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 ...S. Babcock, 1850 - 504 Seiten |
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... thousand of her sons lay bleeding at Cannæ , and Han- nibal , victorious over three Roman armies and twenty nations , was thundering at her gates . It was then that the young and heroic Scipio , having sworn on his sword in the presence ...
... thousand of her sons lay bleeding at Cannæ , and Han- nibal , victorious over three Roman armies and twenty nations , was thundering at her gates . It was then that the young and heroic Scipio , having sworn on his sword in the presence ...
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... thousand ships , and thirty thousand guardians of her revenue ? Sir , do we not all know that smug gling is there a profitable trade , and that the revenue laws of England are constantly violated with impunity ? And how is it in Spain ...
... thousand ships , and thirty thousand guardians of her revenue ? Sir , do we not all know that smug gling is there a profitable trade , and that the revenue laws of England are constantly violated with impunity ? And how is it in Spain ...
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... thousand battles which have been fought ; of all the fields fertilized with carnage ; of the ban- ners which have been bathed in blood ; of the warriors who have hoped that they had risen from the field of conquest to a glory as bright ...
... thousand battles which have been fought ; of all the fields fertilized with carnage ; of the ban- ners which have been bathed in blood ; of the warriors who have hoped that they had risen from the field of conquest to a glory as bright ...
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... thousand battle - fields , white with the bones of brothers , were counted as idle advocates in the cause of justice and humanity . Ten thousand cities , aban- doned to the cruelty and licentiousness of the soldiery : and burnt , or ...
... thousand battle - fields , white with the bones of brothers , were counted as idle advocates in the cause of justice and humanity . Ten thousand cities , aban- doned to the cruelty and licentiousness of the soldiery : and burnt , or ...
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... thousand recollections of romance , and poetry , and legendary story , come crowding in upon him . He is surrounded by the tombs of the mighty dead , rich with the labors of ancient art , and emblazoned with the pomp of heraldry . What ...
... thousand recollections of romance , and poetry , and legendary story , come crowding in upon him . He is surrounded by the tombs of the mighty dead , rich with the labors of ancient art , and emblazoned with the pomp of heraldry . What ...
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