The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers: Essay on Elocution and Directions for ReadingF. Louis, 1804 - 376 pages |
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... Gaul ; yet Belgium , Saturn's reign ; Yet Greece , of old the seat of every Muse , Of freedom , courage ; yet ... Gauls retreat ; the Britons loud huzza ; And touch'd with shame , with emulation stung , So plied their cannon , plied ...
... Gaul ; yet Belgium , Saturn's reign ; Yet Greece , of old the seat of every Muse , Of freedom , courage ; yet ... Gauls retreat ; the Britons loud huzza ; And touch'd with shame , with emulation stung , So plied their cannon , plied ...
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... Gaul , are you not come hither victorious ? And with whom are you now to fight ? With raw soldiers , an undisciplined army , beaten , vanquished , besieged by the Gauls the very last summer , an army unknown to their leader , and ...
... Gaul , are you not come hither victorious ? And with whom are you now to fight ? With raw soldiers , an undisciplined army , beaten , vanquished , besieged by the Gauls the very last summer , an army unknown to their leader , and ...
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... Gauls , and Germans , and ( I blush to say it ) even Britons , lavishing their blood for a foreign state , to which they have been longer foes than subjects , will be retained by loyalty and affection ! Terror and dread alone , weak ...
... Gauls , and Germans , and ( I blush to say it ) even Britons , lavishing their blood for a foreign state , to which they have been longer foes than subjects , will be retained by loyalty and affection ! Terror and dread alone , weak ...
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... Gauls will recollect their former li- berty . The Germans will desert them , as the Usipii have lately done . Nor is there any thing formidable behind them : Ungarrisoned forts ; colonies of invalids ; municipal towns distem- pered and ...
... Gauls will recollect their former li- berty . The Germans will desert them , as the Usipii have lately done . Nor is there any thing formidable behind them : Ungarrisoned forts ; colonies of invalids ; municipal towns distem- pered and ...
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