The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for Declamation in Schools, Academies, Lyceums, Colleges : Newly Translated Or Compiled from Celebrated Orators, Authors and Popular Debaters, Ancient and Modern, a Treatise on Oratory and Elocution, Notes Explanatory and Biographical |
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... thee well ; And , by my troth , I think thou lov'st me well ! Hub . So well , that what you bid me undertake , Though that my death were adjunct to my act , By Heaven , I'd do ' t ! K. John . Do I not know thou wouldst ? Good Hubert ...
... thee well ; And , by my troth , I think thou lov'st me well ! Hub . So well , that what you bid me undertake , Though that my death were adjunct to my act , By Heaven , I'd do ' t ! K. John . Do I not know thou wouldst ? Good Hubert ...
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... thee , gracious angel ; I will not let thee go except thou bless me ; bless me , then , To - day ! O sweet garden of To - day , let me gather of thee , precious Eden ; I have stolen bitter knowledge , give me fruits of life To - day . O ...
... thee , gracious angel ; I will not let thee go except thou bless me ; bless me , then , To - day ! O sweet garden of To - day , let me gather of thee , precious Eden ; I have stolen bitter knowledge , give me fruits of life To - day . O ...
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... Thee by report divine , and heard thy name , Did he not tremble for this lovely frame , This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet ' neath a curtain of translucent dew , Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame , Hesperus and the ...
... Thee by report divine , and heard thy name , Did he not tremble for this lovely frame , This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet ' neath a curtain of translucent dew , Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame , Hesperus and the ...
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... thee , to blaze centuries long for thy victory on behalf of it , I would advise thee to call halt , to fling down thy baton , and say , In God's name , No ! " Thy " success ! " - Poor devil , what will thy success amount to ? If the ...
... thee , to blaze centuries long for thy victory on behalf of it , I would advise thee to call halt , to fling down thy baton , and say , In God's name , No ! " Thy " success ! " - Poor devil , what will thy success amount to ? If the ...
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... thee . 19. THE ELOQUENCE OF ACTION . - Daniel Webster . WHEN pablic bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions , when great interests are at stake and strong passions excited , nothing is valuable in speech , further than it is ...
... thee . 19. THE ELOQUENCE OF ACTION . - Daniel Webster . WHEN pablic bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions , when great interests are at stake and strong passions excited , nothing is valuable in speech , further than it is ...
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