Five-minute Declamations, Volume 1Walter K. Fobes Lee and Shepard, 1885 |
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... lips , they compose a body of reading , in many volumes , solid , clear , rich , and full of harmony , a classical and permanent political literature . And yet , all these modes of his eloquence , exactly adapted each to its stage and ...
... lips , they compose a body of reading , in many volumes , solid , clear , rich , and full of harmony , a classical and permanent political literature . And yet , all these modes of his eloquence , exactly adapted each to its stage and ...
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... lips , the most eloquent that speak the English tongue in my day ! " I think he was right . I remember the solemnity of Webster , the grace of Everett , the rhetoric of Choate ; I know the eloquence that lay hid in the iron logic of Cal ...
... lips , the most eloquent that speak the English tongue in my day ! " I think he was right . I remember the solemnity of Webster , the grace of Everett , the rhetoric of Choate ; I know the eloquence that lay hid in the iron logic of Cal ...
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... lip had never yet been spoken aloud . It was expected that the final vote would be taken without delay , but hour ... lip to lip , followed by huzzas that shook the building . The boy - sentinel clapped his hands , and shouted to the ...
... lip had never yet been spoken aloud . It was expected that the final vote would be taken without delay , but hour ... lip to lip , followed by huzzas that shook the building . The boy - sentinel clapped his hands , and shouted to the ...
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... lips on this auspicious day . Let me rather invoke , as I devoutly and fer- vently do , the choicest and richest blessings of Heaven on those who shall do most , in all time to come , to preserve our beloved country in unity , peace ...
... lips on this auspicious day . Let me rather invoke , as I devoutly and fer- vently do , the choicest and richest blessings of Heaven on those who shall do most , in all time to come , to preserve our beloved country in unity , peace ...
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... lips the poisoned cup of European servitude ; through all the vicissitudes of her protracted conflict , displaying a magnanimity that defied misfortune , and a moderation that gave new grace to victory . It was the first vision of my ...
... lips the poisoned cup of European servitude ; through all the vicissitudes of her protracted conflict , displaying a magnanimity that defied misfortune , and a moderation that gave new grace to victory . It was the first vision of my ...
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