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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... seems to have been entirely misunderstood or overlooked . The culture of Delivery , however , can hardly be commenced too early . It is while the organs of the voice , and the limbs are yet flexible ; -while the taste is yet unvitiated ...
... seems to have been entirely misunderstood or overlooked . The culture of Delivery , however , can hardly be commenced too early . It is while the organs of the voice , and the limbs are yet flexible ; -while the taste is yet unvitiated ...
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... seem the necessary result of the progress of civilization . and knowledge . These are , first , popular governments , re- strained by written constitutions ; and , secondly , universal educa- tion . Popular governments and general ...
... seem the necessary result of the progress of civilization . and knowledge . These are , first , popular governments , re- strained by written constitutions ; and , secondly , universal educa- tion . Popular governments and general ...
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... seem to be full of superlative wo . But he will not stand aloof . As we shall have begun an open controversy with him , he will contend openly with us . And never , since the earth stood , has it been so fear- ful a thing for nations to ...
... seem to be full of superlative wo . But he will not stand aloof . As we shall have begun an open controversy with him , he will contend openly with us . And never , since the earth stood , has it been so fear- ful a thing for nations to ...
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... seems to have been reversed . Instead of presuming every man to be upright and true , until the contrary appears , every applicant seems to be pre - supposed to be false and perjured . Instead of bestowing these hard - earned rewards ...
... seems to have been reversed . Instead of presuming every man to be upright and true , until the contrary appears , every applicant seems to be pre - supposed to be false and perjured . Instead of bestowing these hard - earned rewards ...
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... seems to have been suspended on the contingency , whether the Persian or Grecian banner should wave victo- rious in the beams of that day's setting sun . And as his ima- gination kindles at the retrospect , he is transported back to the ...
... seems to have been suspended on the contingency , whether the Persian or Grecian banner should wave victo- rious in the beams of that day's setting sun . And as his ima- gination kindles at the retrospect , he is transported back to the ...
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