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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... the very first rudi- ments of education , and with the first spark of reason . " What was the result ? -To this one circumstance , possibly , more than to any other not excepting even their extreme and incessant labor - is to.
... the very first rudi- ments of education , and with the first spark of reason . " What was the result ? -To this one circumstance , possibly , more than to any other not excepting even their extreme and incessant labor - is to.
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... Reason . 50. The Horrors of War . Lewis . 132 Walpole . 134 Pitt . 135 136 Chalmers . Bonaparte . 137 Rousseau . 138 Sheridan . 140 Plunket . 141 Canning . 142 Hall . 144 145 Chalmers . Byron . 146 Phillips . 148 Grant . 149 Brougham ...
... Reason . 50. The Horrors of War . Lewis . 132 Walpole . 134 Pitt . 135 136 Chalmers . Bonaparte . 137 Rousseau . 138 Sheridan . 140 Plunket . 141 Canning . 142 Hall . 144 145 Chalmers . Byron . 146 Phillips . 148 Grant . 149 Brougham ...
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... reason , to inquire . He unfolded to their wondering gaze , a form of moral beauty , which had been too long shrouded from their eyes by the timid dog- matism of the papal church . I It is to protestant christianity , gentlemen , that ...
... reason , to inquire . He unfolded to their wondering gaze , a form of moral beauty , which had been too long shrouded from their eyes by the timid dog- matism of the papal church . I It is to protestant christianity , gentlemen , that ...
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... reason only but of imagination also , and sentiment ; and that is neither wasted nor misapplied , which is appropriated to the purpose of giving right direction to sentiments , and opening proper springs of feeling in the heart . Let it ...
... reason only but of imagination also , and sentiment ; and that is neither wasted nor misapplied , which is appropriated to the purpose of giving right direction to sentiments , and opening proper springs of feeling in the heart . Let it ...
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... reason to dread the ulti- mate result ; however slow his progress may be , he will , in the end , most indubitably receive that distinction . While the rest , " the swallows of science , " the butterflies of genius , may flutter for ...
... reason to dread the ulti- mate result ; however slow his progress may be , he will , in the end , most indubitably receive that distinction . While the rest , " the swallows of science , " the butterflies of genius , may flutter for ...
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