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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... mind was imbued in the elementary principles of military knowledge , he performed a series of splendid actions , the sublimity of which partakes more of romance than military history . Where is the lamented Lawrence , who grappled with ...
... mind was imbued in the elementary principles of military knowledge , he performed a series of splendid actions , the sublimity of which partakes more of romance than military history . Where is the lamented Lawrence , who grappled with ...
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... mind has seemed to proceed with a sort of geometric velocity , accomplishing , for human intelligence , and human freedom , more than had been done in fives or tens of centuries preceding . Washington stands at the commencement of a new ...
... mind has seemed to proceed with a sort of geometric velocity , accomplishing , for human intelligence , and human freedom , more than had been done in fives or tens of centuries preceding . Washington stands at the commencement of a new ...
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... mind ? -Bend to the genius of Stewart ! Student , merchant , or mechanic , do you seek usefulness ? -Consult the pages of Black and of Adam Smith . Grave barrister ! would you know the law - the true , the sole expression of the ...
... mind ? -Bend to the genius of Stewart ! Student , merchant , or mechanic , do you seek usefulness ? -Consult the pages of Black and of Adam Smith . Grave barrister ! would you know the law - the true , the sole expression of the ...
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... mind no inves- tigation was difficult - no subject presented which he did not illuminate . Superiority in some particular , belongs to thou- sands . Pre - eminence , in whatever he chose to undertake , was he prerogative of Hamilton ...
... mind no inves- tigation was difficult - no subject presented which he did not illuminate . Superiority in some particular , belongs to thou- sands . Pre - eminence , in whatever he chose to undertake , was he prerogative of Hamilton ...
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... minds and virtuous manners lead to the gates of glory . The sentiment of independence must have been connatural in the bosoms of Americans ; and sooner or later , must have blazed out into public action . Independence fits the soul of ...
... minds and virtuous manners lead to the gates of glory . The sentiment of independence must have been connatural in the bosoms of Americans ; and sooner or later , must have blazed out into public action . Independence fits the soul of ...
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