for his blood , Harold dealt out the ... hearts about him , through which his eloquence thrilled and lightened like electricity . The old greeted him with a ...
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