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Page 259
He loosed the steed , -his slack hand fell ; -upon the silent face He cast one long , deep , troubled look , then turned from that sad place : His hope was crushed , his after fate untold in martial strain : His banner led the spears no ...
He loosed the steed , -his slack hand fell ; -upon the silent face He cast one long , deep , troubled look , then turned from that sad place : His hope was crushed , his after fate untold in martial strain : His banner led the spears no ...
Page 340
Carried a terrible silken shield , Pictured whereon was a hideous face , To fright the foemen out of the field . Each at his back a banner bore ; Through a hollow bamboo its staff was thrust ; And of the placards , behind and before ...
Carried a terrible silken shield , Pictured whereon was a hideous face , To fright the foemen out of the field . Each at his back a banner bore ; Through a hollow bamboo its staff was thrust ; And of the placards , behind and before ...
Page 456
When , in the face Of forces once my own , I'm led to death , Then be thine eye unmoistened ; let thy voice Then speak my doom untrembling ; then , Unmoved , behold this stiff and blackened corse . But now I ask - nay , turn not ...
When , in the face Of forces once my own , I'm led to death , Then be thine eye unmoistened ; let thy voice Then speak my doom untrembling ; then , Unmoved , behold this stiff and blackened corse . But now I ask - nay , turn not ...
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| 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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