The Book of Eloquence: A Collection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from the Most Famous Orators and Poets; Intended as Exercises for Declamation in Colleges and SchoolsCharles Dudley Warner Lee and Shepard, 1886 - 452 Seiten |
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... bosom of those more than Spartan bands , and vibrated quickly and keenly with every incident that befell them , whether in their feats of valor , or the acuteness of their sufferings . The country itself was one wide battle - field , in ...
... bosom of those more than Spartan bands , and vibrated quickly and keenly with every incident that befell them , whether in their feats of valor , or the acuteness of their sufferings . The country itself was one wide battle - field , in ...
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... bosom of our western forests . he carried with him taste , and science , and wealth ; and lo , the desert smiled ! Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio , he rears upon it a palace , and decorates it with every romantic ...
... bosom of our western forests . he carried with him taste , and science , and wealth ; and lo , the desert smiled ! Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio , he rears upon it a palace , and decorates it with every romantic ...
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... bosom of their unfortunate possessor warns him of the ruin that is coming upon him . A stranger presents himself . Introduced to their civilities by the high rank which he had lately held in his country , he soon finds his way into ...
... bosom of their unfortunate possessor warns him of the ruin that is coming upon him . A stranger presents himself . Introduced to their civilities by the high rank which he had lately held in his country , he soon finds his way into ...
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... bosom , whom he lately " permitted not the winds of " summer " to visit too roughly , " we find her shivering at mid- night on the winter banks of the Ohio and mingling her tears with the torrents that froze as they fell . Yet this ...
... bosom , whom he lately " permitted not the winds of " summer " to visit too roughly , " we find her shivering at mid- night on the winter banks of the Ohio and mingling her tears with the torrents that froze as they fell . Yet this ...
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... bosom , it bears the products of various climes ; so peace surrounds , protects , and upholds all other blessings . Without it , commerce is vain , the ardor of industry is restrained , justice is arrested , happiness is blasted ...
... bosom , it bears the products of various climes ; so peace surrounds , protects , and upholds all other blessings . Without it , commerce is vain , the ardor of industry is restrained , justice is arrested , happiness is blasted ...
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