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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... eyes to the fact that the present alarming extent and threatening form of a resistance and defiance , have been consequent upon the tolerated practical nullification of the State of Georgia . The gentleman from South Carolina , has ...
... eyes to the fact that the present alarming extent and threatening form of a resistance and defiance , have been consequent upon the tolerated practical nullification of the State of Georgia . The gentleman from South Carolina , has ...
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... eye intent Was on the visioned future bent . " --In the very act of rising to debate he fell into the arms of conscript fathers of the republic . A long lethargy super- vened and oppressed his senses . Nature rallied the wasting powers ...
... eye intent Was on the visioned future bent . " --In the very act of rising to debate he fell into the arms of conscript fathers of the republic . A long lethargy super- vened and oppressed his senses . Nature rallied the wasting powers ...
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... eyes to Heaven , and thank the Lord they are not like that poor publican ! XXVII . - MASSACHUSETTS . J. G. PALFREY . WHEN the gentleman , calling up affecting reminiscences of the past , appealed to us of Massachusetts to be faithful to ...
... eyes to Heaven , and thank the Lord they are not like that poor publican ! XXVII . - MASSACHUSETTS . J. G. PALFREY . WHEN the gentleman , calling up affecting reminiscences of the past , appealed to us of Massachusetts to be faithful to ...
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... eyes of nations , and the literature of the age is turned , and is flowing with the general current . At the present day , he is more applauded who crowns a country with peace and plenty , than he who covers it with bones and ...
... eyes of nations , and the literature of the age is turned , and is flowing with the general current . At the present day , he is more applauded who crowns a country with peace and plenty , than he who covers it with bones and ...
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... eyes over the history of nations , with horror we discern the succession of murderous slaughters , by which their progress has been marked . Even as the hunter traces the wild beast , when pursued to his lair , by the drops of blood on ...
... eyes over the history of nations , with horror we discern the succession of murderous slaughters , by which their progress has been marked . Even as the hunter traces the wild beast , when pursued to his lair , by the drops of blood on ...
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