The Patriotic Speaker: Consisting of Specimens of Modern Eloquence, Together with Poetical Extracts Adapted for Recitation, and Dramatic Pieces for ExhibitionsA.S Barnes & Burr, 1864 - 524 páginas |
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... Never . The Execution . The Charge at Waterloo .. The Lord of Butrago . Herminius and Mamilius .. Barbara Frietchie .... The Doom of MacGregor .. The Men of Marblehead . Stars in my Country's Sky .. To the Men of the North and West ...
... Never . The Execution . The Charge at Waterloo .. The Lord of Butrago . Herminius and Mamilius .. Barbara Frietchie .... The Doom of MacGregor .. The Men of Marblehead . Stars in my Country's Sky .. To the Men of the North and West ...
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... never been checked by the oppressions of tyranny . Our constitutions have never been enfeebled by the vices or luxuries of the Old World . Such as we are , we have been from the begin- ning , simple , hardy , intelligent , accustomed to ...
... never been checked by the oppressions of tyranny . Our constitutions have never been enfeebled by the vices or luxuries of the Old World . Such as we are , we have been from the begin- ning , simple , hardy , intelligent , accustomed to ...
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... never will be hailed for their power and wealth , there the persecuted chief of a down - trodden nation is welcomed , as your great Republic's guest , precisely because he is perse- cuted , helpless and poor . In the old , the terrible ...
... never will be hailed for their power and wealth , there the persecuted chief of a down - trodden nation is welcomed , as your great Republic's guest , precisely because he is perse- cuted , helpless and poor . In the old , the terrible ...
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... Never , in any capacity , can I render voluntary aid in its exe- cution . Pains and penalties I will endure ; but this great wrong I will not do . " I cannot obey , but I can suffer , " was the exclamation of the author of Pilgrim's ...
... Never , in any capacity , can I render voluntary aid in its exe- cution . Pains and penalties I will endure ; but this great wrong I will not do . " I cannot obey , but I can suffer , " was the exclamation of the author of Pilgrim's ...
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... Never before did she inspire equal pride and affection . My filial love does not claim too much when it exhibits her as approaching the pattern of a Christian commonwealth , which , according to that great English republican , John ...
... Never before did she inspire equal pride and affection . My filial love does not claim too much when it exhibits her as approaching the pattern of a Christian commonwealth , which , according to that great English republican , John ...
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Términos y frases comunes
American arms army battle believe blood brave bring cause citizen civil comes Constitution Damon dare dead death Dodd door duty earth Enter fall fathers fear feel field fire flag freedom friends give glorious glory Government Grif hand head hear heard heart heaven hold honor hope hour House human hundred king land liberty light live look Lord mean millions nature never night North o'er once party passed patriotism peace political present principles protection question rest rise round Senator shout side slave slavery soul sound South Southern speak spirit stand stars tell thee things Thor thou thought thousand tion true turn Union United voice Walter whole wrong
Pasajes populares
Página 248 - Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
Página 336 - UP from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand Green-walled by the hills of Maryland.
Página 422 - Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives.
Página 338 - She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag,
Página 259 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Página 205 - Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low. So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart.
Página 338 - But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!
Página 415 - Thou, too, sail on. O Ship of State ! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity, with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
Página 84 - Wrong as we think slavery is, we can yet afford to let it alone where it is, because that much is due to the necessity arising from its actual presence in the nation; but can we, while our votes will prevent it, allow it to spread into the national territories and to overrun us here in these free states? If our sense of duty forbids this, then let us stand by our duty fearlessly and effectively.
Página 255 - Thou too, hoar Mount! with thy sky-pointing peaks, Oft from whose feet the avalanche, unheard, Shoots downward, glittering through the pure serene Into the depth of clouds, that veil thy breast Thou too again, stupendous Mountain! thou That as I raise my head, awhile bowed low In adoration, upward from thy base Slow travelling with dim eyes suffused with tears, Solemnly seemest, like a vapoury cloud, To rise before me - Rise, O ever rise, Rise like a cloud of incense, from the Earth!