The Peerless Speaker: Being a Compilation of the Choicest Recitations, Readings and Dialogues from the Most Celebrated Authors, Including Pathetic, Tragic, Humorous and Oratorical Selections, for Schools and Public and Private Entertainments : Also Instructions for the Cultivation of the Voice, Hints on Elocution, Etc., EtcThompson & Thomas, 1905 - 296 pages |
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... fire of Webster and Clay to communicate itself to every one who caught the words of burning eloquence that fell from their lips . In view of these facts , that speech is a divine gift to Man , that its possession implies its cultivation ...
... fire of Webster and Clay to communicate itself to every one who caught the words of burning eloquence that fell from their lips . In view of these facts , that speech is a divine gift to Man , that its possession implies its cultivation ...
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... fire to warm your hearth , the means to pay the rent , And wealth to clothe your naked limbs , and bring you sweet content ? Then all these gifts I give to you - your hands shall grasp the prize ! The boy arose ; the mother gazed with ...
... fire to warm your hearth , the means to pay the rent , And wealth to clothe your naked limbs , and bring you sweet content ? Then all these gifts I give to you - your hands shall grasp the prize ! The boy arose ; the mother gazed with ...
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... a terrible storm ; but even that is welcome- anything but that mocking ocean with its breeding slime -anything but that stifling air , that great ball of fire . Better to die amid the war of the elements , INDIFFERENCE . 88 Townsend.
... a terrible storm ; but even that is welcome- anything but that mocking ocean with its breeding slime -anything but that stifling air , that great ball of fire . Better to die amid the war of the elements , INDIFFERENCE . 88 Townsend.
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... fire of a righteous anger burn upon its altar , if you have never felt the pulses leap and throb , if you have never felt your whole being heated by the glow of a great purpose for which you would die , you have not yet learned to live ...
... fire of a righteous anger burn upon its altar , if you have never felt the pulses leap and throb , if you have never felt your whole being heated by the glow of a great purpose for which you would die , you have not yet learned to live ...
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... fire roars and crackles - the steam hisses and growls ; every breath is drawn as fiercely as if the giant was burning to revenge an insult . Up - up - up ! The pointer on the steam - gauge moves faster than a minute - hand on a clock ...
... fire roars and crackles - the steam hisses and growls ; every breath is drawn as fiercely as if the giant was burning to revenge an insult . Up - up - up ! The pointer on the steam - gauge moves faster than a minute - hand on a clock ...
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