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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... Hope at the Close of Life . 38. Address to Sceptics . 39 . Ambition . 40. Opposition of Characters . 41. What's Hallowed Ground ? 42. Cassius Instigating Brutus against Cæsar . 43 . New - England . · 44. Moloch's Oration for War . 45 ...
... Hope at the Close of Life . 38. Address to Sceptics . 39 . Ambition . 40. Opposition of Characters . 41. What's Hallowed Ground ? 42. Cassius Instigating Brutus against Cæsar . 43 . New - England . · 44. Moloch's Oration for War . 45 ...
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... hope and charity , are its blessings upon earth . And if , raising our eyes from time to eternity , from the world of mortals to the world of just men made perfect , from the visible creation , marvellous , beautiful and glorious as it ...
... hope and charity , are its blessings upon earth . And if , raising our eyes from time to eternity , from the world of mortals to the world of just men made perfect , from the visible creation , marvellous , beautiful and glorious as it ...
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... hope , charity , fortitude and long - suffering - forget them not ; the meek , the bold , the patient , gallant Puritans of Scotland . Land of the mountain , the torrent and dale ! -Do we look for high examples of noble daring ? Where ...
... hope , charity , fortitude and long - suffering - forget them not ; the meek , the bold , the patient , gallant Puritans of Scotland . Land of the mountain , the torrent and dale ! -Do we look for high examples of noble daring ? Where ...
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... hope I am not laying an unhallowed hand upon the ark of God , if I presume to recom- mend the Bible to you as an object of literary enthusiasm . The Bible ! Where in the compass of human literature , can the fancy be so elevated by ...
... hope I am not laying an unhallowed hand upon the ark of God , if I presume to recom- mend the Bible to you as an object of literary enthusiasm . The Bible ! Where in the compass of human literature , can the fancy be so elevated by ...
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... hope , when the clouds are collecting , and the sea and the waves are roaring , and thunders are uttering their voices , and light- nings blazing in the heavens , and the great hail is falling from heaven upon men , and every mountain ...
... hope , when the clouds are collecting , and the sea and the waves are roaring , and thunders are uttering their voices , and light- nings blazing in the heavens , and the great hail is falling from heaven upon men , and every mountain ...
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