The Columbian Speaker, Consisting of Choice and Animated Pieces for Declamation and ReadingLee and Shepard, 1875 - 240 páginas |
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... whole fruit of ages of toil , sacrifice , and thought those cunning fingers , the overflowing lap , labor vocal on every hill - side , and commerce whiten- ing every sea - all the dower of one haughty , over- bearing race ? The zeal of ...
... whole fruit of ages of toil , sacrifice , and thought those cunning fingers , the overflowing lap , labor vocal on every hill - side , and commerce whiten- ing every sea - all the dower of one haughty , over- bearing race ? The zeal of ...
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... whole civilized world ; participated in the achievement of your independence ; prominently assisted in moulding your free institutions , and the beneficial effects of whose wisdom will be felt to the last moment of " recorded time ...
... whole civilized world ; participated in the achievement of your independence ; prominently assisted in moulding your free institutions , and the beneficial effects of whose wisdom will be felt to the last moment of " recorded time ...
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... whole north is an everlast- ing monument of the freedom , virtue , intelligence , and indomitable independence of northern laborers ! Go , preach insurrection to men like these ! And what has shed an im- ____ . The fortitude of the men ...
... whole north is an everlast- ing monument of the freedom , virtue , intelligence , and indomitable independence of northern laborers ! Go , preach insurrection to men like these ! And what has shed an im- ____ . The fortitude of the men ...
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... whole continental struggle exhibited no sub- limer spectacle than the last great effort of Napo- leon to save his sinking empire . Europe had been put upon the plains of Waterloo to be battled for . The greatest military energy and ...
... whole continental struggle exhibited no sub- limer spectacle than the last great effort of Napo- leon to save his sinking empire . Europe had been put upon the plains of Waterloo to be battled for . The greatest military energy and ...
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... whole bat- talions disappearing , one after another , in the destruc- tive fire , affected not their steady courage . The ranks closed up as before , and each , treading over his fallen comrade , pressed firmly on . The horse which Ney ...
... whole bat- talions disappearing , one after another , in the destruc- tive fire , affected not their steady courage . The ranks closed up as before , and each , treading over his fallen comrade , pressed firmly on . The horse which Ney ...
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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
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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.