Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking |
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... consul , would have laid upon his wicked designs , but likewise that of being prętor un- der those consuls , by whose connivance , at least , if not as- sistance , he hoped he should be able to betray the state into the mad schemes he ...
... consul , would have laid upon his wicked designs , but likewise that of being prętor un- der those consuls , by whose connivance , at least , if not as- sistance , he hoped he should be able to betray the state into the mad schemes he ...
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... consul , dictator , rather than be witness to such a scene as this . Shall this man , then , who was born to save his country , die any where but in his country ? Shall he not , at least , die in the service of his country ? Will you ...
... consul , dictator , rather than be witness to such a scene as this . Shall this man , then , who was born to save his country , die any where but in his country ? Shall he not , at least , die in the service of his country ? Will you ...
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... consuls , begin to read the history of their own country , of which , till that time , they were totally ignorant ; that is , they first obtained the employment , and then bethought them- selves of the qualifications necessary for the ...
... consuls , begin to read the history of their own country , of which , till that time , they were totally ignorant ; that is , they first obtained the employment , and then bethought them- selves of the qualifications necessary for the ...
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... consul for your captain against Haanibal and the Carthagenians , have freely offered my self for this war . You , then , have a new general , and I a new army . On this account a few words from me to you , will be neither improper nor ...
... consul for your captain against Haanibal and the Carthagenians , have freely offered my self for this war . You , then , have a new general , and I a new army . On this account a few words from me to you , will be neither improper nor ...
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... consul . I esteem it no small advantage , soldiers , that there is not one among you who has not often been an eye ... consuls into Africa - the other into Spain . No , soldiers , there is nothing left for us , but what we can ...
... consul . I esteem it no small advantage , soldiers , that there is not one among you who has not often been an eye ... consuls into Africa - the other into Spain . No , soldiers , there is nothing left for us , but what we can ...
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