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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... Passing of the Rubicon . · 7. To the Young 8. Contemplation of the Divine Being in his Works . 9. Cæsar's Triumphs 10. Las - Casas Dissuading from Battle . 11. Invective against the Duke of Bedford . 12. Ludicrous Account of English ...
... Passing of the Rubicon . · 7. To the Young 8. Contemplation of the Divine Being in his Works . 9. Cæsar's Triumphs 10. Las - Casas Dissuading from Battle . 11. Invective against the Duke of Bedford . 12. Ludicrous Account of English ...
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... passed in fear and trembling , he would see it covered with enterprising fleets returning with the whale as their captive , and the wealth of the Indies for their cargo . He would behold the little colony which he planted , grown into ...
... passed in fear and trembling , he would see it covered with enterprising fleets returning with the whale as their captive , and the wealth of the Indies for their cargo . He would behold the little colony which he planted , grown into ...
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... passing away in his wrath ? Is this a time to throw away the shield of faith , when his arrows are drunk with the blood of the slain ? to cut from the anchor of hope , when the clouds are collecting , and the sea and the waves are ...
... passing away in his wrath ? Is this a time to throw away the shield of faith , when his arrows are drunk with the blood of the slain ? to cut from the anchor of hope , when the clouds are collecting , and the sea and the waves are ...
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... passed the rubicon ; and the patriotic arm even of Brutus could not preserve the liberties of his devoted country . Sir , we are fighting a great moral battle for the benefit , not only of our country , but of all mankind . The eyes of ...
... passed the rubicon ; and the patriotic arm even of Brutus could not preserve the liberties of his devoted country . Sir , we are fighting a great moral battle for the benefit , not only of our country , but of all mankind . The eyes of ...
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... passed , we should fail to make a generous and liberal provision for our venerable guest ? We have , under circumstances calculated to give to the event great celebrity , invited him to our shores . We have received him with the utmost ...
... passed , we should fail to make a generous and liberal provision for our venerable guest ? We have , under circumstances calculated to give to the event great celebrity , invited him to our shores . We have received him with the utmost ...
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