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In vain he strove with all his might , And tried to gain the shore ; Down , down he went to feed the fish He'd baited oft before ! The moral of this mournful tale To all is plain and clear :A single " drop too much " of rum , May make a ...
In vain he strove with all his might , And tried to gain the shore ; Down , down he went to feed the fish He'd baited oft before ! The moral of this mournful tale To all is plain and clear :A single " drop too much " of rum , May make a ...
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There , on the silent and lonely shore , For ages , I watched alone ; And the world in its darkness , asked no more Where the glorious bird had flown . " But then came a bold and hardy few , And they breasted the unknown wave : I caught ...
There , on the silent and lonely shore , For ages , I watched alone ; And the world in its darkness , asked no more Where the glorious bird had flown . " But then came a bold and hardy few , And they breasted the unknown wave : I caught ...
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THERE is a pleasure in the pathless woods , There is a rapture on the lonely shore , There is society , where none intrudes , By the deep sea , and music in its roar : I love not man the less , but nature more , From these our ...
THERE is a pleasure in the pathless woods , There is a rapture on the lonely shore , There is society , where none intrudes , By the deep sea , and music in its roar : I love not man the less , but nature more , From these our ...
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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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