The United States Speaker: A Copious Selection of Exercises in Elocution, Consisting of Prose, Poetry, and Dialogue, Drawn Chiefly from the Most Approved Writers of Great Britain and America ...S. Babcock, 1844 - 504 pages |
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... honors , for party , for conquest .- ' Twas for their country and their country's good , religion , liberty and law . Would you ask for chivalry ? —that high and delicate sense of honor , which deems a stain upon one's country as ...
... honors , for party , for conquest .- ' Twas for their country and their country's good , religion , liberty and law . Would you ask for chivalry ? —that high and delicate sense of honor , which deems a stain upon one's country as ...
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... honor , is the inevitable prelude to her destruction . Behold the once proud fabric of a Roman empire — an empire carrying its arts and arms into every part of the eastern conti- nent ; the monarchs of mighty kingdoms dragged at the ...
... honor , is the inevitable prelude to her destruction . Behold the once proud fabric of a Roman empire — an empire carrying its arts and arms into every part of the eastern conti- nent ; the monarchs of mighty kingdoms dragged at the ...
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... honor untarnished , and our freedom unimpaired . On the last page of fate's eventful volume , with the raptured ken / of prophecy , I behold Columbia's name recorded ; her future honors and happiness inscribed . In the same important ...
... honor untarnished , and our freedom unimpaired . On the last page of fate's eventful volume , with the raptured ken / of prophecy , I behold Columbia's name recorded ; her future honors and happiness inscribed . In the same important ...
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... honor from the pale - faced moon , Or dive into the bottom of the deep , Where fathom line could never touch the ground , And drag up drowned honor by the locks- " This is the prowess , and these the hardy achievements , which are to ...
... honor from the pale - faced moon , Or dive into the bottom of the deep , Where fathom line could never touch the ground , And drag up drowned honor by the locks- " This is the prowess , and these the hardy achievements , which are to ...
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... honor ; nothing for which we ought to have contended , according to the principles of the gentlemen on the other side , or according to our own . Have we gained nothing by the war ? Let any man look at the degraded condition of this ...
... honor ; nothing for which we ought to have contended , according to the principles of the gentlemen on the other side , or according to our own . Have we gained nothing by the war ? Let any man look at the degraded condition of this ...
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American Anonymous armies arms Athens Banquo battle beauty behold blaze of glory blessings blood Book of Job bosom Bunker's Hill Cæsar cause character citizens conquer crown dare death Demosthenes desolate earth eloquence enemy Epaminondas eternal eternal adamant eyes fathers feel field freedom genius give glorious glory gratitude Greece hand happiness hath heart heaven heroes honorable member hope horror human illustrious immortal immortal song Jugurtha land laws learned friend liberty lives Lord mankind Massachusetts ment mighty mind Missouri moral nation nature never New-England noble oppression patriot peace political principles Procida proud recollection republic republic of love revolution Roman Rome ruins scene Scotland senate sentiment soul South Carolina spirit sublime sufferings sword tell temples thee thing thou throne tion triumph union venerable victory virtue virtuous voice Washington Webster whole wisdom wretched yourselves
Popular passages
Page 96 - For brass I will bring gold ; and for iron I will bring silver ; and for wood, brass ; and for stones, iron.
Page 143 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!
Page 170 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street : On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet...
Page xiii - Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 92 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 130 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours? Write them together: yours is as fair a name: Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well. Weigh them, it is as heavy: conjure with 'em, 'Brutus' will start a spirit as soon as 'Caesar'.
Page 130 - If Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake : 'tis true, this god did shake...
Page 171 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay ; The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, the day Battle's magnificently-stern array.
Page 14 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Page 95 - Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the gentiles shall come unto thee.