The elocutionist, a collection of pieces in prose and verse [by various authors, ed.] by J.S. KnowlesJames Sheridan Knowles 1825 |
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... waves , and the tumults of the people . " The joining together two such grand objects , as the raging of the waters , and the tumults of the people , between which there is such resemblance as to form a very natural association in the ...
... waves , and the tumults of the people . " The joining together two such grand objects , as the raging of the waters , and the tumults of the people , between which there is such resemblance as to form a very natural association in the ...
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... strokes with chief , and man with man . Steel clanging sounded on steel . Helmets are cleft on high ; blood As the troubled noise of bursts , and smokes around . " the ocean when roll the waves on high ; 10 PROMISCUOUS.
... strokes with chief , and man with man . Steel clanging sounded on steel . Helmets are cleft on high ; blood As the troubled noise of bursts , and smokes around . " the ocean when roll the waves on high ; 10 PROMISCUOUS.
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... waves to the rock , so Swaran's host came on ; as meets a rock a thousand waves , so Innis - fail met Swaran . Death raises all his voices around , and mixes with the sound of shields . The field echoes from wing to wing , as a hundred ...
... waves to the rock , so Swaran's host came on ; as meets a rock a thousand waves , so Innis - fail met Swaran . Death raises all his voices around , and mixes with the sound of shields . The field echoes from wing to wing , as a hundred ...
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... wave with his head - as much as to say , No doubt there is misery enough in every cor- ner of the world , as well as within our convent- But we distinguish , said I , laying my hand upon the sleeve of his tunic , in return for his ...
... wave with his head - as much as to say , No doubt there is misery enough in every cor- ner of the world , as well as within our convent- But we distinguish , said I , laying my hand upon the sleeve of his tunic , in return for his ...
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... wave on the lonely shore ? Alpin . My tears , O Reyno ! are for the dead - my voice for the inhabitants of the grave . Tall thou art on the hill ; fair among the sons of the plain - But thou shalt fall like Morar ; and the mourner shall ...
... wave on the lonely shore ? Alpin . My tears , O Reyno ! are for the dead - my voice for the inhabitants of the grave . Tall thou art on the hill ; fair among the sons of the plain - But thou shalt fall like Morar ; and the mourner shall ...
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