The Book of Oratory: A New Collection of Extracts in Prose, Poetry and Dialogue, Containing Selections from Distinguished American and English Orators, Divines, and Poets |
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... once , captivate his reason , his imagination , and his passions ! To effect this , must be the utmost effort of the most improved state of human nature . - Not a faculty that he possesses is here unemployed ; not a faculty that he pos ...
... once , captivate his reason , his imagination , and his passions ! To effect this , must be the utmost effort of the most improved state of human nature . - Not a faculty that he possesses is here unemployed ; not a faculty that he pos ...
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... once demand our vigilance , and moderate our confidence ! JOSEPH STORY . 16. THE INDIAN TRIBES . THE Indians allowed us to abide by our own council - fires , and to govern ourselves we chose , when they could either have dispossessed or ...
... once demand our vigilance , and moderate our confidence ! JOSEPH STORY . 16. THE INDIAN TRIBES . THE Indians allowed us to abide by our own council - fires , and to govern ourselves we chose , when they could either have dispossessed or ...
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... once more to revive concord and harmony in a distracted land ; the pleasing ambition of contemplating the glorious spec- tacle of a free , united , prosperous , and fraternal people ! ever . HENRY CLAY .. 19. THE CONSEQUENCES OF ...
... once more to revive concord and harmony in a distracted land ; the pleasing ambition of contemplating the glorious spec- tacle of a free , united , prosperous , and fraternal people ! ever . HENRY CLAY .. 19. THE CONSEQUENCES OF ...
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... once be thrown upon their own resources . She is out of the Union . What is the consequence ? She is an indepen- dent power . What then does she do ? She must have armies and fleets , and an expensive government - have foreign missions ...
... once be thrown upon their own resources . She is out of the Union . What is the consequence ? She is an indepen- dent power . What then does she do ? She must have armies and fleets , and an expensive government - have foreign missions ...
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... once to explore every man , every thing , every circumstance , connected with the time and place : a thousand ears catch every whisper a thousand excited minds intensely dwell on . the scene ; shedding all their light , and ready to ...
... once to explore every man , every thing , every circumstance , connected with the time and place : a thousand ears catch every whisper a thousand excited minds intensely dwell on . the scene ; shedding all their light , and ready to ...
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Page 359 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 361 - When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Page 305 - And children coming home from school Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
Page 281 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Page 290 - Tis not the balm, the sceptre, and the ball, The sword, the mace, the crown imperial, The intertissued robe of gold and pearl, The farced title running 'fore the King...
Page 287 - And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
Page 279 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Page 277 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats ; For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.
Page 279 - Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee; Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour...
Page 43 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.