The Elements of Reading and OratoryD. Appleton, 1850 - 356 sider |
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Side 17
... thou me , and lete the dede men birie their dede men . " " The earth schook , and stoones weren cloven , and birials weren opened , and many bodies of sayntes that hadden slept rysen up . " ( See Richardson's Dictionary on the words ...
... thou me , and lete the dede men birie their dede men . " " The earth schook , and stoones weren cloven , and birials weren opened , and many bodies of sayntes that hadden slept rysen up . " ( See Richardson's Dictionary on the words ...
Side 39
... thou hast said in thine heart , I will ascend into heaven : I will exalt my throne above the stars of God : I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation in the sides of the north . 3. Gratitude is of a fruitful and diffusive ...
... thou hast said in thine heart , I will ascend into heaven : I will exalt my throne above the stars of God : I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation in the sides of the north . 3. Gratitude is of a fruitful and diffusive ...
Side 47
... thou draw out the leviathan with a hook ? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down ? 5. During a life so transitory , what lasting monument then can our fondest hopes erect ? My brethren ! we stand on the borders of an awful ...
... thou draw out the leviathan with a hook ? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down ? 5. During a life so transitory , what lasting monument then can our fondest hopes erect ? My brethren ! we stand on the borders of an awful ...
Side 49
... thou beest he - but O how fallen ! how changed ! 2. Here lies the great - false marble , where ? Nothing but sordid ... thou fratricide ! Welcome , thou lost forever ! " - Horror burst the bands of sleep ; but my feelings -words are too ...
... thou beest he - but O how fallen ! how changed ! 2. Here lies the great - false marble , where ? Nothing but sordid ... thou fratricide ! Welcome , thou lost forever ! " - Horror burst the bands of sleep ; but my feelings -words are too ...
Side 63
... Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain . The prosperity of the wicked is not durable . Be not desirous of vain - glory . Be not forward in the presence of your superiors . He was not , at that time , in the city . By ...
... Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain . The prosperity of the wicked is not durable . Be not desirous of vain - glory . Be not forward in the presence of your superiors . He was not , at that time , in the city . By ...
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3d FORM accent alphabetical Art thou Balt beauty beginning black crows blessed Cæsar character Christ circumflex Classif colon comma compact sentence compound sentence connected correlative words expressed death decl definite interrogative delivered delivery diphthong double compact earth elocution emphasis emphatic words employed English language Examples exclamation exclamatory sentences falling slide father followed fragmentary give glory hand happy hath heard heart heaven honor imperfect sense indefinite indirect interrogative interrogative sentences kind land liberty look loose sentence Lord lower sweep mind mixed sentence nature o'er parenthesis partial close passions pause peace perfect close phatic preceding proposition punctuation relative pronouns Rule semi-interrogative semicolon Sent simple sentence single compact soul sound speak spirit syllable tence thee thing thought tion triphthong truth understood unto verbs virtue voice vowel
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Side 98 - Liberty first and Union afterwards'; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable...
Side 163 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun,— the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods— rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Side 338 - And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore. Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came ; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame; Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear; They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Side 35 - Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners...
Side 180 - With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Side 252 - For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward ; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation ; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him...
Side 133 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why ? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere 'scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Side 116 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object — this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
Side 183 - When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony and shroud and pall And breathless darkness and the narrow house Make thee to shudder and grow sick at heart...
Side 260 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...