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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... fear and trembling , he would see it covered with enterprising fleets returning with the whale as their captive , and the wealth of the Indies for their cargo . He would behold the little colony which he planted , grown into gigantic ...
... fear and trembling , he would see it covered with enterprising fleets returning with the whale as their captive , and the wealth of the Indies for their cargo . He would behold the little colony which he planted , grown into gigantic ...
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... fear on the hearts of her enemies ? It was when seventy thousand of her sons lay bleeding at Cannæ , and Han- nibal , victorious over three Roman armies and twenty nations , was thundering at her gates . It was then that the young and ...
... fear on the hearts of her enemies ? It was when seventy thousand of her sons lay bleeding at Cannæ , and Han- nibal , victorious over three Roman armies and twenty nations , was thundering at her gates . It was then that the young and ...
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... fear- ful a thing for nations to fall into the hands of the living God . -The day of vengeance is at hand ; the day of judgment has come ; the great earthquake which sinks Babylon is shaking the nations , and the waves of the mighty ...
... fear- ful a thing for nations to fall into the hands of the living God . -The day of vengeance is at hand ; the day of judgment has come ; the great earthquake which sinks Babylon is shaking the nations , and the waves of the mighty ...
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... fear that some daring military chieftain , covered with glory , some Philip , or Alexander , would one day overthrow the liberties of his country , —the confident and indignant Grecian would exclaim , No ! no ! we have nothing to fear ...
... fear that some daring military chieftain , covered with glory , some Philip , or Alexander , would one day overthrow the liberties of his country , —the confident and indignant Grecian would exclaim , No ! no ! we have nothing to fear ...
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... and to the efficacy of religious obliga- tion . Let us trust to the influence of Washington's example Let us hope that that fear of heaven , which 42 UNITED STATES SPEAKER . Webster Cassius Instigating Brutus against Cæsar.
... and to the efficacy of religious obliga- tion . Let us trust to the influence of Washington's example Let us hope that that fear of heaven , which 42 UNITED STATES SPEAKER . Webster Cassius Instigating Brutus against Cæsar.
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