Five-minute Declamations, Volume 1Walter K. Fobes Lee and Shepard, 1885 - Recitations |
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Page 54
... victory . It was the first vision of my childhood , it will descend with me to the grave . But if , as a man , I venerate the mention of America , what must be my feelings towards her as an Irishman ! Never ! oh , never ! while memory ...
... victory . It was the first vision of my childhood , it will descend with me to the grave . But if , as a man , I venerate the mention of America , what must be my feelings towards her as an Irishman ! Never ! oh , never ! while memory ...
Page 64
... victory for her at the cost of other por- tions of his country ; and in all the loving praise and manly defence of his own home , in no speech or letter , wherever uttered or written , not a thought or expression , belittling or ...
... victory for her at the cost of other por- tions of his country ; and in all the loving praise and manly defence of his own home , in no speech or letter , wherever uttered or written , not a thought or expression , belittling or ...
Page 82
... victory , any laurels are to be won here , if it be imagined , especially , that any or all these things will shake any purpose of mine , I can tell the honorable member , once for all , that he is greatly mistaken , and that he is ...
... victory , any laurels are to be won here , if it be imagined , especially , that any or all these things will shake any purpose of mine , I can tell the honorable member , once for all , that he is greatly mistaken , and that he is ...
Page 95
... victory ? It was the American sailor ! and the names of Hull and the " Constitution " will be re- membered as long as we have a country to love . That one event was worth more to the country than all the money which has ever been ...
... victory ? It was the American sailor ! and the names of Hull and the " Constitution " will be re- membered as long as we have a country to love . That one event was worth more to the country than all the money which has ever been ...
Page 107
... victory blends the dirge , mournful yet majestic , too . The burden of that dirge , as it falls from the lips of wives and mothers , of fathers and children , is sad and tender , but , as time passes on and it reissues from a nation's ...
... victory blends the dirge , mournful yet majestic , too . The burden of that dirge , as it falls from the lips of wives and mothers , of fathers and children , is sad and tender , but , as time passes on and it reissues from a nation's ...
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American sailor amid ancient arms army behold blood brave Bunker Hill BUNKER HILL MONUMENT Cæsar CARL SCHURZ Carthage cause century CHARLES SUMNER cherished citizen civil clouds Constitution danger DANIEL WEBSTER dead earth eloquence enemy England Europe eyes fame Faneuil Hall fathers feeling forever freedom friends GALILEO GALILEI glorious glory hand happy heart Heaven heroes honor hope HUMAN LIBERTY hundred immortal independence JONATHAN MAXCY justice king labor land lips live look mankind martyrs Massachusetts memory ment mighty minute-man monument monumental brass nature ness never noble O'Connell OLD SOUTH CHURCH patriotism peace PILGRIMS political prosperity Republic Revolution sacred Sam Adams sentiment shore slaves soldier South Carolina speech spirit stand sword symbol tell temple thought tion to-day TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE trust truth victory virtue voice Washington WENDELL PHILLIPS whole country