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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... hath placed in our power . Three millions of people , armed in the holy cause of liberty , and in such a country as that which we possess , are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us . Besides . sir , we shall not ...
... hath placed in our power . Three millions of people , armed in the holy cause of liberty , and in such a country as that which we possess , are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us . Besides . sir , we shall not ...
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... hath he given battle . Thrice in one day hath he come back victorious . Who may bear up against the strong man ? the man of war ? Let them that are young , hear me . Let them follow the course of Logan . He goes in clouds and whirlwind ...
... hath he given battle . Thrice in one day hath he come back victorious . Who may bear up against the strong man ? the man of war ? Let them that are young , hear me . Let them follow the course of Logan . He goes in clouds and whirlwind ...
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... hath already been spread over the earth , and which history charges herself with making known to all future times . We know that no inscription , on intablatures less broad than the earth itself , can carry information of the events we ...
... hath already been spread over the earth , and which history charges herself with making known to all future times . We know that no inscription , on intablatures less broad than the earth itself , can carry information of the events we ...
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... hath not comforted ! To his throne , let us lift up our voice and weep . O God ! if thou art still the widow's husband , and the father of the fatherless - if , in the fullness of thy goodness , there be yet mercies in store for mis ...
... hath not comforted ! To his throne , let us lift up our voice and weep . O God ! if thou art still the widow's husband , and the father of the fatherless - if , in the fullness of thy goodness , there be yet mercies in store for mis ...
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... hath basely dishonored his own nature ; and by dishonesty , cruelty , ingratitude , and treachery , hath called his Maker's goodness in question , by puzzling us to account how a benevo- lent Being should form so foolish and so vile an ...
... hath basely dishonored his own nature ; and by dishonesty , cruelty , ingratitude , and treachery , hath called his Maker's goodness in question , by puzzling us to account how a benevo- lent Being should form so foolish and so vile an ...
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