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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... Never can we sufficiently admire the wisdom of those statesmen , and the skill and bravery of those unconquerable veterans , who , by their unwearied exertions in the cabinet and in the field , achieved for us the glorious revolution .
... Never can we sufficiently admire the wisdom of those statesmen , and the skill and bravery of those unconquerable veterans , who , by their unwearied exertions in the cabinet and in the field , achieved for us the glorious revolution .
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... never pities , and never relaxes his iron gripe . He may struggle , but he is in chains . He may cry for release , but it comes not ; and lost ! lost ! may be inscribed upon the door - posts of his dwelling . In the meantime these ...
... never pities , and never relaxes his iron gripe . He may struggle , but he is in chains . He may cry for release , but it comes not ; and lost ! lost ! may be inscribed upon the door - posts of his dwelling . In the meantime these ...
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... never be fairly impressed . Genius is unequal to the task . 11. A CENTURY FROM THE BIRTH OF WASHINGTON.- -Webster -- Gentlemen , we are at the point of a century from the birth of Washington ; and what a century it has been ! During its ...
... never be fairly impressed . Genius is unequal to the task . 11. A CENTURY FROM THE BIRTH OF WASHINGTON.- -Webster -- Gentlemen , we are at the point of a century from the birth of Washington ; and what a century it has been ! During its ...
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... never hereafter to be shaken , its competency to govern itself . 12. SCOTLAND . - Flagg . Scotland ! There is magic in the sound . - Statesmen— scholars divines - heroes and poets - do you want exemplars worthy of study and imitation ...
... never hereafter to be shaken , its competency to govern itself . 12. SCOTLAND . - Flagg . Scotland ! There is magic in the sound . - Statesmen— scholars divines - heroes and poets - do you want exemplars worthy of study and imitation ...
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... never to be witnessed by American eyes . The souls of your ancestors still live in the bosoms of their descendants ; and rather than submit this fair land of their inheritance to ravage and dishonor , from hoary age to helpless infancy ...
... never to be witnessed by American eyes . The souls of your ancestors still live in the bosoms of their descendants ; and rather than submit this fair land of their inheritance to ravage and dishonor , from hoary age to helpless infancy ...
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