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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... object has been to bring together a full collection of short , eloquent , and pertinent extracts , with studious solicitude for the advancement of the art . He trusts he has succeeded . He believes such a work to be decidedly wanted ...
... object has been to bring together a full collection of short , eloquent , and pertinent extracts , with studious solicitude for the advancement of the art . He trusts he has succeeded . He believes such a work to be decidedly wanted ...
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... the deductions of logic , the high purpose the firm resolve , the dauntless spirit , speaking on the tongue , beaming from the eye , informing every feature , and urging the whole man onward , right onward to his object - 2.
... the deductions of logic , the high purpose the firm resolve , the dauntless spirit , speaking on the tongue , beaming from the eye , informing every feature , and urging the whole man onward , right onward to his object - 2.
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... objects with the daily pursuits of individual men ; and , with a freedom and strength before altogether unknown , it has applied to these objects the whole power of the human understanding . It has been the era , in short , when the ...
... objects with the daily pursuits of individual men ; and , with a freedom and strength before altogether unknown , it has applied to these objects the whole power of the human understanding . It has been the era , in short , when the ...
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... object of literary enthusiasm . The Bible ! Where in the compass of human literature , can the fancy be so elevated by sublime description , can the heart be so warmed by simple , unaffected tenderness ! Men of genius ! who delight in ...
... object of literary enthusiasm . The Bible ! Where in the compass of human literature , can the fancy be so elevated by sublime description , can the heart be so warmed by simple , unaffected tenderness ! Men of genius ! who delight in ...
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... objects for its attachments . 28. MILITARY INSUBORDINATION . — Clay . Mr. Chairman , I trust that I shall be indulged with some few reflections upon the danger of permitting the conduct on which it has been my painful duty to animadvert ...
... objects for its attachments . 28. MILITARY INSUBORDINATION . — Clay . Mr. Chairman , I trust that I shall be indulged with some few reflections upon the danger of permitting the conduct on which it has been my painful duty to animadvert ...
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