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Fire , fire , fire ! Hurry the engine , hearts of oak ! For the flame is rising , higher , higher ! Man on the ladder , mind your stroke ! Dash in the window , -grasp that child ,Pass him along ; -the mother is wild !
Fire , fire , fire ! Hurry the engine , hearts of oak ! For the flame is rising , higher , higher ! Man on the ladder , mind your stroke ! Dash in the window , -grasp that child ,Pass him along ; -the mother is wild !
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Jump , or I fire ! " he said ; " That only chance your life can save ! Jump , jump , boy ! " He obeyed . He sunk , -he rose , he lived , he moved ,And for the ship struck out ; On board , we hailed the lad beloved , With many a manly ...
Jump , or I fire ! " he said ; " That only chance your life can save ! Jump , jump , boy ! " He obeyed . He sunk , -he rose , he lived , he moved ,And for the ship struck out ; On board , we hailed the lad beloved , With many a manly ...
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ening off the fire . The louder the better , of course ; and the more ladies in the vicinity , the greater necessity for " doing it brown . " Should the roof begin to smoke , get to work in good earnest , and make any man " smoke " that ...
ening off the fire . The louder the better , of course ; and the more ladies in the vicinity , the greater necessity for " doing it brown . " Should the roof begin to smoke , get to work in good earnest , and make any man " smoke " that ...
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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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