The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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... occasion of so much excitement . To witness this great intellectual contest , multitudes of strangers had for two or three days previous been rushing into the city , and the hotels overflowed . As early as nine o'clock of this morning ...
... occasion of so much excitement . To witness this great intellectual contest , multitudes of strangers had for two or three days previous been rushing into the city , and the hotels overflowed . As early as nine o'clock of this morning ...
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... occasion . He awaited the time of onset with a stern and impatient joy . He felt , like the war - horse of the Scriptures , who " paweth in the valley , and rejoiceth in his strength : who goeth on to meet the armed men , -who sayeth ...
... occasion . He awaited the time of onset with a stern and impatient joy . He felt , like the war - horse of the Scriptures , who " paweth in the valley , and rejoiceth in his strength : who goeth on to meet the armed men , -who sayeth ...
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... occasion , his full life and high ambition , might well bring forth . He never rose on an ordinary occasion to address an ordinary audience more self - possessed . There was no tremulousness in his voice nor manner ; nothing huried ...
... occasion , his full life and high ambition , might well bring forth . He never rose on an ordinary occasion to address an ordinary audience more self - possessed . There was no tremulousness in his voice nor manner ; nothing huried ...
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... occasion he was too much excited to attend to the etiquette of his position . His feelings and his interest in the question made him forgetful of his duty . direction . When they heard his sentences of powerful thought 2 17 plished ...
... occasion he was too much excited to attend to the etiquette of his position . His feelings and his interest in the question made him forgetful of his duty . direction . When they heard his sentences of powerful thought 2 17 plished ...
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... occasion , seems to the narrator himself most tame , spiritless , unjust . Much of the instantaneous effect of the speech arose , of course , from the orator's delivery - the tones of his voice , his countenance , and manner . * These ...
... occasion , seems to the narrator himself most tame , spiritless , unjust . Much of the instantaneous effect of the speech arose , of course , from the orator's delivery - the tones of his voice , his countenance , and manner . * These ...
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