Five-minute Declamations, Volume 1Walter K. Fobes Lee and Shepard, 1885 |
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... feeling , passion , " fire in it . Each selection in this book has been subjected to the test of reading aloud , and is a declamation in the proper sense of that term . In this little book of one hundred selec- tions will be found a ...
... feeling , passion , " fire in it . Each selection in this book has been subjected to the test of reading aloud , and is a declamation in the proper sense of that term . In this little book of one hundred selec- tions will be found a ...
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... feels re- buked and subdued as in the presence of higher qualities . Then , patriotism is eloquent . Then , self - devotion is eloquent . The clear conception , outrunning the deductions of logic , the high pur- pose , the firm resolve ...
... feels re- buked and subdued as in the presence of higher qualities . Then , patriotism is eloquent . Then , self - devotion is eloquent . The clear conception , outrunning the deductions of logic , the high pur- pose , the firm resolve ...
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... feeling , which all acknowledge . No American can pass by the fields of Bunker Hill , Monmouth , or Camden , as if they were ordinary spots on the earth's surface . Whoever visits them feels the sentiment of love of country kindling ...
... feeling , which all acknowledge . No American can pass by the fields of Bunker Hill , Monmouth , or Camden , as if they were ordinary spots on the earth's surface . Whoever visits them feels the sentiment of love of country kindling ...
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... feeling that this was the thought and this the care which lay nearest and heaviest upon that noble heart . And , if which Heaven forbid - the day shall ever arrive when his parting counsels on that head shall be forgotten , on that day ...
... feeling that this was the thought and this the care which lay nearest and heaviest upon that noble heart . And , if which Heaven forbid - the day shall ever arrive when his parting counsels on that head shall be forgotten , on that day ...
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... feelings towards her as an Irishman ! Never ! oh , never ! while memory re- mains , can Ireland forget the home of her ... feeling that befriended the unfortunate . Search creation round and where can you find a country that presents so ...
... feelings towards her as an Irishman ! Never ! oh , never ! while memory re- mains , can Ireland forget the home of her ... feeling that befriended the unfortunate . Search creation round and where can you find a country that presents so ...
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American sailor amid ancient arms army behold blood brave Bunker Hill BUNKER HILL MONUMENT Cæsar CARL SCHURZ Carthage cause century CHARLES SUMNER cherished citizen civil clouds Constitution danger DANIEL WEBSTER dead earth eloquence enemy England Europe eyes fame Faneuil Hall fathers feeling forever freedom friends GALILEO GALILEI glorious glory hand happy heart Heaven heroes honor hope HUMAN LIBERTY hundred immortal independence JONATHAN MAXCY justice king labor land lips live look mankind martyrs Massachusetts memory ment mighty minute-man monument monumental brass nature ness never noble O'Connell OLD SOUTH CHURCH patriotism peace PILGRIMS political prosperity Republic Revolution sacred Sam Adams sentiment shore slaves soldier South Carolina speech spirit stand sword symbol tell temple thought tion to-day TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE trust truth victory virtue voice Washington WENDELL PHILLIPS whole country