The American Speaker: Being a Collection of Pieces in Prose, Poetry, and Dialogue: Designed for Exercises in Declamation, Or for Occasional Reading in SchoolsA.S. Barnes & Company, 1856 - 256 Seiten |
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... Truth . EXERCISE V. THE AMERICAN INDIAN . Nor many generations ago , where you now sit , circled with all that exalts and embellishes civilized life , the rank thistle nodded in the wind , and the wild fox dug his hole unscared . Here ...
... Truth . EXERCISE V. THE AMERICAN INDIAN . Nor many generations ago , where you now sit , circled with all that exalts and embellishes civilized life , the rank thistle nodded in the wind , and the wild fox dug his hole unscared . Here ...
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... " those simple and sublime truths which give to life its dignity and virtue , and fill immortality with hope ? To whom do we owe all this ? Doubtless , to the 22 THE AMERICAN SPEAKER . Valedictory Address, An Acre of Corn,
... " those simple and sublime truths which give to life its dignity and virtue , and fill immortality with hope ? To whom do we owe all this ? Doubtless , to the 22 THE AMERICAN SPEAKER . Valedictory Address, An Acre of Corn,
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... truth as well as of poetry , exclaim , that here is still his country , ' Zealous , yet modest ; innocent , tnough free · Patient of toil ; serene amidst alarms ; Inflexible in faith ; invincible in arms ! " EXERCISE XVII ...
... truth as well as of poetry , exclaim , that here is still his country , ' Zealous , yet modest ; innocent , tnough free · Patient of toil ; serene amidst alarms ; Inflexible in faith ; invincible in arms ! " EXERCISE XVII ...
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... truth as ar angel from heaven , which , while consulting others , inquires still more of the oracle within itself , and uses instruction from abroad , not to supersede , but quicken and exalt , its own energies . I call that mind free ...
... truth as ar angel from heaven , which , while consulting others , inquires still more of the oracle within itself , and uses instruction from abroad , not to supersede , but quicken and exalt , its own energies . I call that mind free ...
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... truths to seem heavy and dull , and fall ineffectual to the ground , through mere sluggishness in the delivery . How unworthy of one who performs the high function of a religious instructor upon whom depend , in a great measure , the ...
... truths to seem heavy and dull , and fall ineffectual to the ground , through mere sluggishness in the delivery . How unworthy of one who performs the high function of a religious instructor upon whom depend , in a great measure , the ...
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Seite 240 - Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
Seite 156 - In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright ; Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior! "Try not the Pass!
Seite 110 - I appeal to any white man to say if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, Logan is the friend of white men.
Seite 129 - WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night. And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land.
Seite 240 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent, And many an error by the same example Will rush into the state; it cannot be.
Seite 100 - What constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: MEN, high-minded MEN...
Seite 242 - Tarry a little ; there is something else. This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood ; The words expressly are ' a pound of flesh : ' Take then thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh ; But, in the cutting it, if thou dost shed One drop of Christian blood, thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate Unto the state of Venice.
Seite 11 - The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible.
Seite 240 - Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That in the course of justice none of us Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Seite 240 - Why, this bond is forfeit ; And lawfully by this the Jew may claim A pound of flesh, to be by him cut off Nearest the merchant's heart : Be merciful ; Take thrice thy money ; bid me tear the bond.