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 SchoolsLee and Shepard, 1887 - 452 oldal |
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i. oldal
... tion of the usual hackneyed colloquies of school - books would only serve to crowd out more useful matter . Yet , in making this a new book , the editor has not permitted himself to lose sight of those master - pieces of eloquence ...
... tion of the usual hackneyed colloquies of school - books would only serve to crowd out more useful matter . Yet , in making this a new book , the editor has not permitted himself to lose sight of those master - pieces of eloquence ...
35. oldal
... tion to conceive that events so near are already begun I can fancy that I listen to the yells of savage vengeance , and the shrieks of torture ; already they seem to sigh in the Western wind ; already they mingle with every echo from ...
... tion to conceive that events so near are already begun I can fancy that I listen to the yells of savage vengeance , and the shrieks of torture ; already they seem to sigh in the Western wind ; already they mingle with every echo from ...
49. oldal
... tion as they are mingled more deeply with the tones of despair ! And men have listened , and admired , and have been made the dupes of their imaginations . But the scales of delusion are falling from the eyes of nations , and the ...
... tion as they are mingled more deeply with the tones of despair ! And men have listened , and admired , and have been made the dupes of their imaginations . But the scales of delusion are falling from the eyes of nations , and the ...
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... tion . What has raised the Gaul , the Belgium , the Germany , the Scandinavia , the Britain of ancient geography to their present improved and improving condition ? Africa is not now sunk lower than most of those countries were eighteen ...
... tion . What has raised the Gaul , the Belgium , the Germany , the Scandinavia , the Britain of ancient geography to their present improved and improving condition ? Africa is not now sunk lower than most of those countries were eighteen ...
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... tion with the revered memories of father , brother , and friend ! But when a whole people , united by a common disregard of justice , conspire to defraud public creditors ; and States vie with States in an infamous repudiation of just ...
... tion with the revered memories of father , brother , and friend ! But when a whole people , united by a common disregard of justice , conspire to defraud public creditors ; and States vie with States in an infamous repudiation of just ...
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346. oldal - 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.
343. oldal - Let it pry through the portage of the head. Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it. As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean.
344. oldal - 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.
174. oldal - Gentlemen may cry peace! peace! but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me...
185. oldal - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
449. oldal - I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow.
347. oldal - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set - but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!
347. oldal - Through the dear might of Him that walked the waves; Where, other groves and other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love.
343. oldal - 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...
415. oldal - Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes...