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Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism - Page 146
by Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson - 1991 - 224 pages
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The English Orator: a Selection of Pieces for Reading & Recitation

James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...the hour for retiring, And we heard by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ! We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory! THE YEW-TREE SEAT. Who he was That...
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The Rhetorical Reader: Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...

Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...hour for retiring, And we heard the distant and random gun, the foe was suddenly firing— 8 (jj ) Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory! We carved not a lme, we raised not a stone, But left him—alone with his glory! IVulft. EXERCISE 30. Eve lamenting...
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Poetic gems: partly original; but chiefly selected from the best authors: by ...

Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...toll'd the hour for retiring : And we heard by the distant random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stone, But left him alone with his glory. Rev c ^oife VOLTAIRE COMPARED...
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Conversations on Religion, with Lord Byron and Others: Held in Cephalonia, a ...

James Kennedy - 1833 - 272 pages
...hour for retiring ; And we heard, by the distant and random gun, That the foe was suddenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory j We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory. Homer lived or...
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The life of lieutenant-general sir John Moore, Volume 2

James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 434 pages
...the foe was suddenly firing. . ~ -•. VIII. •"•£ Slowly and sadly we laid him down, '- VFrom the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stoneBut we left him alone with his glory! GENERAL ORDERS. BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK....
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Itinéraire et souvenirs d'Angleterre et d'Écosse, Volume 3

B. Ducos - Great Britain - 1834 - 444 pages
...struek tbe hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We earved not a line , and we raised not a stone — But we Ieft bim alone with his glory ' ! Si la statue...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...went in pursuit of them. There was a singular opposition between his alleged motives and his conduct. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory. Oft in the lone church-yard, at night I've seen The school-boy with his satchel in his hand. To avoid...
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The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.

James Carrick Moore - 1834 - 436 pages
...hour for retiring ; Aud we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was suddenly firing. VIII. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; WTe carved not a line, and we raised not a stoneBut we left him alone with his glory ! GENERAL ORDERS....
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Itinéraire et souvenirs d'Angleterre et d'Écosse, Volume 3

B. Ducos - Great Britain - 1834 - 446 pages
...struek the hour for retirinp ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; \Ve earved not a line , and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone wilh his glory ' ! Si...
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The American Manual, Or, New English Reader: Consisting of Exercises in ...

Moses Severance - American literature - 1835 - 314 pages
...hour for retiring ; And we heard, too, the distant random gun, That the foe was then suddenly firing. 8. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carv'd not a line, we rais'd not a stone, But we left him alone — with his glory. Welfs. , SECTION...
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