Wiley's Elocution and Oratory: Giving a Thorough Treatise on the Art of Reading and Speaking. Containing Numerous and Choice Selections of Didactic, Humorous, and Dramatic Styles, from the Most Celebrated Authors ... |
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... proud moment of life , Worth ages of history , -when , had you but hurl'd One bolt at your bloody invader , that strife Between freemen and tyrants had spread through the world , - That then , O ! disgrace upon manhood ! -e'en then You ...
... proud moment of life , Worth ages of history , -when , had you but hurl'd One bolt at your bloody invader , that strife Between freemen and tyrants had spread through the world , - That then , O ! disgrace upon manhood ! -e'en then You ...
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... proud form , thrown cold and stiff upon the damp floor . In that glassy eye there lingers , even yet , a horrible energy — a sublimity of despair . Who is this strange man lying there alone , in this rude garret : this man , who , in ...
... proud form , thrown cold and stiff upon the damp floor . In that glassy eye there lingers , even yet , a horrible energy — a sublimity of despair . Who is this strange man lying there alone , in this rude garret : this man , who , in ...
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... proud tops of the eastern pines , And darts his light through every guilty hole , Then murders , treasons , and detested sins , The cloak of night being pluck'd from off their backs Stand bare and naked , trembling at themselves ? 2. So ...
... proud tops of the eastern pines , And darts his light through every guilty hole , Then murders , treasons , and detested sins , The cloak of night being pluck'd from off their backs Stand bare and naked , trembling at themselves ? 2. So ...
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... proud of your race , go back with me sixty years ; select what statesman you please : let him be either American or Englishman , let him have a brain the result of six generations of culture , let him have the richest culture of ...
... proud of your race , go back with me sixty years ; select what statesman you please : let him be either American or Englishman , let him have a brain the result of six generations of culture , let him have the richest culture of ...
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... proud world's scorn ; Thus struggle on from year to year , Thy sole relief the tear . 2. Go , weep as I have wept , O'er a loved father's fall , See every cherished promise swept , Youth's sweetness turned to gall ; Hope's faded flowers ...
... proud world's scorn ; Thus struggle on from year to year , Thy sole relief the tear . 2. Go , weep as I have wept , O'er a loved father's fall , See every cherished promise swept , Youth's sweetness turned to gall ; Hope's faded flowers ...
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angel arms art thou battle behold bells Belshazzar beneath bless blood bosom breast breath bright brow Cæsar Catiline CHARLES MACKAY Cleon clouds cold cried dare dark dead death deep dread dream earth eternal falchion fate father fear feel fire forever friends gaze gladiator glorious glory grave Greece hand hath head hear heard heart Heaven honor hope hour human king land liberty light lips living look Lord mighty Mount Tabor mountain N. P. WILLIS never Nevermore night noble o'er once Orotund passed peace proud Quoth the raven R. H. DANA Rhine roar rolling Roman Rome round ruin Samian wine silent sleep smile soul spirit stand stars stood sweet tears tell thee There's thou hast thought Toussaint L'Ouverture trembling Union voice waves wild wind words youth