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 SchoolsCrandall & Moseley, 1853 - 452 Seiten |
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... things affect the interests of our own country . Gentlemen transform themselves into the Burkes , Chathams , and Pitts , of another country , and forget- ting , from honest zeal , the interests of America , engage with European ...
... things affect the interests of our own country . Gentlemen transform themselves into the Burkes , Chathams , and Pitts , of another country , and forget- ting , from honest zeal , the interests of America , engage with European ...
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... thing be more striking and sublime than the idea of an Imperial Republic , spreading over an extent of territory , more immense than the empire of the Cæsars , in the accumu- lated conquests of a thousand years - without præfects , or ...
... thing be more striking and sublime than the idea of an Imperial Republic , spreading over an extent of territory , more immense than the empire of the Cæsars , in the accumu- lated conquests of a thousand years - without præfects , or ...
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... thing greater in the age than its greatest men ; it is the ap- pearance of a new power in the world , the appearance of the multitude of men on the stage where as yet the few have acted their parts alone . This influence is to endure to ...
... thing greater in the age than its greatest men ; it is the ap- pearance of a new power in the world , the appearance of the multitude of men on the stage where as yet the few have acted their parts alone . This influence is to endure to ...
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... things get to the point , where nothing is left for it but to back out or fight . We are asked , sir , by this new executive government of ours - not in the very words , but it is a great deal like it- of the son of Climene - to give ...
... things get to the point , where nothing is left for it but to back out or fight . We are asked , sir , by this new executive government of ours - not in the very words , but it is a great deal like it- of the son of Climene - to give ...
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... things . If the shocking stupidity of the public mind to atrocious dishonesties is not aroused ; if good men do not bestir them- selves to drag the young from this foul sorcery ; if the relaxed bands of honesty are not tightened , and ...
... things . If the shocking stupidity of the public mind to atrocious dishonesties is not aroused ; if good men do not bestir them- selves to drag the young from this foul sorcery ; if the relaxed bands of honesty are not tightened , and ...
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American armies arms ASHER ROBBINS battle beauty behold blessings blood bosom brave Cæsar cause character civil conquered Constitution crown DANIEL WEBSTER death Demosthenes despotism destiny earth EDWARD EVERETT eloquence empire enemy England Europe eyes fame fathers fear feel field forever France freedom friends genius gentleman glorious glory grave Greece hand happy heart heaven HENRY CLAY honor hope human Hungary independence Ireland JOSEPH STORY justice land liberty light live look lords LYMAN BEECHER Mexico mighty military mind Missouri moral nation nature never noble ocean oppressed passed patriotism peace PELEG SPRAGUE perished political pride principles race Republic republican retributive justice Revolution Rome RUFUS CHOATE ruin scene Senate sentiment soul South South Carolina Spain spirit stand struggle sublime suffer tears tell thou throne tion triumph Union victory virtue voice whole
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Seite 345 - I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.
Seite 342 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Seite 398 - Shylock, we would have moneys :' you say so ; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold : moneys is your suit. What should I say to you ? Should I not say, ' Hath a dog money ? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats?
Seite 340 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly. If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come.
Seite 397 - Signior Antonio, many a time and oft In the Rialto you have rated* me About my moneys and my usances :* Still have I borne it with a patient shrug; For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe. You call me misbeliever, cut-throat, dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own.
Seite 360 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Seite 350 - Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. ''Hearts of oak...
Seite 339 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Seite 69 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood...
Seite 124 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history; the world knows it by heart The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever.