The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for Declamation in Schools, Academies, Lyceums, Colleges ; Newly Translated Or Compiled from Celebrated Orators, Authors and Popular Debaters, Ancient and Modern. A Treatise on Oratory and Elocution. Notes Explanatory and Biographical |
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... countrymen , lend me your ears ! An ingenious speaker will give , at one time , the falling inflection , and at another the rising , to the word countrymen ; and both modes shall seem equally expressive and appropriate . Nay , he will ...
... countrymen , lend me your ears ! An ingenious speaker will give , at one time , the falling inflection , and at another the rising , to the word countrymen ; and both modes shall seem equally expressive and appropriate . Nay , he will ...
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... countrymen in applying to practical uses his discovery . But although the Science of Europe has weighed these artificial systems in the balance , and found them wanting for practical purposes of instruction , the hope seems to be ...
... countrymen in applying to practical uses his discovery . But although the Science of Europe has weighed these artificial systems in the balance , and found them wanting for practical purposes of instruction , the hope seems to be ...
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... countrymen . - And now let us take one glance at this prophet , at the close of a life so laborious and honored . Up to his one hundred and twentieth year , his eye was not dim , nor had his strength abated . But now , when he stands ...
... countrymen . - And now let us take one glance at this prophet , at the close of a life so laborious and honored . Up to his one hundred and twentieth year , his eye was not dim , nor had his strength abated . But now , when he stands ...
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... countrymen ! Forbid it , Heaven ! 43. LOVE OF COUNTRY AND HOME . - James Montgomery THERE is a land , of every land the pride , Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world beside ; Where brighter suns dispense serener light , And milder moons ...
... countrymen ! Forbid it , Heaven ! 43. LOVE OF COUNTRY AND HOME . - James Montgomery THERE is a land , of every land the pride , Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world beside ; Where brighter suns dispense serener light , And milder moons ...
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... Countrymen ! Friends ! For all that I have suffered for all that I may have to suffer - I am repaid in the compensation of this moment ! Unfortunate , you may hold me ; but , O , not undeserving ! Your confidence in my honor survives ...
... Countrymen ! Friends ! For all that I have suffered for all that I may have to suffer - I am repaid in the compensation of this moment ! Unfortunate , you may hold me ; but , O , not undeserving ! Your confidence in my honor survives ...
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