An Illustration of the Principles of Elocution ...Websters and Skinners, 1828 - 300 sider |
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... characters , I know is great ; and yet , descended from them , with their blood in my veins , I should resent with indignation a parallel outrage from the soldiers of Syria , or of Spain : and will you , ye men of the first legion , who ...
... characters , I know is great ; and yet , descended from them , with their blood in my veins , I should resent with indignation a parallel outrage from the soldiers of Syria , or of Spain : and will you , ye men of the first legion , who ...
Side 83
... character represented ; the circumstances under which he acted ; the state of feeling he possessed , and every thing appertaining to the scene with which he was con- nected . DOUGLAS . SCENE I. - The Court of a Castle surrounded with ...
... character represented ; the circumstances under which he acted ; the state of feeling he possessed , and every thing appertaining to the scene with which he was con- nected . DOUGLAS . SCENE I. - The Court of a Castle surrounded with ...
Side 104
... characters are given in the scriptures , and placed in contrast with those of the wisdom which is from above . The one is the wisdom of the crafty ; the other that of the upright : the one ter- minates in selfishness ; the other in ...
... characters are given in the scriptures , and placed in contrast with those of the wisdom which is from above . The one is the wisdom of the crafty ; the other that of the upright : the one ter- minates in selfishness ; the other in ...
Side 106
William Brittainham Lacey. 12. Personification signifies the investing of inanimate things with the character of persons , or “ addressing dead or absent in- dividuals as if they were present . It is one of the boldest and finest figures ...
William Brittainham Lacey. 12. Personification signifies the investing of inanimate things with the character of persons , or “ addressing dead or absent in- dividuals as if they were present . It is one of the boldest and finest figures ...
Side 120
... scale to the fifth - to the octave . Sound all the notes ascending - descending . Sound the semitone of the 3d - of the 7th . SELECTIONS FOR READING AND SPEAKING . CHARACTER OF HERSCHEL . 120 Questions for Examination .
... scale to the fifth - to the octave . Sound all the notes ascending - descending . Sound the semitone of the 3d - of the 7th . SELECTIONS FOR READING AND SPEAKING . CHARACTER OF HERSCHEL . 120 Questions for Examination .
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arms art thou battle beauty behold blessings blood Blush Blushington bosom brave bright character circumflex dark dead dead rise dear death delight diatonic scale Dinah divine Duke of Berri earth Elocution emphasis fame fate father fear feel fire freedom Friendly Hall genius give glory grave Greece hand happiness heard heart heaven honour hope hour house of Bourbon human inflection Julius Cæsar labour lady land liberty light living long quantity look Lord mighty mind moral morning nation nature never night o'er ocean orthoepy passion patriot pause peace phatic pitch pleasure pride pronounced proud racter reading render rising Samian wine scene semitone shore soul sound speak spirit Star-spangled Banner sword syllables taste tears thee things thou thought throne tion tone triumph unto virtue voice wave wild wish words young youth
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Side 89 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Side 59 - Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all ? Why are they then baptized for the dead?
Side 107 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Side 94 - On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Side 147 - House. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received ? Trust it not, Sir ; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation...
Side 129 - Lochiel, Lochiel, beware of the day ! For, dark and despairing, my sight I may seal, But man cannot cover what God would reveal ! "Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Side 94 - Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform; and mix And nourish all things; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Side 213 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Side 95 - Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep; Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light dispels...
Side 263 - I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father.' The boat has left a stormy land, A stormy sea before her, — When, oh ! too strong for human hand The tempest gather'd o'er her.