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 SchoolsCrandall & Moseley, 1853 - 452 من الصفحات |
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... behold him forever flying westward from civil and religious thraldom , over mountains and seas , seeking rest and finding none , but still pursuing the flying bow of promise to the glittering hills which it spans in Hesperian climes ...
... behold him forever flying westward from civil and religious thraldom , over mountains and seas , seeking rest and finding none , but still pursuing the flying bow of promise to the glittering hills which it spans in Hesperian climes ...
الصفحة 56
... behold the scene . As that mighty sea of fire gathered and heaved , and rolled up- wards , and yet higher , till its flames licked the stars , and fired the whole heavens , it did seem as though the God of the nations was writing , in ...
... behold the scene . As that mighty sea of fire gathered and heaved , and rolled up- wards , and yet higher , till its flames licked the stars , and fired the whole heavens , it did seem as though the God of the nations was writing , in ...
الصفحة 59
... behold him victorious over Cornwallis at Yorktown , -but when we re- gard him in noble deference to justice , refusing the kingly crown which a faithless soldiery proffered , and , at a later day , upholding the peaceful neutrality of ...
... behold him victorious over Cornwallis at Yorktown , -but when we re- gard him in noble deference to justice , refusing the kingly crown which a faithless soldiery proffered , and , at a later day , upholding the peaceful neutrality of ...
الصفحة 63
... fled thunderstruck as from an assembly of gods ! Whom do I behold ? a Hancock , a Jefferson , an Adams , a Henry , a Lee , a Rutledge ! -Glory to their immortal spirits ! On you depend the destinies of your country ; the fate of MAXEY.
... fled thunderstruck as from an assembly of gods ! Whom do I behold ? a Hancock , a Jefferson , an Adams , a Henry , a Lee , a Rutledge ! -Glory to their immortal spirits ! On you depend the destinies of your country ; the fate of MAXEY.
الصفحة 66
... behold the most energetic measures of defence . All is full of life , and ardor , and zeal . The brave youth , the flower and strength of our country , rush into the field , and DEMOCRACY . 67 the eye of immortal WASHINGTON lightens ...
... behold the most energetic measures of defence . All is full of life , and ardor , and zeal . The brave youth , the flower and strength of our country , rush into the field , and DEMOCRACY . 67 the eye of immortal WASHINGTON lightens ...
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American armies arms ASHER ROBBINS battle beauty behold blessings blood bosom brave Cæsar cause character civil conquered Constitution crown DANIEL WEBSTER death Demosthenes despotism destiny earth EDWARD EVERETT eloquence empire enemy England Europe eyes fame fathers fear feel field forever France freedom friends genius gentleman glorious glory grave Greece hand happy heart heaven HENRY CLAY honor hope human Hungary independence Ireland JOSEPH STORY justice land liberty light live look lords LYMAN BEECHER Mexico mighty military mind Missouri moral nation nature never noble ocean oppressed passed patriotism peace PELEG SPRAGUE perished political pride principles race Republic republican retributive justice Revolution Rome RUFUS CHOATE ruin scene Senate sentiment soul South South Carolina Spain spirit stand struggle sublime suffer tears tell thou throne tion triumph Union victory virtue voice whole
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الصفحة 345 - I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.
الصفحة 342 - 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.
الصفحة 398 - Shylock, we would have moneys :' you say so ; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold : moneys is your suit. What should I say to you ? Should I not say, ' Hath a dog money ? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats?
الصفحة 340 - 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.
الصفحة 397 - Signior Antonio, many a time and oft In the Rialto you have rated* me About my moneys and my usances :* Still have I borne it with a patient shrug; For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe. You call me misbeliever, cut-throat, dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own.
الصفحة 360 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
الصفحة 350 - Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. ''Hearts of oak...
الصفحة 339 - 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...
الصفحة 69 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood...
الصفحة 124 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history; the world knows it by heart The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever.