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 ... |
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... Character of True Eloquence . 2. Causes of War . 3. Tribute to Washington . 4. Necessity of Resistance . 5. Character of Patriotic Triumph . 6. Influence of the Principles of American Government . 7. The Moral Effects of Intemperance ...
... Character of True Eloquence . 2. Causes of War . 3. Tribute to Washington . 4. Necessity of Resistance . 5. Character of Patriotic Triumph . 6. Influence of the Principles of American Government . 7. The Moral Effects of Intemperance ...
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... Character . 12. The Bible . PAGE Madison . 54 Webster . 56 Wirt . 57 Grimke . 58 Randolph . 59 43 . Change is not Reform . 44 . Not Strength enough in the Bow . 45 National Self - Respect . 46. The Battle of Lexington . 47. Ennobling ...
... Character . 12. The Bible . PAGE Madison . 54 Webster . 56 Wirt . 57 Grimke . 58 Randolph . 59 43 . Change is not Reform . 44 . Not Strength enough in the Bow . 45 National Self - Respect . 46. The Battle of Lexington . 47. Ennobling ...
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... Character of an Informer . 23. Character of Filial Piety . PAGE . Minto . 122 Lamont . 123 Chatham . 124 Fordyce . 126 Curran . 127 Knowles . 128 Curran . 129 Sheridan . 130 24. Defense of J. A. Williams , for a Libel on the Clergy of ...
... Character of an Informer . 23. Character of Filial Piety . PAGE . Minto . 122 Lamont . 123 Chatham . 124 Fordyce . 126 Curran . 127 Knowles . 128 Curran . 129 Sheridan . 130 24. Defense of J. A. Williams , for a Libel on the Clergy of ...
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... Characters . 41. What's Hallowed Ground ? 42. Cassius Instigating Brutus against Cæsar . 43 . New - England . · 44. Moloch's Oration for War . 45 . Regulus before the Roman Senate . 46. The Spider and the Bee . 47. The First Wanderer ...
... Characters . 41. What's Hallowed Ground ? 42. Cassius Instigating Brutus against Cæsar . 43 . New - England . · 44. Moloch's Oration for War . 45 . Regulus before the Roman Senate . 46. The Spider and the Bee . 47. The First Wanderer ...
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... CHARACTER OF TRUE ELOQUENCE . - Webster . When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occa- sions , when great interests are at stake , and strong passions excited , nothing is valuable , in speech , farther than it is con ...
... CHARACTER OF TRUE ELOQUENCE . - Webster . When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occa- sions , when great interests are at stake , and strong passions excited , nothing is valuable , in speech , farther than it is con ...
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