The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
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The shaded sole represents here that of the left foot , which for the time is supposed to bear the chief weight of the body , while the right merely supports that of the corresponding limb . The advantage of this position is that of ...
The shaded sole represents here that of the left foot , which for the time is supposed to bear the chief weight of the body , while the right merely supports that of the corresponding limb . The advantage of this position is that of ...
Page 145
Behind a wide column , half breathless with fear , She crept to conceal herself there ; That instant the moon o'er a dark cloud shone clear , And she saw in the moonlight two ruffians appear , And between them - a corpse did they bear !
Behind a wide column , half breathless with fear , She crept to conceal herself there ; That instant the moon o'er a dark cloud shone clear , And she saw in the moonlight two ruffians appear , And between them - a corpse did they bear !
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And leave my orphan children here , In rags and wretchedness to dwell , A doom their father can not bear . Will no one pity ? no one come ? Not thou ; O come not , man of prayer ! Shut that dread volume in thy hand ; For me damnation ...
And leave my orphan children here , In rags and wretchedness to dwell , A doom their father can not bear . Will no one pity ? no one come ? Not thou ; O come not , man of prayer ! Shut that dread volume in thy hand ; For me damnation ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
| Author | Warren P. Edgarton |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Mason Brothers, 1860 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 30 May 2007 |
| Length | 502 pages |
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