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... once a self - confident youth , solicited to pay attention to his elocution , " and I will find the way to say without the aid of elocution ! " So thought not Demosthenes , nor Cicero , nor Chatham , nor Fox , nor Clay , nor Webster ...
... once a self - confident youth , solicited to pay attention to his elocution , " and I will find the way to say without the aid of elocution ! " So thought not Demosthenes , nor Cicero , nor Chatham , nor Fox , nor Clay , nor Webster ...
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... once , braced and expanded . It clinches the hand in resolve and determina- tion , and straightens or projects the arm toward the invading object . False courage , or FALSE CONFIDENCE and BOASTING , exaggerates the style of true courage ...
... once , braced and expanded . It clinches the hand in resolve and determina- tion , and straightens or projects the arm toward the invading object . False courage , or FALSE CONFIDENCE and BOASTING , exaggerates the style of true courage ...
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... once more , to your early home ! " A. o . - HAILING . - R . f . s . " Hail ! holy Light ! " D. e . RENUNCIATION . - L . f . s . " I utterly renounce all the supposed advantages of such a station . " 66 H. e . - UNIVERSALITY . — L . f ...
... once more , to your early home ! " A. o . - HAILING . - R . f . s . " Hail ! holy Light ! " D. e . RENUNCIATION . - L . f . s . " I utterly renounce all the supposed advantages of such a station . " 66 H. e . - UNIVERSALITY . — L . f ...
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... Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes . Her timbers yet are sound ; And she may float again , Full - charged with England's thunder , And plough the distant main .. ! But Kempenfelt is gone ...
... Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes . Her timbers yet are sound ; And she may float again , Full - charged with England's thunder , And plough the distant main .. ! But Kempenfelt is gone ...
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... once more : Sweet odors in the sea - air , sweet and strange , Shall tell the home - sick mariner of the shore ; And , listening to thy murmur , he shall deem He hears the rustling leaf and running stream . # Ex . XIX . - THE WORLD OF ...
... once more : Sweet odors in the sea - air , sweet and strange , Shall tell the home - sick mariner of the shore ; And , listening to thy murmur , he shall deem He hears the rustling leaf and running stream . # Ex . XIX . - THE WORLD OF ...
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