The Sixth Reader of the United States Series: Embracing, in Brief, the Principles of Rhetoric, Criticism, Eloquence, and Oratory, as Applied to Both Prose and Poetry, the Whole Adapted to Elocutionary Instruction |
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... Wind ; VI . Cleopatra in her Barge ( SHAKSPEARE ) . LXXIII . City of the West . LXXIV . The Comet ... LXXV . A Dream of Luxury 184 O. W. HOLMES . 185 BEN JONSON . 187 XIII . RIDICULE , WIT , SATIRE , AND IRONY . LXXVI . Character and ...
... Wind ; VI . Cleopatra in her Barge ( SHAKSPEARE ) . LXXIII . City of the West . LXXIV . The Comet ... LXXV . A Dream of Luxury 184 O. W. HOLMES . 185 BEN JONSON . 187 XIII . RIDICULE , WIT , SATIRE , AND IRONY . LXXVI . Character and ...
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... winds did shriek , And called the deluging tempest back again ; The flag - staff on the church - yard tower did creak , And through the black clouds ran a lightning vein : And then the flapping raven came to seek Its home : its flight ...
... winds did shriek , And called the deluging tempest back again ; The flag - staff on the church - yard tower did creak , And through the black clouds ran a lightning vein : And then the flapping raven came to seek Its home : its flight ...
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... wind its dust - strewn branches still . 2. Day is for evil , weariness , and pain . Let us to prayer ! calm night is come again : The wind among the ruined towers so bare Sighs mournfully DESCRIPTIVE PIECES . 47 VICTOR HUGO.
... wind its dust - strewn branches still . 2. Day is for evil , weariness , and pain . Let us to prayer ! calm night is come again : The wind among the ruined towers so bare Sighs mournfully DESCRIPTIVE PIECES . 47 VICTOR HUGO.
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... wind among the ruined towers so bare Sighs mournfully : the herds , the flocks , the streams ' , All ' suffer ' , all complain` ; worn nature seems Longing for peace , for slumber , and for prayer . 3. It is the hour when babes with ...
... wind among the ruined towers so bare Sighs mournfully : the herds , the flocks , the streams ' , All ' suffer ' , all complain` ; worn nature seems Longing for peace , for slumber , and for prayer . 3. It is the hour when babes with ...
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... wind ' : the sun Of noon looked down , and saw not one . 9 4. Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then , Bowed with her fourscore years and ten ; Bravest of all in Frederick town , She took up the flag the men hauled down ; In her attic ...
... wind ' : the sun Of noon looked down , and saw not one . 9 4. Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then , Bowed with her fourscore years and ten ; Bravest of all in Frederick town , She took up the flag the men hauled down ; In her attic ...
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