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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... heaven , flaming with inextinguishable stars . Our feet will no more descend into the vale of oppressions ; our shoulders will no more bend under the weight of a foreign domination as cruel as it was unjust . Well may we rejoice at the ...
... heaven , flaming with inextinguishable stars . Our feet will no more descend into the vale of oppressions ; our shoulders will no more bend under the weight of a foreign domination as cruel as it was unjust . Well may we rejoice at the ...
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... heavens , he ceases to strive , and disappears . 8. THE BEST OF CLASSICS . - Grimke . There is a classic , the best ... heaven , in vision and prophecy , under the sanction of Him , who is Creator of all things , and the Giver of every ...
... heavens , he ceases to strive , and disappears . 8. THE BEST OF CLASSICS . - Grimke . There is a classic , the best ... heaven , in vision and prophecy , under the sanction of Him , who is Creator of all things , and the Giver of every ...
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... heaven . He would witness with exultation the general prevalence of correct principles of government and virtuous habits of action . How gladly would he gaze upon the long stream of light and renown from Harvard's classic fount , and ...
... heaven . He would witness with exultation the general prevalence of correct principles of government and virtuous habits of action . How gladly would he gaze upon the long stream of light and renown from Harvard's classic fount , and ...
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... Heaven . " Sir , the most triumphant death , is that of the martyr ; the most awful , that of the martyred patriot ; the most splendid , that of the hero in the moment of victory ; and if the Phæton and horses of fire had been destined ...
... Heaven . " Sir , the most triumphant death , is that of the martyr ; the most awful , that of the martyred patriot ; the most splendid , that of the hero in the moment of victory ; and if the Phæton and horses of fire had been destined ...
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... heaven has spared so many veterans in the art of war ; so many sages , who are versed in the best politics of peace ; men , who are able to instruct and to govern , and whose faithful services , whose unremitted exertions to pro- mote ...
... heaven has spared so many veterans in the art of war ; so many sages , who are versed in the best politics of peace ; men , who are able to instruct and to govern , and whose faithful services , whose unremitted exertions to pro- mote ...
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