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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 ...
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My lords , your house yet stands ; it stands as a great edifice ; but let me say , it stands in the midst of ruins ... given us for our guide with regard to ourselves and with regard to others , and which will stand after this globe is ...
My lords , your house yet stands ; it stands as a great edifice ; but let me say , it stands in the midst of ruins ... given us for our guide with regard to ourselves and with regard to others , and which will stand after this globe is ...
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I do not rise to waste the night in words ; Let that plebeian talk ; ' tis not my trade ; But here I stand for right , let him show proofs ,For Roman right ; though none , it seems , dare stand To take their share with me .
I do not rise to waste the night in words ; Let that plebeian talk ; ' tis not my trade ; But here I stand for right , let him show proofs ,For Roman right ; though none , it seems , dare stand To take their share with me .
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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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