Five-minute Declamations, Volume 1Walter K. Fobes Lee and Shepard, 1885 |
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... noble , sublime , and god- like action . - -- DANIEL WEBSTER'S ELOQUENCE . RUFUS CHOATE . I BEGIN by admiring an aggregate , made up of excellences and triumphs ordinarily deemed incom- patible . Webster had extraordinary power of influ ...
... noble , sublime , and god- like action . - -- DANIEL WEBSTER'S ELOQUENCE . RUFUS CHOATE . I BEGIN by admiring an aggregate , made up of excellences and triumphs ordinarily deemed incom- patible . Webster had extraordinary power of influ ...
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... noble spirit , arose on the 7th of June , and in a clear , deliberate tone , every accent of which rang to the farthest extremity of the silent hall , proposed the following resolution : - " Resolved , That these United Colonies are ...
... noble spirit , arose on the 7th of June , and in a clear , deliberate tone , every accent of which rang to the farthest extremity of the silent hall , proposed the following resolution : - " Resolved , That these United Colonies are ...
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... 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 , come it soon or come it late , it may as mournfully as truly be said that Wash- ington has ...
... 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 , come it soon or come it late , it may as mournfully as truly be said that Wash- ington has ...
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... noble or base , witty or ridiculous , sublime or profane , -Vol- taire , maintained that , in his day , no man of reflec- tion or taste could count more than four authentic ages in the history of the world . First , that of Philip and ...
... noble or base , witty or ridiculous , sublime or profane , -Vol- taire , maintained that , in his day , no man of reflec- tion or taste could count more than four authentic ages in the history of the world . First , that of Philip and ...
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... noble in her decline , venerable in the majesty of religion , and calm as in the composure of death . The malaria has travelled in the paths worn by her destroyers . More than eighteen centu- ries have mourned over the loss of her ...
... noble in her decline , venerable in the majesty of religion , and calm as in the composure of death . The malaria has travelled in the paths worn by her destroyers . More than eighteen centu- ries have mourned over the loss of her ...
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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