Five-minute Declamations, Volume 1Walter K. Fobes Lee and Shepard, 1885 |
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... hundred selec- tions will be found a greater number of desirable pieces than in any speakers published . This is another reason why it should meet with favor . It is not claimed that the selections are all new , but that all the ...
... hundred selec- tions will be found a greater number of desirable pieces than in any speakers published . This is another reason why it should meet with favor . It is not claimed that the selections are all new , but that all the ...
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... hundred persons besides the ship's company , in a vessel of one hundred and sixty tons . One is touched at the story of the long , cold , weary , autumnal passage , of the landing on the inhospitable rocks at this dismal season , where ...
... hundred persons besides the ship's company , in a vessel of one hundred and sixty tons . One is touched at the story of the long , cold , weary , autumnal passage , of the landing on the inhospitable rocks at this dismal season , where ...
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... hundred years from his birth , near the place so cherished and beloved by him , where his dust now reposes , and in the capital which bears his own immortal name . THE NAME OF WASHINGTON . 27 All experience evinces that 26 FIVE - MINUTE ...
... hundred years from his birth , near the place so cherished and beloved by him , where his dust now reposes , and in the capital which bears his own immortal name . THE NAME OF WASHINGTON . 27 All experience evinces that 26 FIVE - MINUTE ...
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... hundred years ago , Mary Shepherd , a girl of fifteen , was watching the savages on the hills of Con- cord , while her brothers thrashed in the barn . Sud- denly the Indians appeared , slew the brothers , and carried her away . In the ...
... hundred years ago , Mary Shepherd , a girl of fifteen , was watching the savages on the hills of Con- cord , while her brothers thrashed in the barn . Sud- denly the Indians appeared , slew the brothers , and carried her away . In the ...
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... hundred years , nor hesitate to point with pride to our own authors and artists , living and dead . But the day has gone by when literature and the fine arts , or even science and the useful arts , can charac- terize an age . There are ...
... hundred years , nor hesitate to point with pride to our own authors and artists , living and dead . But the day has gone by when literature and the fine arts , or even science and the useful arts , can charac- terize an age . There are ...
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