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... blood of Europe , and warmed the sunny plains of France , and the lowlands of Hol- land . It has touched the philosophy of Germany and the north , and , moving onward to the south , has opened to Greece the lessons of her better days ...
... blood of Europe , and warmed the sunny plains of France , and the lowlands of Hol- land . It has touched the philosophy of Germany and the north , and , moving onward to the south , has opened to Greece the lessons of her better days ...
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... blood ; a revolu- tionist , he was free from any stain of treason ; for aggression commenced the contest , and his country called him to the com- mand . Liberty unsheathed his sword , necessity stained , victory returned it . If he had ...
... blood ; a revolu- tionist , he was free from any stain of treason ; for aggression commenced the contest , and his country called him to the com- mand . Liberty unsheathed his sword , necessity stained , victory returned it . If he had ...
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... blood shall freeze in the last American heart , his name shall be a spell of power and might . Yes , gentlemen , there is one personal , one vast felicity which no man can share with him . It was the daily beauty and towering and ...
... blood shall freeze in the last American heart , his name shall be a spell of power and might . Yes , gentlemen , there is one personal , one vast felicity which no man can share with him . It was the daily beauty and towering and ...
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... blood of the soldier to maintain him ; for his foe , vampire - like , has exhausted his veins . Who will hesitate to give his mite to avert such awful results ? Give , then , generously and freely . Recollect that in so doing you are ...
... blood of the soldier to maintain him ; for his foe , vampire - like , has exhausted his veins . Who will hesitate to give his mite to avert such awful results ? Give , then , generously and freely . Recollect that in so doing you are ...
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... blood or of treasure . They flew to arms ; they rushed down the valley of the Mis- sissippi with all the impetuosity of that noble river . They sought the enemy . They found him at the beach . They fought ; they bled ; they covered ...
... blood or of treasure . They flew to arms ; they rushed down the valley of the Mis- sissippi with all the impetuosity of that noble river . They sought the enemy . They found him at the beach . They fought ; they bled ; they covered ...
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AMERICAN POPULAR SPEAKER arms beauty behold bells bill of rights bless blood brave breath Brutus Cæsar calamus root Capt Catiline Christian constitution crime dare dark dead death Demosthenes dread earth eloquence Elsie eternal father fear feel freedom genius give glorious glory glow grave Greece hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven Henry of Navarre holy honor hope human immortal judge justice land laws of Kepler liberty light live look lord mighty mind morning mother nation never Nevermore night noble noble energies o'er Old F oppressed patriot pray proud Quoth the Raven Rome Senate sentiment Shamus Shylock smile soul speak spirit splender Squire stand stars sword tears tell thee things thou thought thousand tion toil truth virtue word young
Popular passages
Page 263 - 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 287 - What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, — The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! Felicia Hemans.
Page 263 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Page 245 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore, Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore ! " Quoth the raven,
Page 262 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Page 179 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!
Page 246 - Nevermore." "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! prophet still, if bird or devil! Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted — On this home by Horror haunted — tell me truly, I implore: Is there — is there balm in Gilead? — tell me — tell me, I implore!
Page 182 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears ; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious : If it were so, it was a grievous fault ; And grievously hath Caesar answered it.
Page 183 - Nervii. Look, in this place ran Cassius' dagger through; See what a rent the envious Casca made; Through this the well-beloved Brutus...
Page 76 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.