 I could not do it. Many a piece did I commit to memory, and recite and rehearse in my own room, over and over again, yet, when the day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned to my seat,...  A Brief History of the United States: For Schools - Page 191by Joel Dorman Steele - 1871 - 292 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Wainwright March - Lawyers - 1850 - 320 pages
...declamation, like other boys, but I could not do it. Many a piece did I commit to memory, and recite and rehearse in my own room, over and over again; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned to my... | |
 | Charles Lanman - History - 1852 - 224 pages
...declamation, like other boys, but I could not do it. Many a piece did I commit to memory, and recite and rehearse in my own room, over and over again ; yet, when the day came when the school collected to hear the declamations, when my name was calle;dj and I saw all eyes turned... | |
 | Charles Lanman - Legislators - 1852 - 82 pages
...declamation, like other boys, but I could not do it. Many a piece did I commit to memory, and recite and rehearse in my own room, over and over again; yet, when the day came when the school collected to hear the declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned to... | |
 | Joseph Banvard - Publishers' catalogs - 1853 - 390 pages
...declamation, like other boys ; but I could not do it. Many a piece did I commit to memory, and recite and rehearse in my own room, over and over again ; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear the declamation, when' my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned tf>... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853
...declamation, like other boys, but I could not do it. Many a piece did I commit to memory, and recite and rehearse in my own room, over and over again ; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned to my... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1854 - 640 pages
...declamation, like other boys, but I could not do it. Many a piece did I commit to memory, and recite and rehearse in my own room, over and over again ; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned to my... | |
 | Joseph Banvard - 1856 - 386 pages
...declamation, like other boys ; but I could not do it. Many a piece did I commit to memory, and recite and rehearse in my own room, over and over again ; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear the declamation, when my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned to... | |
 | Daniel Webster, Edwin David Sanborn - United States - 1856 - 566 pages
...declamation, like other boys ; but I could not do it. Many a piece did I commit to memory, and recite and rehearse, in my own room, over and over again ; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned, to my... | |
 | History - 1857 - 642 pages
...declamation, like other boys, but I could not do it. Many a piece did I commit to memory, and recite and rehearse in my own room, over and over again ; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned to my... | |
 | David Addison Harsha - Orators - 1857 - 544 pages
...declamation, like other boys, but I could not do it. Many a piece did I commit to memory, and recite and rehearse in my own room, over and over again ; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned to my... | |
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