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Oh ! spare my child , my joy , my pride ; Oh ! give me back my child ! " she cried : ' My child ! my child ! " with sobs and tears , She shrieked upon his callous ears . 66 " Come , Evan , " said the trembling chief ,His bosom wrung ...
Oh ! spare my child , my joy , my pride ; Oh ! give me back my child ! " she cried : ' My child ! my child ! " with sobs and tears , She shrieked upon his callous ears . 66 " Come , Evan , " said the trembling chief ,His bosom wrung ...
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Give me rum ! Why has she gone ? O God , I'm ruined ! O , give me rum ! Hark ! hark ! for bread my children cry , A cry that drinks my spirits up ; But ' tis in vain , in vain to try ; O give me back the drunkard's cup !
Give me rum ! Why has she gone ? O God , I'm ruined ! O , give me rum ! Hark ! hark ! for bread my children cry , A cry that drinks my spirits up ; But ' tis in vain , in vain to try ; O give me back the drunkard's cup !
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Henry , " Give me liberty or give me death ! " -Adams , " Survive or perish , I am for the declaration ! ”Allen , " In the name of the living God , I come ! " Come , then , thou Eternal ! who dwellest not in temples made with hands ...
Henry , " Give me liberty or give me death ! " -Adams , " Survive or perish , I am for the declaration ! ”Allen , " In the name of the living God , I come ! " Come , then , thou Eternal ! who dwellest not in temples made with hands ...
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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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