Modern Eloquence, Volume 9Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 841
... other . It was in the very darkest part of that dark time , it was in the midst of battles , sieges , and executions , it was when the whole world was still aghast at the awful spectacle A SURVEY OF FOUR CENTURIES 841.
... other . It was in the very darkest part of that dark time , it was in the midst of battles , sieges , and executions , it was when the whole world was still aghast at the awful spectacle A SURVEY OF FOUR CENTURIES 841.
Page 842
... battle had been fought on British ground . The last black scaffold had been set up on Tower Hill . The evil days were over . A bright and tranquil century , a century of religious toleration , of domestic peace , of tem- perate freedom ...
... battle had been fought on British ground . The last black scaffold had been set up on Tower Hill . The evil days were over . A bright and tranquil century , a century of religious toleration , of domestic peace , of tem- perate freedom ...
Page 851
... battle to end in torment the remainder of their patriot lives . It is a noble patriotism and it impels you , my fellow countrymen , to erect this magnificent monument to their honor and memory . And similar love of country will inspire ...
... battle to end in torment the remainder of their patriot lives . It is a noble patriotism and it impels you , my fellow countrymen , to erect this magnificent monument to their honor and memory . And similar love of country will inspire ...
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... us gradually , and we shall one day see it marching on steadily and vic- toriously , though its battle has raised no clamor , we , or our sons , or our sons ' sons . How shall our rebellion begin then ? What is the 902 WILLIAM MORRIS.
... us gradually , and we shall one day see it marching on steadily and vic- toriously , though its battle has raised no clamor , we , or our sons , or our sons ' sons . How shall our rebellion begin then ? What is the 902 WILLIAM MORRIS.
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... Battles enough were fought for it , but never in vain , until at last it came to be established forever upon English soil , and among the English race on every soil . And the highest eulogy upon the British constitution was spoken when ...
... Battles enough were fought for it , but never in vain , until at last it came to be established forever upon English soil , and among the English race on every soil . And the highest eulogy upon the British constitution was spoken when ...
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