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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... give the tone to the literature of the language . Let it be your care and study not to show yourselves unequal to this high calling , -to vindicate the honor of the new world in this generous and friendly compe- tition with the old ...
... give the tone to the literature of the language . Let it be your care and study not to show yourselves unequal to this high calling , -to vindicate the honor of the new world in this generous and friendly compe- tition with the old ...
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... gives to us at least an equality of the common dangers , the common sufferings , and the common triumphs , and I demand an equal participation in the rights they have established . XV .-- TIES THAT BIND THE WEST TO US . EDWARD EVERETT ...
... gives to us at least an equality of the common dangers , the common sufferings , and the common triumphs , and I demand an equal participation in the rights they have established . XV .-- TIES THAT BIND THE WEST TO US . EDWARD EVERETT ...
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... give us their devotion , give us that of the young enthusiast of Paris , who listening to Mirabeau in one of his surpassing vin- dications of human right , and seeing him fall from his stand , dying , as a physician proclaimed , for the ...
... give us their devotion , give us that of the young enthusiast of Paris , who listening to Mirabeau in one of his surpassing vin- dications of human right , and seeing him fall from his stand , dying , as a physician proclaimed , for the ...
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... give ? Are despots alone to be reproached for unfeeling indifference to the tears and blood of their subjects ? Are republicans irresponsible ? Have the principles on which you ground the reproach upon cabinets and kings , no practical ...
... give ? Are despots alone to be reproached for unfeeling indifference to the tears and blood of their subjects ? Are republicans irresponsible ? Have the principles on which you ground the reproach upon cabinets and kings , no practical ...
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... give up the ship ; she wisely saw no safety for her in what might be called a peace ; and it was a glorious determination ; and it is that spirit - it is not thews , muscle - it is not brawn , it is that spirit which gives life to every ...
... give up the ship ; she wisely saw no safety for her in what might be called a peace ; and it was a glorious determination ; and it is that spirit - it is not thews , muscle - it is not brawn , it is that spirit which gives life to every ...
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