The United States Speaker: A Copious Selection of Exercises in Elocution, Consisting of Prose, Poetry, and Dialogue, Drawn Chiefly from the Most Approved Writers of Great Britain and America ...S. Babcock, 1844 - 504 páginas |
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... breathing to us out of every page of our country's history , in the native eloquence of our mother tongue ; —that the colonial and provin- cial councils of America exhibit to us models of the spirits and character which gave Greece and ...
... breathing to us out of every page of our country's history , in the native eloquence of our mother tongue ; —that the colonial and provin- cial councils of America exhibit to us models of the spirits and character which gave Greece and ...
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... breath , by way of crowning the climax of vanity , bid the magnificent fire - ball to descend from its ex- alted and appropriate region , and perform its splendid tour along the surface of the earth ? Talents , which are before the ...
... breath , by way of crowning the climax of vanity , bid the magnificent fire - ball to descend from its ex- alted and appropriate region , and perform its splendid tour along the surface of the earth ? Talents , which are before the ...
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... breath of their king may kindle into such fury , that the blood of all England cannot extinguish it . 52. DECISIVE INTEGRITY . - Wirt . The man who is so conscious of the rectitude of his inten- tions , as to be willing to open his ...
... breath of their king may kindle into such fury , that the blood of all England cannot extinguish it . 52. DECISIVE INTEGRITY . - Wirt . The man who is so conscious of the rectitude of his inten- tions , as to be willing to open his ...
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... breath of war , and left " without agriculture , without commerce , and without arts : " the traces of a desolating foe are marked , not only on the site of lamented Scio , on the ramparts of Ipsara , Missolonghi , and the Acropolis ...
... breath of war , and left " without agriculture , without commerce , and without arts : " the traces of a desolating foe are marked , not only on the site of lamented Scio , on the ramparts of Ipsara , Missolonghi , and the Acropolis ...
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... breath of war , and left " without agriculture , without commerce , and without arts : " the traces of a desolating foe are marked , not only on the site of lamented Scio , on the ramparts of Ipsara , Missolonghi , and the Acropolis ...
... breath of war , and left " without agriculture , without commerce , and without arts : " the traces of a desolating foe are marked , not only on the site of lamented Scio , on the ramparts of Ipsara , Missolonghi , and the Acropolis ...
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Página 96 - For brass I will bring gold ; and for iron I will bring silver ; and for wood, brass ; and for stones, iron.
Página 143 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!
Página 170 - 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...
Página xiii - Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Página 92 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Página 130 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours? Write them together: yours is as fair a name: Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well. Weigh them, it is as heavy: conjure with 'em, 'Brutus' will start a spirit as soon as 'Caesar'.
Página 130 - If Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake : 'tis true, this god did shake...
Página 171 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay ; The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, the day Battle's magnificently-stern array.
Página 14 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Página 95 - Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the gentiles shall come unto thee.