Five-minute Declamations, Volume 1Walter K. Fobes Lee and Shepard, 1885 - Recitations |
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... carried away before it , as by a resistless wave . The die was cast , and every man was now compelled to meet the issue . The resolution was finally deferred until the first of July , to allow a committee appointed for that purpose to ...
... carried away before it , as by a resistless wave . The die was cast , and every man was now compelled to meet the issue . The resolution was finally deferred until the first of July , to allow a committee appointed for that purpose to ...
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... carried on in a spirit of justice and equity . The extreme solicitude for the preservation of the Union at all times mani- fested by him , shows not only the opinion he enter- tained of its importance , but his clear perception of those ...
... carried on in a spirit of justice and equity . The extreme solicitude for the preservation of the Union at all times mani- fested by him , shows not only the opinion he enter- tained of its importance , but his clear perception of those ...
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... carry the country to that length ? Is the success so probable as to justify it ? Where is the military , where the naval power , by which we are to resist the whole strength of the arm of England ? for she will exert that strength to ...
... carry the country to that length ? Is the success so probable as to justify it ? Where is the military , where the naval power , by which we are to resist the whole strength of the arm of England ? for she will exert that strength to ...
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... carry on , or to give up the war ? Do we mean to submit to the measures of Parliament , Boston Port Bill and all ? Do we mean to submit that we ourselves shall be ground to powder , and our country and its rights trodden down in the ...
... carry on , or to give up the war ? Do we mean to submit to the measures of Parliament , Boston Port Bill and all ? Do we mean to submit that we ourselves shall be ground to powder , and our country and its rights trodden down in the ...
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... the savages on the hills of Con- cord , while her brothers thrashed in the barn . Sud- denly the Indians appeared , slew the brothers , and carried her away . In the night while the savages slept , she untied a stolen horse , slipped a.
... the savages on the hills of Con- cord , while her brothers thrashed in the barn . Sud- denly the Indians appeared , slew the brothers , and carried her away . In the night while the savages slept , she untied a stolen horse , slipped a.
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