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... Look not upon the Wine when it is Red . ” 3. Catiline's Reply to the Charges of Cicero . 4. 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 ...
... Look not upon the Wine when it is Red . ” 3. Catiline's Reply to the Charges of Cicero . 4. 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 ...
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... look into its antiquity , we discover a title to our veneration , unrivalled in the history of literature . If we have respect to its evidences , they are found in the testimony of miracle and prophecy ; in the ministry of man , of ...
... look into its antiquity , we discover a title to our veneration , unrivalled in the history of literature . If we have respect to its evidences , they are found in the testimony of miracle and prophecy ; in the ministry of man , of ...
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... look for high examples of noble daring ? Where shall we find them brighter than in Scotland ? From the " bonny highland heither ” of her lofty summits , to the modest lily of the vale , not a flower but has blushed with patriot blood ...
... look for high examples of noble daring ? Where shall we find them brighter than in Scotland ? From the " bonny highland heither ” of her lofty summits , to the modest lily of the vale , not a flower but has blushed with patriot blood ...
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... Look back to that moment when they unbarred the dungeons of the slave , and dashed his fetters to the earth , when the sword of a Washington leaped from its scabbard to revenge the slaughter of our countrymen . Place their example ...
... Look back to that moment when they unbarred the dungeons of the slave , and dashed his fetters to the earth , when the sword of a Washington leaped from its scabbard to revenge the slaughter of our countrymen . Place their example ...
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... look upon the grave of an injured benefactor ? How poignant the reflection , that the time for reparation and atonement has gone for ever ! In what bitterness of soul shall we look back upon the infatuation which shall have cast aside ...
... look upon the grave of an injured benefactor ? How poignant the reflection , that the time for reparation and atonement has gone for ever ! In what bitterness of soul shall we look back upon the infatuation which shall have cast aside ...
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