Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe! And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered... Speech of John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, Upon the Right of the People ... - Σελίδα 81των John Quincy Adams - 1838 - 131 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
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