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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... feels rebuked and sub- dued , as in the presence of higher qualities . Then , patriot- ism is eloquent ; then , self - devotion is eloquent . The clear conception , outrunning the deductions of logic , the high purpose the firm resolve ...
... feels rebuked and sub- dued , as in the presence of higher qualities . Then , patriot- ism is eloquent ; then , self - devotion is eloquent . The clear conception , outrunning the deductions of logic , the high purpose the firm resolve ...
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... feelings we trace no line of illustrious ancestors to support our dignity - we recur to no usages , sanc- tioned by the authority of the great , to protect our rejoicing ; — no , we love liberty , we glory in the rights of men , we ...
... feelings we trace no line of illustrious ancestors to support our dignity - we recur to no usages , sanc- tioned by the authority of the great , to protect our rejoicing ; — no , we love liberty , we glory in the rights of men , we ...
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... feels his captivity , and in anguish of spirit clanks his chain and cries for help . Conscience thunders , remorse goads , and , as the gulph opens before him , he recoils , and trembles , and weeps , and prays , and resolves , and ...
... feels his captivity , and in anguish of spirit clanks his chain and cries for help . Conscience thunders , remorse goads , and , as the gulph opens before him , he recoils , and trembles , and weeps , and prays , and resolves , and ...
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... feeling the loftiness of his own nature , the innocence of his own heart , the character of the Indians for hospitality , and their veneration for his blood , Harold dealt out the thunder of his strength to these rude barbarians of the ...
... feeling the loftiness of his own nature , the innocence of his own heart , the character of the Indians for hospitality , and their veneration for his blood , Harold dealt out the thunder of his strength to these rude barbarians of the ...
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... feelings , which inspired them in the " times which tried men's souls , " are communicated to our bosoms . We catch the divine spirit which impelled them to bid defiance to the congregated host of despots . We swear to preserve the ...
... feelings , which inspired them in the " times which tried men's souls , " are communicated to our bosoms . We catch the divine spirit which impelled them to bid defiance to the congregated host of despots . We swear to preserve the ...
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