The Elocutionist: A Collection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, Peculiarly Adapted to Display the Art of Reading |
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... thing more new , than to see a man of Macedonia become mas- ter of the Athenians , and give laws to all Greece ? You are perpetually asking me how are we to accomplish ' it- How are we to accomplish it ' ! Do you think you will ...
... thing more new , than to see a man of Macedonia become mas- ter of the Athenians , and give laws to all Greece ? You are perpetually asking me how are we to accomplish ' it- How are we to accomplish it ' ! Do you think you will ...
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... things , believeth ' all things , hopeth ' all things , endureth ' all things - is taught by the Apostle Paul , in his first epistle to the Corinthians . Concluding Series . Charity is not puffed up ' , doth not behave itself unseemly ...
... things , believeth ' all things , hopeth ' all things , endureth ' all things - is taught by the Apostle Paul , in his first epistle to the Corinthians . Concluding Series . Charity is not puffed up ' , doth not behave itself unseemly ...
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... thing but a rule . I am persuaded , that not one reader in twenty , can profit by it . The reading of the examples , is unexceptionable ; but the rule would establish it to be a thing , not of principle or method , but of mere fancy ...
... thing but a rule . I am persuaded , that not one reader in twenty , can profit by it . The reading of the examples , is unexceptionable ; but the rule would establish it to be a thing , not of principle or method , but of mere fancy ...
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... thing takes place here . In reasoning upon this example , Mr. Walker , by the most palpable contradic- tion , refutes his own theory . He says , " this inflection intimates , that something is affirmed of the emphatic , which is not ...
... thing takes place here . In reasoning upon this example , Mr. Walker , by the most palpable contradic- tion , refutes his own theory . He says , " this inflection intimates , that something is affirmed of the emphatic , which is not ...
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... thing . Pauses are essential only where their omission would obscure the sense . The orator , who , in the act of delivering himself , is studiously solici- tous about parcelling his words , is sure to leave the best part of his work ...
... thing . Pauses are essential only where their omission would obscure the sense . The orator , who , in the act of delivering himself , is studiously solici- tous about parcelling his words , is sure to leave the best part of his work ...
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Términos y frases comunes
arms Bacchus battle beauty behold beneath Black Crows blood Bolus bosom brave breast breath bright brow Brutus bull Cæsar Chirsty clouds cried dark dead death deep delight dread earth Eliza Cook ERIN GO BRAGH eyes fair faithful father fear fire Gelert glory grave Greece hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart heaven Henry of Navarre honour hope hour king Laird land light live Lochiel Lochinvar lonely look look'd Lord loud mind morning Mount Lebanon ne'er Netherby never night o'er pale pass'd peace pibroch plain pride rage roar round Sally Brown shore sigh sleep smile soul sound spear spirit stars stood storm stream sweet sword tears tell tempest thee thing thou thought thunder tremble Twas uncle Toby voice waves weep wild wind words young
Pasajes populares
Página 236 - Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide; To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame...
Página xvii - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat...
Página 245 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness...
Página 351 - This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
Página 329 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.
Página 235 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care ; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees, the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke : How jocund did they drive their team afield...
Página 173 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower.
Página 350 - Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see, that on the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition ? Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious ; And, sure, he is an honourable man.
Página 216 - Far flashed the red artillery ! But redder yet that light shall glow On Linden's hills of stained snow, And bloodier yet the torrent flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. 'Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy.
Página 349 - No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...