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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 , - His ...
... 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 , - His ...
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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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Annabel Lee attitude and action beauty bell Belshazzar beneath blood body bold bosom brave breast breath bright brow cheek child cloud cried Dacotahs dark dead death deep dream earth eloquence Erin go bragh expression falchion father fear feeling feet fire gesture glory grave hath head hear heard heart heaven Hiawatha hill hour Katydid king land Laughing Water light lips living Lochinvar look Lord mighty Mondamin moon morning mountain N. P. Willis nature ne'er never night noble Number o'er pale passed pride proud R. H. Barham Rhine rock rose round Samian wine shore sigh smile song soul speak speaker spirit stars stood style sweet sword tears tell tempest thee thine thou art thought throne thunder Toll verger voice vulgar boy waves weep wigwam wild wind wings word Yankee girls young