The American Speaker: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and Exercises on Pronunciation, Pauses, Inflections, Accent, and Emphasis : Also, Copious Extracts in Prose and Poetry, Calculated to Assist the Teacher, and to Improve the Pupil in Reading and Recitation |
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... Samian wine ! Leave battles to the Turkish hordes , And shed the blood of Scio's vine ! Hark ! rising to the ignoble call- How answers each bold bacchanal ! You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet ; " Where 208 THE AMERICAN SPEAKER .
... Samian wine ! Leave battles to the Turkish hordes , And shed the blood of Scio's vine ! Hark ! rising to the ignoble call- How answers each bold bacchanal ! You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet ; " Where 208 THE AMERICAN SPEAKER .
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... Samian wine ! On Suli's rock , and Parga's shore , Exists the remnant of a line Such as the Doric mother's bore ; And there , perhaps , some seed is sown , The Heracleidan blood might own . * * * * * Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ...
... Samian wine ! On Suli's rock , and Parga's shore , Exists the remnant of a line Such as the Doric mother's bore ; And there , perhaps , some seed is sown , The Heracleidan blood might own . * * * * * Fill high the bowl with Samian wine ...
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