The American Orator: Comprising a Collection, Principally from American Authors, of the Most Admired Specimens of Congressional, Forensic, Pulpit and Popular Eloquence, with Dialogues and Poetical Extracts, Adapted to Public Recitation : and an Introduction, Embracing the Principle Rules Relating to Delivery and ActionPublished and sold by Daniel Fenton, Thomas T. Stiles, printer, 1815 - 324 sidor |
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... existence of these edicts was made the ground by sir William Scott , of the condemnation of the Fox and others . It will be recollected that sir William had delayed his sentence in that celebrated case , that proof of the repeal of the ...
... existence of these edicts was made the ground by sir William Scott , of the condemnation of the Fox and others . It will be recollected that sir William had delayed his sentence in that celebrated case , that proof of the repeal of the ...
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... existence to the commerce of the country . Let him inquire of those who are old enough to remember , and they will tell it to him . The idea of such a compact , as is well known , was first unfolded in a meeting of delegates from differ ...
... existence to the commerce of the country . Let him inquire of those who are old enough to remember , and they will tell it to him . The idea of such a compact , as is well known , was first unfolded in a meeting of delegates from differ ...
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... existence of a declaration of war , was all a federal falsehood : -Plagued with com- mon sense , and prudence , they cannot believe the inva- sion of Canada , possible ; or , that , whatever hostile inten- tion we may have to Great ...
... existence of a declaration of war , was all a federal falsehood : -Plagued with com- mon sense , and prudence , they cannot believe the inva- sion of Canada , possible ; or , that , whatever hostile inten- tion we may have to Great ...
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... existence ? And shall it be still a question who is the best friends of the honour of Great Britain ? But I wish again to ask , if this committee be not granted , what am I to say to my constituents if they ask , -who are the allies of ...
... existence ? And shall it be still a question who is the best friends of the honour of Great Britain ? But I wish again to ask , if this committee be not granted , what am I to say to my constituents if they ask , -who are the allies of ...
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... existence , are in truth every thing , and all in all . Magnanimity in poli- tics , is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great em- pire and little minds go ill together . If we are conscious of our situation , and glow with zeal to ...
... existence , are in truth every thing , and all in all . Magnanimity in poli- tics , is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great em- pire and little minds go ill together . If we are conscious of our situation , and glow with zeal to ...
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Sida 303 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Sida 316 - Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour, but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying; If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee!
Sida 76 - ... who think that nothing exists but what is gross and material ; and who therefore, far from being qualified to be directors of the great movement of empire, are not fit to turn a wheel in the machine.
Sida 177 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Sida 322 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Sida 313 - When Cheerfulness, a nymph of healthiest hue, Her bow across her shoulder flung, Her buskins gem'd with morning dew, Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call to Faun and Dryad known...
Sida 316 - The princes applaud with a furious joy: And the King seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen fired another Troy...
Sida 314 - TWAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...