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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... voice , and the limbs are yet flexible ; -while the taste is yet unvitiated , that the first lessons of elocution should be imparted ; -it is then ( if the expression may be allowed ) that her beautiful incantations should begin ; it is ...
... voice , and the limbs are yet flexible ; -while the taste is yet unvitiated , that the first lessons of elocution should be imparted ; -it is then ( if the expression may be allowed ) that her beautiful incantations should begin ; it is ...
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... Voice , Second Voice . 2. The Greek Orphan . Paspati , Epaminondas . · 3. The Churchyard . First Voice , Second Voice . 4. Stranger , Child . 5. Raimond , Procida . 6. Mordent , Lenox . 7 Aiberto , Theodore . 8. Athelwold , Edwin ...
... Voice , Second Voice . 2. The Greek Orphan . Paspati , Epaminondas . · 3. The Churchyard . First Voice , Second Voice . 4. Stranger , Child . 5. Raimond , Procida . 6. Mordent , Lenox . 7 Aiberto , Theodore . 8. Athelwold , Edwin ...
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... voice , that humility and resignation , purity , order and peace , faith , hope and charity , are its blessings upon earth . And if , raising our eyes from time to eternity , from the world of mortals to the world of just men made ...
... voice , that humility and resignation , purity , order and peace , faith , hope and charity , are its blessings upon earth . And if , raising our eyes from time to eternity , from the world of mortals to the world of just men made ...
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... voice of all antiquity , the example of all republics proclaim - may be our fate . But let us no longer in- dulge these gloomy anticipations . The commencement of our liberty presages the dawn of a brighter period to the world . That ...
... voice of all antiquity , the example of all republics proclaim - may be our fate . But let us no longer in- dulge these gloomy anticipations . The commencement of our liberty presages the dawn of a brighter period to the world . That ...
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... voice , as if preparing for the onset . ) His tones grew deeper , and less threatening . " Brothers ! let us talk together of Logan ! Ye who have known him , ye aged men ! bear ye testimony to the deeds of his strength . Who was like ...
... voice , as if preparing for the onset . ) His tones grew deeper , and less threatening . " Brothers ! let us talk together of Logan ! Ye who have known him , ye aged men ! bear ye testimony to the deeds of his strength . Who was like ...
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