The Peerless Speaker: Being a Compilation of the Choicest Recitations, Readings and Dialogues from the Most Celebrated Authors, Including Pathetic, Tragic, Humorous and Oratorical Selections, for Schools and Public and Private Entertainments : Also Instructions for the Cultivation of the Voice, Hints on Elocution, Etc., EtcThompson & Thomas, 1905 - 296 sider |
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Side 22
... beard and hair . He called the names of those he loved , there came no answering sound , With tearful eyes he turned away and sought the burial ground . Two graves were there , wherein reposed the lost hopes 22 FENNO'S FAVORITES .
... beard and hair . He called the names of those he loved , there came no answering sound , With tearful eyes he turned away and sought the burial ground . Two graves were there , wherein reposed the lost hopes 22 FENNO'S FAVORITES .
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... called , as in urgent need , Made him abruptly slacken his speed . As he turned , a woman had reached his side . " Oh , sir ! you are learned and good , " she cried , " And my cow is dying , my own cow Pink ; There's nothing she'll eat ...
... called , as in urgent need , Made him abruptly slacken his speed . As he turned , a woman had reached his side . " Oh , sir ! you are learned and good , " she cried , " And my cow is dying , my own cow Pink ; There's nothing she'll eat ...
Side 34
... called " the next station to damnation . " History proves the truth of the assertion . See France before the Revolution . An ominous brooding silence , broken only by the wail of bankruptcy , and in that stagnation were bred those ...
... called " the next station to damnation . " History proves the truth of the assertion . See France before the Revolution . An ominous brooding silence , broken only by the wail of bankruptcy , and in that stagnation were bred those ...
Side 38
... called , the field they plowed and sowed . " Twas autumn when the seed was sown , and soon the winter's snow Came down o'er all , to keep it warm , his white fur coat to throw ; And slow and sad the days went past , came frost and sleet ...
... called , the field they plowed and sowed . " Twas autumn when the seed was sown , and soon the winter's snow Came down o'er all , to keep it warm , his white fur coat to throw ; And slow and sad the days went past , came frost and sleet ...
Side 39
... called to yield the monks his land . Now of our monks and merry Squire not much remains to tell . The years rolled past , the abbey towers in crumbling ruins fell , Then centuries , till monk nor friar were found in all the land , But ...
... called to yield the monks his land . Now of our monks and merry Squire not much remains to tell . The years rolled past , the abbey towers in crumbling ruins fell , Then centuries , till monk nor friar were found in all the land , But ...
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Side 94 - Other refuge have I none, Hangs my helpless soul on thee ; Leave, ah ! leave me not alone ; Still support and comfort me ! All my trust on thee is stayed, All my help from thee I bring ; Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of thy wing.
Side 203 - He finds his house in ruins, his farm devastated, his slaves free, his stock killed, his barns empty, his trade destroyed, his money worthless; his social system, feudal in its magnificence, swept away; his people without law or legal status, his comrades slain, and the burdens of others heavy on his shoulders. Crushed by defeat, his very traditions...
Side 54 - The longing for ignoble things, The strife for triumph more than truth, The hardening of the heart, that brings Irreverence for the dreams of youth!
Side 235 - If I were to tell you the story of Napoleon, I should take it from the lips of Frenchmen, who find no language rich enough to paint the great captain of the nineteenth century. Were I...
Side 206 - Mid flowers that never shall fade or fall ; Though mine are the gardens of earth and sea, And the stars themselves have flowers for me. One blossom of Heaven outblooms them all...
Side 209 - While the same sunbeam shines upon The guilty and the guiltless one, And hymns of joy proclaim through heaven The triumph of a soul forgiven.
Side 53 - SAINT AUGUSTINE ! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame...
Side 205 - ... brave and simple faith. Not for all the glories of New England, from Plymouth Rock all the way, would I exchange the heritage he left me in his soldier's death. To the foot of that shaft I shall send my children's children to reverence him who ennobled their name with his heroic blood.
Side 91 - Jesu, lover of my soul, Let me to Thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is high! Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life is past, Safe into the haven guide; O receive my soul at last!
Side 204 - The old South rested everything on slavery and agriculture, unconscious that these could neither give nor maintain healthy growth. The new South presents a perfect democracy, the oligarchs leading in the popular movement — a social system compact and closely knitted, less splendid on the surface, but stronger at the core — a hundred farms for every plantation, fifty homes for every palace — and a diversified industry that meets the complex needs of this complex age.