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Page 151
Bird of Columbia ! well art thou An emblem of our native land ; With unblenched front and noble brow , Among the nations doomed to stand ; Proud , like her mighty mountain woods ; Like her own rivers , wandering free ; And sending forth ...
Bird of Columbia ! well art thou An emblem of our native land ; With unblenched front and noble brow , Among the nations doomed to stand ; Proud , like her mighty mountain woods ; Like her own rivers , wandering free ; And sending forth ...
Page 169
Slow - for our thoughts dwell wearily On the noble sleeper there . Tread lightly , comrades ! -ye have laid His dark locks on his browLike life - save deeper light and shade :We'll not disturb them now . Tread lightly -- for ' tis ...
Slow - for our thoughts dwell wearily On the noble sleeper there . Tread lightly , comrades ! -ye have laid His dark locks on his browLike life - save deeper light and shade :We'll not disturb them now . Tread lightly -- for ' tis ...
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A low growl of satisfaction now announced the noble animal's triumph , as he sprang fiercely upon his prostrate enemy . But it was of short duration ; the dagger of the gladiator pierced his vitals , and together they rolled over and ...
A low growl of satisfaction now announced the noble animal's triumph , as he sprang fiercely upon his prostrate enemy . But it was of short duration ; the dagger of the gladiator pierced his vitals , and together they rolled over and ...
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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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