Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainment: Arranged for the Exercises of the School, College and Public Reader, with Elocutionary AdviceRobert McLean Cumnock Jansen, McClurg & Company, 1882 - 426 psl. |
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... kings , The powerful of the earth , the wise , the good , Fair forms , and hoary seers of ages past , All in one mighty sepulchre . The hills , Rock - ribbed , and ancient as the sun ; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ...
... kings , The powerful of the earth , the wise , the good , Fair forms , and hoary seers of ages past , All in one mighty sepulchre . The hills , Rock - ribbed , and ancient as the sun ; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ...
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... king in the enchanted East . Did any great door ope or close , It seemed the birth - time of repose , The faint sound died where it arose ; And they who passed from door to door , Their soft feet on the polished floor Met their soft ...
... king in the enchanted East . Did any great door ope or close , It seemed the birth - time of repose , The faint sound died where it arose ; And they who passed from door to door , Their soft feet on the polished floor Met their soft ...
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... king should be tried on a charge of treason against the people . A court was accordingly arranged for the purpose , consist- ing of one hundred and thirty - three members , among whom were the chief officers of the army , including ...
... king should be tried on a charge of treason against the people . A court was accordingly arranged for the purpose , consist- ing of one hundred and thirty - three members , among whom were the chief officers of the army , including ...
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... king , and told him that the court ex- pected his answer . The king , with great temper , entered upon his defense by denying the authority of the court . He represented that , having been engaged in a treaty with his two Houses of ...
... king , and told him that the court ex- pected his answer . The king , with great temper , entered upon his defense by denying the authority of the court . He represented that , having been engaged in a treaty with his two Houses of ...
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... king had appeared in arms against the forces com- missioned by Parliament , pronounced sentence against him . " " The conduct of the king , under all these instances of low- bred malice , was great , firm , and equal . In going through ...
... king had appeared in arms against the forces com- missioned by Parliament , pronounced sentence against him . " " The conduct of the king , under all these instances of low- bred malice , was great , firm , and equal . In going through ...
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Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainment Arranged for the ... Robert McLean Cumnock Visos knygos peržiūra - 1878 |
Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainment Arranged for the ... Robert McLean Cumnock Visos knygos peržiūra - 1882 |
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