The Patriotic Speaker: Consisting of Specimens of Modern Eloquence, Together with Poetical Extracts Adapted for Recitation, and Dramatic Pieces for Exhibitions |
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... Present . Many of the extracts in this volume have been gathered , in the last three years , in desultory efforts to answer the inquiries of pupils for " pieces " reflecting the great interests of the time ; and to these , others have ...
... Present . Many of the extracts in this volume have been gathered , in the last three years , in desultory efforts to answer the inquiries of pupils for " pieces " reflecting the great interests of the time ; and to these , others have ...
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... present work , special care has been given ; mere literary excellence , without special adapta- tion to the uses of the rostra , not being considered suf- ficient to secure the admission of any extract .. The dramatic passages at the ...
... present work , special care has been given ; mere literary excellence , without special adapta- tion to the uses of the rostra , not being considered suf- ficient to secure the admission of any extract .. The dramatic passages at the ...
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... Present .. Secession Illustrated . A Lesson from Mexico .. The Civil War ..... A Word to the Seceders .. The Way of Peace ... An Appeal for the Union .. The Means of Resistance .. Principles of Secession Identical with those of '76 ...
... Present .. Secession Illustrated . A Lesson from Mexico .. The Civil War ..... A Word to the Seceders .. The Way of Peace ... An Appeal for the Union .. The Means of Resistance .. Principles of Secession Identical with those of '76 ...
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... present threatening aspect , and the violence of its supporters , so far from in- ducing me to yield to its progress , prompt me to resist its march . Now is the time ! The extension of the evil must be now prevented , or the ...
... present threatening aspect , and the violence of its supporters , so far from in- ducing me to yield to its progress , prompt me to resist its march . Now is the time ! The extension of the evil must be now prevented , or the ...
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... presents two questions totally distinct , and resting on en- tirely different grounds - slavery within the States ... present the spectacle in which we should have the sympathies , the good wishes , and the desire for our success of ...
... presents two questions totally distinct , and resting on en- tirely different grounds - slavery within the States ... present the spectacle in which we should have the sympathies , the good wishes , and the desire for our success of ...
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The Patriotic Speaker: Consisting of Specimens of Modern Eloquence, Together ... Robert Raikes Raymond No preview available - 2016 |
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Popular passages
Page 248 - Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
Page 336 - UP from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand Green-walled by the hills of Maryland.
Page 422 - Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives.
Page 338 - She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag,
Page 259 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Page 205 - Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low. So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart.
Page 338 - But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!
Page 415 - Thou, too, sail on. O Ship of State ! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity, with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
Page 84 - Wrong as we think slavery is, we can yet afford to let it alone where it is, because that much is due to the necessity arising from its actual presence in the nation; but can we, while our votes will prevent it, allow it to spread into the national territories and to overrun us here in these free states? If our sense of duty forbids this, then let us stand by our duty fearlessly and effectively.
Page 255 - Thou too, hoar Mount! with thy sky-pointing peaks, Oft from whose feet the avalanche, unheard, Shoots downward, glittering through the pure serene Into the depth of clouds, that veil thy breast Thou too again, stupendous Mountain! thou That as I raise my head, awhile bowed low In adoration, upward from thy base Slow travelling with dim eyes suffused with tears, Solemnly seemest, like a vapoury cloud, To rise before me - Rise, O ever rise, Rise like a cloud of incense, from the Earth!