The American Orator: Comprising a Collection, Principally from American Authors, of the Most Admired Specimens of Congressional, Forensic, Pulpit and Popular Eloquence, with Dialogues and Poetical Extracts, Adapted to Public Recitation : and an Introduction, Embracing the Principle Rules Relating to Delivery and ActionPublished and sold by Daniel Fenton, Thomas T. Stiles, printer, 1815 - 324 Seiten |
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... thousand gallant tars , the seeds of a naval force , which in thirty years , would ri- val her on her own element . She therefore commenced the odious system of impressment , of which no language can paint my indignant execration ; she ...
... thousand gallant tars , the seeds of a naval force , which in thirty years , would ri- val her on her own element . She therefore commenced the odious system of impressment , of which no language can paint my indignant execration ; she ...
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... thousand men . For the pur- pose of filling the ranks of that army , the bill before us proposes to give to each recruit , a bounty , of one hun- dred and twenty - four dollars , and three hundred and twen- ty acres of land ! —It offers ...
... thousand men . For the pur- pose of filling the ranks of that army , the bill before us proposes to give to each recruit , a bounty , of one hun- dred and twenty - four dollars , and three hundred and twen- ty acres of land ! —It offers ...
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... thousand men . Of these , seven thousand were at one time employed against Canada . A strong motive was then felt to exist . With equal exertion , that commonwealth could now furnish an army of forty thou- sand men . You have prosecuted ...
... thousand men . Of these , seven thousand were at one time employed against Canada . A strong motive was then felt to exist . With equal exertion , that commonwealth could now furnish an army of forty thou- sand men . You have prosecuted ...
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... thousand regular veteran troops , besides its militia ! -- And to march into it , inviting treason by proclamation , in a quarter too where such a system could be retorted upon us , with the most terrible effect , seemed to be be- yond ...
... thousand regular veteran troops , besides its militia ! -- And to march into it , inviting treason by proclamation , in a quarter too where such a system could be retorted upon us , with the most terrible effect , seemed to be be- yond ...
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... thousand miles distant , we are justified in visiting with fire and sword , an innocent , unoffending people , who are tied to us by acts of friendly intercourse and neighbourhood . What though it were shown to the authors of these ...
... thousand miles distant , we are justified in visiting with fire and sword , an innocent , unoffending people , who are tied to us by acts of friendly intercourse and neighbourhood . What though it were shown to the authors of these ...
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Aaron Burr affection American arms army believe BENJAMIN RUSH bill blessings blood bosom Britain British Brutus calamity Canada cation cause character charity Christ Christian citizens command commerce constitution corrupted danger death defend Demosthenes distress dreadful duty earth enemy eternal exertions Extract eyes fame feel FISHER AMES force France friends gentlemen give glory Gospel hand happiness hath heart Heaven honour hope human interest invasion invasion of Canada Ireland Jacobins justice libel liberty look Lord mankind maritime rights means measures ment militia mind nation nature never object opinion party passions patriots peace political prayers present principles religion republican revolution ruin sans-culottes scene sentiments sion soul speak speaker spect Speech spirit suffering sword Syph Syphax tears tence thee thing thou tion truth virtue voice Washington whole William Cobbett words
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Seite 303 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Seite 316 - Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour, but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying; If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee!
Seite 76 - ... who think that nothing exists but what is gross and material ; and who therefore, far from being qualified to be directors of the great movement of empire, are not fit to turn a wheel in the machine.
Seite 177 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Seite 322 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Seite 313 - When Cheerfulness, a nymph of healthiest hue, Her bow across her shoulder flung, Her buskins gem'd with morning dew, Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call to Faun and Dryad known...
Seite 316 - The princes applaud with a furious joy: And the King seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen fired another Troy...
Seite 314 - TWAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...