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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... swords of our country men may yet glitter on our mountains , their blood may yet crimson our plains . Such the warning voice of all antiquity , the example AMERICAN ELOQUENCE . 27 Marcy The Orphan SELECTION Frank Hayman.
... swords of our country men may yet glitter on our mountains , their blood may yet crimson our plains . Such the warning voice of all antiquity , the example AMERICAN ELOQUENCE . 27 Marcy The Orphan SELECTION Frank Hayman.
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... sword of a Washington leaped from its scabbard to revenge the slaughter of our countrymen . Place their example before you . Let the sparks of their veteran wisdom flash across your minds , and the sacred altars of your liberty ...
... sword of a Washington leaped from its scabbard to revenge the slaughter of our countrymen . Place their example before you . Let the sparks of their veteran wisdom flash across your minds , and the sacred altars of your liberty ...
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... sword in the presence of the fathers of the country , not to despair of the republic , marched forth at the head of a people , firmly resolved to conquer or die ; and that resolution insured them the victory . When did Athens appear the ...
... sword in the presence of the fathers of the country , not to despair of the republic , marched forth at the head of a people , firmly resolved to conquer or die ; and that resolution insured them the victory . When did Athens appear the ...
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... sword and the torch had been eloquent in vain . A thousand battle - fields , white with the bones of brothers , were counted as idle advocates in the cause of justice and humanity . Ten thousand cities , aban- doned to the cruelty and ...
... sword and the torch had been eloquent in vain . A thousand battle - fields , white with the bones of brothers , were counted as idle advocates in the cause of justice and humanity . Ten thousand cities , aban- doned to the cruelty and ...
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... swords , and the other laid on the altar , swore , in the presence of Almighty God , they never would desert their constitution , Through all the departments of France , similar pledges were given . Frenchmen received their constitution ...
... swords , and the other laid on the altar , swore , in the presence of Almighty God , they never would desert their constitution , Through all the departments of France , similar pledges were given . Frenchmen received their constitution ...
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