 | George Washington - 1906 - 120 páginas
...trouble at Exeter in declaiming. "Many a piece," says Webster, "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... | |
 | Edwin Du Bois Shurter - 1906 - 392 páginas
...could not summon courage to declaim. " Many a piece did I commit to memory," he said, " and recite and rehearse in my own room, over and over again ; yet when the day came on which the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1909 - 232 páginas
...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, and the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and all eyes were turned to... | |
 | Teacher of history - 1910 - 518 páginas
...the nation, was then so shy that he could not muster courage to speak before the school. He says, ' Many a piece did I commit and rehearse in my own room,...over again ; yet when the day came, when my name was catted, and I saw all eyes turned toward me, I could not raise myself from my seat." In other respects,... | |
 | Clark Sutherland Northup, Martin Wright Sampson, William Strunk, Frank Thilly - 1910 - 538 páginas
...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... | |
 | Sydney George Fisher - 1911 - 588 páginas
...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... | |
 | Frederic Austin Ogg - 1914 - 454 páginas
...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... | |
 | Mary Augusta Laselle - 1918 - 318 páginas
...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 tha day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all... | |
 | Laurence Murray Crosbie - 1924 - 474 páginas
...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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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,... 
