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THE LAST FOOTFALL
ANABEL LEE.-Edgar A. Poe..
THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS.-Thomas Hood
THE GRAVE OF THE BELOVED.- Washington Irving..
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IN THE OTHER WORLD.-Mrs. H. Beecher Stowe.
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THE ISLE OF LONG AGO.-B. F. Taylor..
GOD THE TRUE SOURCE OF CONSOLATION.-Moore..
GRATITUDE.-Addison.
OVER THE RIVER.-Miss Priest
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RELIGION THE ONLY BASIS OF SOCIETY.-W. E. Channing.
PROMISES OF RELIGION TO THE YOUNG.-Alison.....
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CHAPTER VII.
LIVELY STYLE.
PERSONALITIES AND USES OF A LAUGH
PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE.-Mrs. Sarah T. Bolton.
I'M WITH YOU ONCE AGAIN.-G. P. Morris..
A PSALM OF LIFE.-Longfellow....
GUNEOPATHY.-Saxe...
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MERCUTIO'S HUMOROUS DESCRIPTION OF QUEEN MAB.-Shakspeare 270
CHAPTER X.
SUBLIME
STYLE.
IN MEMORIAM-A. LINCOLN.-Mrs. Bugbee..
BREAK! BREAK! BREAK!-Tennyson..
GOD.-Derzhavin .
GOD'S FIRST TEMPLES.-Bryant...
THE CLOSING YEAR.-Prentice.
MORNING HYMN TO MONT BLANC.-Coleridge.
CHAPTER XI.
ORATORICAL STYLE.
REPLY TO MR. WICKHAM IN BURR'S TRIAL, 1807.- Wirt....
ARISTOCRACY.-Robert R. Livingston....
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATES.-Alexander Hamilton.. 287
UNJUST NATIONAL ACQUISITION.-Thomas Corwin...
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OUR SYSTEM OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION SHOULD DISTINCTLY INCUL-
CATE A LOVE OF COUNTRY.-Newton Bateman.
APPEAL IN BEHALF OF IRELAND.-S. S. Prentiss.
GLORIOUS NEW ENGLAND.-S. S. Prentiss...
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SPEECH BEFORE THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION OF DELEGATES,
MARCH, 1775.-Patrick Henry.....
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SUPPOSED SPEECH OF JAMES OTIS.-Mrs. L. M. Child.
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RIENZI'S ADDRESS TO THE ROMANS.-Miss Mitford..
DEATH OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.-L. E. Holmes.....
DEATH OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON.-Dr. Nott.....
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THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE.-Tennyson...
BUGLE SONG.-Tennyson....
FROM MARMION AND DOUGLAS.-Scott..
FROM MARCO BOZZARIS.-Halleck..
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TELL'S ADDRESS TO THE ALPS.-J. S. Knowles
CHAPTER XV.
VEHEMENT
CATALINE'S DEFIANCE.-Croly...
THE SEMINOLE'S DEFIANCE.-G. W. Patten...
SPARTACUS TO THE GLADIATORS AT CAPUA.-E. Kellogg..
FROM ON BOARD THE CUMBERLAND, MARCH 7, 1862.-George H.
THE SEXTON.-Park Benjamin....
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CURFEW MUST NOT RING TO-NIGHT.-Rosa A. Hartwick..
JOHN BURNS OF GETTYSBURG.-F. Bret Harte
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MAUD MULLER.-J. G. Whittier...
CREEDS OF THE BELLS.-Bungay.
IRISH WOMAN'S LETTER......
ON THE SHORES OF TENNESSEE..
THE VAGABONDS.-Trowbridge..
ON BOARD THE CUMBERLAND.-Boker.
THE BELLS.-Edgar A. Poe..
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CHARLIE MACHREE.-William J. Hopper.
THE RISING, 1776.-T. Buchanan Read...
THE POLISH BOY.-Mrs. Ann S. Stephens..
COUNT CANDESPINA'S STANDARD.-Boker..
THE BARON'S LAST BANQUET.-A. G. Green.
BERNARDO DEL CARPO.-Mrs. Hemans..
THE RAVEN.-Edgar A. Poe....
SCENE FROM HAMLET..
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MR. PICKWICK'S PROPOSAL TO MRS. BARDELL.-Dickens..
OUR GUIDES IN GENOA.-Mark Twain...
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