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... Fires , 210. Results of the Heroism of the Pilgrims , · C. Cushing , 354 C. T. Russell , 355 Henry Clay , 357 Sydney Smith , 359 Epes Sargent , 360 W. Irving , 362 • W. H. Praell , 364 C. Sumner , 367 • Moore , 369 J. Story , 370 G. S. ...
... Fires , 210. Results of the Heroism of the Pilgrims , · C. Cushing , 354 C. T. Russell , 355 Henry Clay , 357 Sydney Smith , 359 Epes Sargent , 360 W. Irving , 362 • W. H. Praell , 364 C. Sumner , 367 • Moore , 369 J. Story , 370 G. S. ...
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... Fires , Mr. Peppergrass's Peroration , POETRY . SERIOUS . Dickens , 317 Anonymous , 391 . Dow , jr . , 416 Anonymous , 406 Putnam's Magazine , 350 Combat of Hiawatha and Mudjekeewis , The Bells , The Leper , Passing Away , Church - Yard ...
... Fires , Mr. Peppergrass's Peroration , POETRY . SERIOUS . Dickens , 317 Anonymous , 391 . Dow , jr . , 416 Anonymous , 406 Putnam's Magazine , 350 Combat of Hiawatha and Mudjekeewis , The Bells , The Leper , Passing Away , Church - Yard ...
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... fire of true eloquence , can never move a judicious audience but to pity or contempt . Even the player is reminded , by the great master of dramatic eloquence , that , in the very tempest of impassioned utterance , he must " beget a ...
... fire of true eloquence , can never move a judicious audience but to pity or contempt . Even the player is reminded , by the great master of dramatic eloquence , that , in the very tempest of impassioned utterance , he must " beget a ...
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... fire Every motive and desire God and Man to serve ; Man , with zeal and honor due , God , with gratitude most true , And all the spirit's nerve ! Let not Doubt thine efforts tire : God will give what all require , Raiment , home , and ...
... fire Every motive and desire God and Man to serve ; Man , with zeal and honor due , God , with gratitude most true , And all the spirit's nerve ! Let not Doubt thine efforts tire : God will give what all require , Raiment , home , and ...
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... fires gleam warm and bright Above , the spectral glaciers shone ; And from his lips escaped a groan , Excelsior ! " Try not the Pass ! " the old man said ; " Dark lowers the tempest overhead ; The roaring torrent is deep and wide ...
... fires gleam warm and bright Above , the spectral glaciers shone ; And from his lips escaped a groan , Excelsior ! " Try not the Pass ! " the old man said ; " Dark lowers the tempest overhead ; The roaring torrent is deep and wide ...
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