The elocutionist, a collection of pieces in prose and verse [by various authors, ed.] by J.S. KnowlesJames Sheridan Knowles 1825 |
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Page xi
... grave accent . The union of these two inflections upon the same syllable is called a circumflex , When the circumflex terminates with the rising inflection , it is called the rising circumflex ; when with the falling , it is designated ...
... grave accent . The union of these two inflections upon the same syllable is called a circumflex , When the circumflex terminates with the rising inflection , it is called the rising circumflex ; when with the falling , it is designated ...
Page xxvi
... . Great is your kindness who can thus allow . I cannot give credit to him who has once deceived me . Who seeks for glory , often finds a grave . Here , the word indifferent , because it is opposed xxvi INTRODUCTION .
... . Great is your kindness who can thus allow . I cannot give credit to him who has once deceived me . Who seeks for glory , often finds a grave . Here , the word indifferent , because it is opposed xxvi INTRODUCTION .
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... grave , a prey to corruption and the reptiles of the earth ; to be no more thought of in this world , but to be obliterated in a little time , from the affections , and almost from the memory , of their dearest friends and relations ...
... grave , a prey to corruption and the reptiles of the earth ; to be no more thought of in this world , but to be obliterated in a little time , from the affections , and almost from the memory , of their dearest friends and relations ...
Page 10
... grave and solemn spirit , which distinguishes the author of Fingal . " As autumn's dark storms pour from two echoing hills , so towards each other approached the heroes . As two dark streams from high rocks meet , and mix , and roar on ...
... grave and solemn spirit , which distinguishes the author of Fingal . " As autumn's dark storms pour from two echoing hills , so towards each other approached the heroes . As two dark streams from high rocks meet , and mix , and roar on ...
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... grave , and saw in every shovel - full of it that was thrown up , the fragment of a bone or skull , intermixed with a kind of a fresh moul- dering earth , that some time or other had a place in . the composition of a human body . Upon ...
... grave , and saw in every shovel - full of it that was thrown up , the fragment of a bone or skull , intermixed with a kind of a fresh moul- dering earth , that some time or other had a place in . the composition of a human body . Upon ...
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