Five-minute Declamations, Volume 1Walter K. Fobes Lee and Shepard, 1885 |
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... main forever ! May it rise up as high as heaven , till its banner shall fan the air of both continents , and wave as a glorious ensign of peace and security to the nations ! SUFFERINGS OF THE PILGRIMS . EDWARD EVERETT . IT is.
... main forever ! May it rise up as high as heaven , till its banner shall fan the air of both continents , and wave as a glorious ensign of peace and security to the nations ! SUFFERINGS OF THE PILGRIMS . EDWARD EVERETT . IT is.
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... rise and set , weeks and months pass , and winter surprises them on the deep , but brings them not the sight of the wished - for shore . I see them , now scantily supplied with provisions , crowded almost to suffocation in their ill ...
... rise and set , weeks and months pass , and winter surprises them on the deep , but brings them not the sight of the wished - for shore . I see them , now scantily supplied with provisions , crowded almost to suffocation in their ill ...
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Walter K. Fobes. WASHINGTON MONUMENT . 31 may the earliest rays of the rising sun , till that sun shall set to rise no more , draw forth from it daily , as from the fabled statue of antiquity , a strain of national harmony which shall ...
Walter K. Fobes. WASHINGTON MONUMENT . 31 may the earliest rays of the rising sun , till that sun shall set to rise no more , draw forth from it daily , as from the fabled statue of antiquity , a strain of national harmony which shall ...
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... rising to its zenith as that of Washington passed away . In point of mili- tary genius Napoleon probably equalled , if he did not exceed , any person known in history . In regard to the direction of the interests of a nation , he may ...
... rising to its zenith as that of Washington passed away . In point of mili- tary genius Napoleon probably equalled , if he did not exceed , any person known in history . In regard to the direction of the interests of a nation , he may ...
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... rising sun of America , and careless of him- self , mindful only of his country , he exultingly ex- claimed , " Oh , what a glorious morning ! " He felt that a blow would soon be struck that would break the heart of British tyranny ...
... rising sun of America , and careless of him- self , mindful only of his country , he exultingly ex- claimed , " Oh , what a glorious morning ! " He felt that a blow would soon be struck that would break the heart of British tyranny ...
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