The National Fifth Reader: Containing a Complete and Practical Treatise on Elocution ...: With Biographical Sketches, and Copious Notes: Adapted to the Use of Students in Literature, Book 5A.S. Barnes & Company, 1871 - 581 pages |
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... thing about us more earnest than that same thought and passion ? Is there any thing more reäl , —more characteristic of that great and dim destiny to which we are born , and which may be writ- ten down in that terrible word - FOREVER ...
... thing about us more earnest than that same thought and passion ? Is there any thing more reäl , —more characteristic of that great and dim destiny to which we are born , and which may be writ- ten down in that terrible word - FOREVER ...
Page 234
... thing , seems fit to bend the grass - blade , or shake the tear from the blue - eyed flower . 2. Pea is another of those words expressive of light , diminu- tive objects ; any man born without sight and touch , if such ever are , could ...
... thing , seems fit to bend the grass - blade , or shake the tear from the blue - eyed flower . 2. Pea is another of those words expressive of light , diminu- tive objects ; any man born without sight and touch , if such ever are , could ...
Page 291
... thing — a welcome , a joyous , a glorious thing , if you please ; but it is a solemn thing . A free people must be a thoughtful people . The subjects of a despot may be reckless and gay if they can . A free people must be serious ; for ...
... thing — a welcome , a joyous , a glorious thing , if you please ; but it is a solemn thing . A free people must be a thoughtful people . The subjects of a despot may be reckless and gay if they can . A free people must be serious ; for ...
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