Famous Orators of the World and Their Best OrationsJ. C. Winston Company, 1902 - 639 pages |
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... fight at Lexington precipitated the Revolution . Henry had returned from the Continental Congress and was now a member of the Virginia Con- vention , with Washington for one of his colleagues . Here he offered a resolution that the ...
... fight at Lexington precipitated the Revolution . Henry had returned from the Continental Congress and was now a member of the Virginia Con- vention , with Washington for one of his colleagues . Here he offered a resolution that the ...
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... fight ! I repeat it , sir , we must fight ! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us ! They tell us , sir , that we are weak ; unable to cope with SO formidable an adversary . But when shall we be stronger ? Will ...
... fight ! I repeat it , sir , we must fight ! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us ! They tell us , sir , that we are weak ; unable to cope with SO formidable an adversary . But when shall we be stronger ? Will ...
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... fight he rode to the field . Colonel Prescott , the veteran commander , offered him the command , but War- ren declined , saying that he had come as a volunteer and to learn the art of war from an able soldier . Borrowing a musket , he ...
... fight he rode to the field . Colonel Prescott , the veteran commander , offered him the command , but War- ren declined , saying that he had come as a volunteer and to learn the art of war from an able soldier . Borrowing a musket , he ...
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... fight to the end for their liberties . THE BOSTON MASSACRE [ All readers of history are probably familiar with the event of March 6 , 1770 , when a body of British soldiers , irritated by the taunts of a throng of Bostonians , fired ...
... fight to the end for their liberties . THE BOSTON MASSACRE [ All readers of history are probably familiar with the event of March 6 , 1770 , when a body of British soldiers , irritated by the taunts of a throng of Bostonians , fired ...
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... fight ? You too can show the trophies of your forefathers ' victories and your own ; can name the fortresses and battles you have won ; and many of you count the honor- able scars of wounds received whilst fighting for your king and ...
... fight ? You too can show the trophies of your forefathers ' victories and your own ; can name the fortresses and battles you have won ; and many of you count the honor- able scars of wounds received whilst fighting for your king and ...
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