The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for Declamation in Schools, Academies, Lyceums, Colleges: Newly Tr. Or Comp. from Celebrated Orators, Authors, and Popular Debaters, Ancient and Modern. A Treatise on Oratory and Elocution. Notes Explanatory and Biographical |
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Adrastus America arms army Athens battle blessings blood Born brave breath Brutus Cćsar Catiline cause civil Cleon Constitution countrymen courage Crown Ctesiphon death Decemvir Demosthenes died earth elocution eloquence enemy England eternal Europe eyes fall fear feel force France freedom Gentlemen give glorious glory Government Greece hand hath heart Heaven Henry Grattan honor hope House human human voice Ireland justice King labor land liberty live Livy look Lord Lucanian mind Mirabeau moral Nation nature never noble o'er oppression orator Oratory Original Translation ourselves Parliament Patricians patriotism peace principles religion Republic Revolution Richard Cromwell Roman Rome ruin sacred sentiments slaves soul sound Spartacus speak speaker speech spirit stand sword syllable tell thee things thou thought tion triumph truth tyrant Union universal suffrage utterance victory virtue voice Warren Hastings words Ye Ministers
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Page 63 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same, Great in the Earth, as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the Sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs...