The Book of Eloquence: A Collection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from the Most Famous Orators and Poets; Intended as Exercises for Declamation in Colleges and SchoolsCrandall & Moseley, 1853 - 452 sider |
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... mind . And the secret of his greatness is this : by intuitive con- ception , he shared and possessed all the creative ideas of his country and his time . He expressed them with dauntless intrepidity ; he enforced them with an immovable ...
... mind . And the secret of his greatness is this : by intuitive con- ception , he shared and possessed all the creative ideas of his country and his time . He expressed them with dauntless intrepidity ; he enforced them with an immovable ...
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... mind , and heart , in pursuit of noble ends by noble means . Repeat to them the ancient apologue of the youthful Hercules , in the pride of strength and beauty , giving up his generous soul to the worship of virtue . Tell them your ...
... mind , and heart , in pursuit of noble ends by noble means . Repeat to them the ancient apologue of the youthful Hercules , in the pride of strength and beauty , giving up his generous soul to the worship of virtue . Tell them your ...
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... minds . Over this age the night will , indeed , gather more and more as time rolls away ; but in that night two forms will appear , Wash- ington and Napoleon , the one a lurid meteor , the other a benign , serene , and undecaying star ...
... minds . Over this age the night will , indeed , gather more and more as time rolls away ; but in that night two forms will appear , Wash- ington and Napoleon , the one a lurid meteor , the other a benign , serene , and undecaying star ...
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... minds deem it one of the most powerful productions of the wonderful intellect of the revered chief of that august tribunal . If , in the inscrutable ways of Providence Cremutius Cordus's Defence of his Annals WEBSTER.
... minds deem it one of the most powerful productions of the wonderful intellect of the revered chief of that august tribunal . If , in the inscrutable ways of Providence Cremutius Cordus's Defence of his Annals WEBSTER.
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... mind , will remain to after generations , splendid and enduring monuments of intel- lectual and moral greatness , and , like the broken columns and classic remains of Athens and Palmyra , be the wonder and admiration of successive ages ...
... mind , will remain to after generations , splendid and enduring monuments of intel- lectual and moral greatness , and , like the broken columns and classic remains of Athens and Palmyra , be the wonder and admiration of successive ages ...
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American armies arms ASHER ROBBINS battle beauty behold blessings blood bosom brave Cæsar cause character civil conquered Constitution crown DANIEL WEBSTER death Demosthenes despotism destiny earth EDWARD EVERETT eloquence empire enemy England Europe eyes fame fathers fear feel field forever France freedom friends genius gentleman glorious glory grave Greece hand happy heart heaven HENRY CLAY honor hope human Hungary independence Ireland JOSEPH STORY justice land liberty light live look lords LYMAN BEECHER Mexico mighty military mind Missouri moral nation nature never noble ocean oppressed passed patriotism peace PELEG SPRAGUE perished political pride principles race Republic republican retributive justice Revolution Rome RUFUS CHOATE ruin scene Senate sentiment soul South South Carolina Spain spirit stand struggle sublime suffer tears tell thou throne tion triumph Union victory virtue voice whole
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Side 345 - I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.
Side 342 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Side 398 - Shylock, we would have moneys :' you say so ; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold : moneys is your suit. What should I say to you ? Should I not say, ' Hath a dog money ? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats?
Side 340 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly. If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come.
Side 397 - Signior Antonio, many a time and oft In the Rialto you have rated* me About my moneys and my usances :* Still have I borne it with a patient shrug; For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe. You call me misbeliever, cut-throat, dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own.
Side 360 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Side 350 - Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. ''Hearts of oak...
Side 339 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Side 69 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood...
Side 124 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history; the world knows it by heart The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever.