Five-minute Declamations, Volume 1Walter K. Fobes Lee and Shepard, 1885 |
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... object , this , this is eloquence ; or , rather , it is something greater and higher than eloquence , it is action , noble , sublime , and god- like action . - -- DANIEL WEBSTER'S ELOQUENCE . RUFUS CHOATE . I BEGIN by admiring an ...
... object , this , this is eloquence ; or , rather , it is something greater and higher than eloquence , it is action , noble , sublime , and god- like action . - -- DANIEL WEBSTER'S ELOQUENCE . RUFUS CHOATE . I BEGIN by admiring an ...
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... objects of necessary charity , as well as of deep commiseration . As this scene passes before us , we can hardly for- bear asking , whether this be a band of malefactors and felons flying from justice . What are their crimes that they ...
... objects of necessary charity , as well as of deep commiseration . As this scene passes before us , we can hardly for- bear asking , whether this be a band of malefactors and felons flying from justice . What are their crimes that they ...
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... object of regard . The ingenuous youth of America will hold up to themselves the bright model of Washington's example , and study to be what they behold ; they will contemplate his character till all its virtues spread out and display ...
... object of regard . The ingenuous youth of America will hold up to themselves the bright model of Washington's example , and study to be what they behold ; they will contemplate his character till all its virtues spread out and display ...
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... objects truly national , and carried on in a spirit of justice and equity . The extreme solicitude for the preservation of the Union at all times mani- fested by him , shows not only the opinion he enter- tained of its importance , but ...
... objects truly national , and carried on in a spirit of justice and equity . The extreme solicitude for the preservation of the Union at all times mani- fested by him , shows not only the opinion he enter- tained of its importance , but ...
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... object , carry our preten- sions further , and set up for absolute independence , we shall lose the sympathy of mankind . no longer be defending what we possess , but strug- gling for something we never did possess , and which we have ...
... object , carry our preten- sions further , and set up for absolute independence , we shall lose the sympathy of mankind . no longer be defending what we possess , but strug- gling for something we never did possess , and which we have ...
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