The Book of Eloquence: A Collection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from the Most Famous Orators and Poets; Intended as Exercises for Declamation in Colleges and Schools |
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... become irksome to the stu- dent ; and it has been an especial endeavor in this work to pre- sent new and spirited extracts , and not to encumber it with those too lengthy for practical use . With the object in view of compiling a really ...
... become irksome to the stu- dent ; and it has been an especial endeavor in this work to pre- sent new and spirited extracts , and not to encumber it with those too lengthy for practical use . With the object in view of compiling a really ...
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... become an easy prey to the weakest of them . In the latter dreadful contingency , our country will not be worth preserving . V. THE NAME OF REPUBLIC . HUGH S. LEGARE . THE name of REPUBLIC is inscribed upon the most imperish- able ...
... become an easy prey to the weakest of them . In the latter dreadful contingency , our country will not be worth preserving . V. THE NAME OF REPUBLIC . HUGH S. LEGARE . THE name of REPUBLIC is inscribed upon the most imperish- able ...
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... becomes more important from day to day- a law which none who profess to agree to , are at liberty to violate . Nor let him imagine , nor let any one imagine , that mere force can subdue the general sentiment of mankind . It is much more ...
... becomes more important from day to day- a law which none who profess to agree to , are at liberty to violate . Nor let him imagine , nor let any one imagine , that mere force can subdue the general sentiment of mankind . It is much more ...
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... become matter of history , of poetry , of eloquence . Divisions may spring up , ill blood may burn , parties be formed , and interests may seem to clash ; but the great bonds of the nation are linked to what is past . The deeds of the ...
... become matter of history , of poetry , of eloquence . Divisions may spring up , ill blood may burn , parties be formed , and interests may seem to clash ; but the great bonds of the nation are linked to what is past . The deeds of the ...
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... in this conjuncture , and the debates are solemn , earnest and bewildering . Steam and lightning , which have become docile messengers , make the American people listeners to this high debate , and SEWARD Vindication from Treason.
... in this conjuncture , and the debates are solemn , earnest and bewildering . Steam and lightning , which have become docile messengers , make the American people listeners to this high debate , and SEWARD Vindication from Treason.
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American armies arms ASHER ROBBINS banner battle beautiful behold beneath BISHOP OF BEAUVAIS blessings blood bosom brave breath Cæsar character civilized clouds conquered crown DANIEL WEBSTER dead death Demosthenes despotism destiny earth EAST INDIA BILL eloquence empire enemy England Europe fame fathers fear feel forever France freedom genius gentlemen glorious glory grave Greece hand happy hear heart heaven HENRY CLAY honor hope human Hungary Ireland JOSEPH STORY justice labor land liberty light live look lords mighty mind moral nation nature never noble o'er ocean oppressed pass patriotism peace PELEG SPRAGUE Republic republican retributive justice Revolution rise Rome RUFUS CHOATE ruins Senate sentiment soul South Carolina Spain spirit stand struggle sublime suffer sword tears tell thou thought thousand tion triumph Union victory virtue voice whole
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Page 345 - I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.
Page 342 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Page 398 - Shylock, we would have moneys :' you say so ; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold : moneys is your suit. What should I say to you ? Should I not say, ' Hath a dog money ? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats?
Page 340 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly. If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come.
Page 397 - Signior Antonio, many a time and oft In the Rialto you have rated* me About my moneys and my usances :* Still have I borne it with a patient shrug; For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe. You call me misbeliever, cut-throat, dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own.
Page 360 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Page 350 - Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. ''Hearts of oak...
Page 339 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 69 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood...
Page 124 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history; the world knows it by heart The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever.