The Book of Oratory: A New Collection of Extracts in Prose, Poetry and Dialogue, Containing Selections from Distinguished American and English Orators, Divines, and PoetsD. Appleton, 1856 - 500 páginas |
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... Heaven , before which I must shortly appear , by the blood of the murdered patriots who have gone before me , that my con- duct has been , through all this peril , and all my purposes , gov- erned only by the convictions which I have ...
... Heaven , before which I must shortly appear , by the blood of the murdered patriots who have gone before me , that my con- duct has been , through all this peril , and all my purposes , gov- erned only by the convictions which I have ...
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... heaven . Be yet patient ! I have but a few words more to say ; I am going to my cold and silent grave ; my lamp of life is nearly extinguished ; my race is run ; the grave opens to receive me , and I sink into its bosom ! I have but one ...
... heaven . Be yet patient ! I have but a few words more to say ; I am going to my cold and silent grave ; my lamp of life is nearly extinguished ; my race is run ; the grave opens to receive me , and I sink into its bosom ! I have but one ...
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... Heaven ! JOSEPH STORY . 15. THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF AMERICA . THE Old World has already revealed to us , in its unsealed books , the beginning and end of all its own marvellous struggles in the cause of liberty . Greece , lovely Greece ...
... Heaven ! JOSEPH STORY . 15. THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF AMERICA . THE Old World has already revealed to us , in its unsealed books , the beginning and end of all its own marvellous struggles in the cause of liberty . Greece , lovely Greece ...
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... Heaven will assist us to carry on the work of human liberty and human happiness . Auspicious omens cheer us . Great examples are before us . Our own firmament now shines brightly upon our path . Washington is in the clear upper sky ...
... Heaven will assist us to carry on the work of human liberty and human happiness . Auspicious omens cheer us . Great examples are before us . Our own firmament now shines brightly upon our path . Washington is in the clear upper sky ...
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... heaven , by shed- ding man's blood , seldom succeed in avoiding discovery : espe- cially , in a case exciting so much attention as this , discovery must and will come , sooner or later . A thousand eyes turn at once to explore every man ...
... heaven , by shed- ding man's blood , seldom succeed in avoiding discovery : espe- cially , in a case exciting so much attention as this , discovery must and will come , sooner or later . A thousand eyes turn at once to explore every man ...
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Página 359 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Página 361 - When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Página 305 - And children coming home from school Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
Página 281 - 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.
Página 290 - Tis not the balm, the sceptre, and the ball, The sword, the mace, the crown imperial, The intertissued robe of gold and pearl, The farced title running 'fore the King...
Página 287 - And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
Página 279 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Página 277 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats ; For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.
Página 279 - Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee; Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour...
Página 43 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.