An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors to which are Added Remarks on Reading Prose and Verse, with Suggestions to Instructors of the ArtW.C. Little, 1851 - 300 páginas |
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... seen , Peeping forth from alleys green ; Brown Exercise rejoic'd to hear ; And Sport leap'd up and seiz'd his beechen spear . Last came Joy's ecstatic trial , He with viny crown advancing , First to the lively pipe his hand address'd ...
... seen , Peeping forth from alleys green ; Brown Exercise rejoic'd to hear ; And Sport leap'd up and seiz'd his beechen spear . Last came Joy's ecstatic trial , He with viny crown advancing , First to the lively pipe his hand address'd ...
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... seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these Declare thy goodness , beyond thought , and pow'r divine . Speak ye who best can tell , ye sons of light , Angels ; for ye behold him , and with songs And choral symphonies , day without night ...
... seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these Declare thy goodness , beyond thought , and pow'r divine . Speak ye who best can tell , ye sons of light , Angels ; for ye behold him , and with songs And choral symphonies , day without night ...
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... us invisible , or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness , beyond thought , and pow'r divine . MILTON'S MORNING HYMN . SUGGESTIONS TO INSTRUCTERS OF THE ART OF ELOCUTION Those who 52 READING BLANK VERSE .
... us invisible , or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness , beyond thought , and pow'r divine . MILTON'S MORNING HYMN . SUGGESTIONS TO INSTRUCTERS OF THE ART OF ELOCUTION Those who 52 READING BLANK VERSE .
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... seen thy salvation , " and a sub- stantive possessive , when it stands alone , as " This book is mine . " In Scripture , the i in this word should have its long sound as in the substantive . In authors where dignity and sublimity do not ...
... seen thy salvation , " and a sub- stantive possessive , when it stands alone , as " This book is mine . " In Scripture , the i in this word should have its long sound as in the substantive . In authors where dignity and sublimity do not ...
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... even the publicans so ? Be ye therefore perfect , even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect . Take heed that ye do not your alms before men , to be seen of them ; otherwise ye have no reward ELOQUENCE OF RELIGION 71.
... even the publicans so ? Be ye therefore perfect , even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect . Take heed that ye do not your alms before men , to be seen of them ; otherwise ye have no reward ELOQUENCE OF RELIGION 71.
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affection appear arms authority bear beautiful blessed body called cause character dark dead death deep delight earth Examples face fair fall Father fear feel fire follow give glory grave hand happy hath head hear heard heart heaven hold honor hope hour human Italy justice kind king land liberty light live look Lord mean mind morning mountain nature never night o'er object once pass passion peace person pride pronounced raised remains respect rest rising rocks round rule scene seemed seen sense side soul sound speak spirit stand sufferings sweet tell thee things thou thought tion turn unto virtue voice waves whole wild wind
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Página 130 - The basis of our political systems, is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of Government; but the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established Government.
Página 68 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery : But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Página 75 - And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit, that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
Página 126 - ... the palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion, that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Página 32 - With thee conversing I forget all time; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Página 43 - And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne like thy bubbles, onward: from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers— they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror— 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane— as I do here.
Página 134 - Promote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Página 41 - He stood, and measured the earth ; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations ; And the everlasting mountains were scattered, The perpetual hills did bow : His ways are everlasting ! " I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction ; And the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
Página 269 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array...
Página 131 - Towards the preservation of your Government and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts. — One method of assault may be to effect, in the forms of the Constitution, alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.