The Columbian Speaker, Consisting of Choice and Animated Pieces for Declamation and ReadingLee and Shepard, 1875 - 240 páginas |
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... suffering for liberty's sake , has been almost godlike ! History has so recorded it . Who com- prised that gallant ... sufferings disaffect , but who , true to their country and its holy cause , con- tinued to fight the good fight of ...
... suffering for liberty's sake , has been almost godlike ! History has so recorded it . Who com- prised that gallant ... sufferings disaffect , but who , true to their country and its holy cause , con- tinued to fight the good fight of ...
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... sufferings , all your complaints , which , with so much right , drove your forefathers to take up arms , are but slight grievances , compared with those im- mense , deep wounds , out of which the heart of Hun- gary bleeds ! If the cause ...
... sufferings , all your complaints , which , with so much right , drove your forefathers to take up arms , are but slight grievances , compared with those im- mense , deep wounds , out of which the heart of Hun- gary bleeds ! If the cause ...
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... sufferings were , " I am a Roman citizen . " With these he hoped to defend him- self from violence and infamy . But of so little ser- vice was this privilege to him , that while he was thus asserting his citizenship , the order was ...
... sufferings were , " I am a Roman citizen . " With these he hoped to defend him- self from violence and infamy . But of so little ser- vice was this privilege to him , that while he was thus asserting his citizenship , the order was ...
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... sufferings both nations enjoy such freedom to worship God ; I appeal to you by the graves in which our common ancestors repose , not only , it may be , beneath the stately tow- ers of Westminster , but in many an ancient village ...
... sufferings both nations enjoy such freedom to worship God ; I appeal to you by the graves in which our common ancestors repose , not only , it may be , beneath the stately tow- ers of Westminster , but in many an ancient village ...
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... sufferings , of their sad and misera- ble fate , when , to add to their terror , the sky was suddenly overcast ; heavy masses of dark clouds swept across the heavens ; the thunder pealed , and a deluge of driving rain poured in upon the ...
... sufferings , of their sad and misera- ble fate , when , to add to their terror , the sky was suddenly overcast ; heavy masses of dark clouds swept across the heavens ; the thunder pealed , and a deluge of driving rain poured in upon the ...
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American arms army Arnold von Winkelried banner battle beautiful behold BELSHAZZAR beneath blood brave Caius Verres CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION cattle mutilated cause CHARLES SUMNER child conservatism Damascus darkness dead death Demosthenes dollars and dimes earth England eternal eyes FACTIOUS OPPOSITION faith father fellah fire flag forever freedom GALILEO GALILEI gaze gentlemen German's glorious glory grave hand hast heard heart heaven honor horse human justice kings land liberty light living look ment mighty mind moral mother mountain nations never night noble o'er old Tatum once patriotism peace Pilgrim PLYMOUTH ROCK political poor pride rising Robert Raikes rolled Roman sand sinking sleep sorrow soul speak spirit stand stars statesman sufferings tell things thou thought thousand thunder tion to-day to-morrow trembling triumph Union victory WARREN HASTINGS Washington words world of stupid wrongs
Pasajes populares
Página 115 - I impeach Warren Hastings of high crimes and misdemeanors. I impeach him in the name of the Commons' House of Parliament, whose trust he has betrayed.
Página 17 - We'll cross the Tamar, land to land, The Severn is no stay, With 'One and all!' and hand in hand, And who shall bid us nay? "And when we come to London Wall, A pleasant sight to view, Come forth! come forth, ye cowards all, Here's men as good as you ! "Trelawny he's in keep and hold, Trelawny he may die; But here's twenty thousand Cornish bold Will know the reason why!
Página 177 - Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim, and on all beneath his roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters, through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon ; he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the chamber.
Página 113 - The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus; the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty Kings; the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers; the hall where the eloquence of...
Página 178 - Ah, gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake ! Such a secret can be safe nowhere. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it and say it is safe.
Página 114 - There were seated round the Queen the fair-haired young daughters of the House of Brunswick. There the ambassadors of great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present.
Página 179 - The human heart was not made for the residence of such an inhabitant. It finds itself preyed on by a torment which it dares not acknowledge to God or man. A vulture is devouring it, and it can ask no sympathy or assistance, either from heaven or earth.
Página 55 - ... me. I do not here stand before you accused of venality, or of neglect of duty. It is not said that in the long period of my service, I have in a single instance sacrificed the slightest of your interests to my ambition, or to my fortune. It is not alleged, that to gratify any anger or revenge of my own, or of my party, I have had a share in wronging or oppressing any description of men or any one man in any description.
Página 87 - My client's hopes and prospects are ruined, and it is no figure of speech to say that her occupation is gone indeed. The bill is down— but there is no tenant. Eligible single gentlemen pass and repass— but there is no invitation for them to inquire within or without.
Página 135 - Cities and states are his pallbearers, and the cannon beats the hours with solemn progression. Dead, dead, dead, he yet speaketh! Is Washington dead? Is Hampden dead? Is David dead? Is any man that ever was fit to live dead? Disenthralled of flesh, and risen in the unobstructed sphere where passion never comes, he begins his illimitable work. His life now is grafted upon the infinite, and will be fruitful as no earthly life can be.