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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... Nature is your only goddess ; for he is your only orator , whom she inspires . Emotion is the thing . One flash of passion upon the cheek - one beam of feeling from the eye - one thrilling note of sen- sibility from the tongue - one ...
... Nature is your only goddess ; for he is your only orator , whom she inspires . Emotion is the thing . One flash of passion upon the cheek - one beam of feeling from the eye - one thrilling note of sen- sibility from the tongue - one ...
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... Nature , Hannibal to his Soldiers , Logan , 85 Chalmers , 86 Logan , 89 Kirwan , 90 Logan , 92 Cappe , 94 Kirwan , 97 Logan , 98 Livy , 101 ANCIENT AND MODERN ORATORY . • Speech of Lord Chatham in the House of Peers against the American ...
... Nature , Hannibal to his Soldiers , Logan , 85 Chalmers , 86 Logan , 89 Kirwan , 90 Logan , 92 Cappe , 94 Kirwan , 97 Logan , 98 Livy , 101 ANCIENT AND MODERN ORATORY . • Speech of Lord Chatham in the House of Peers against the American ...
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... natural , grows dangerous , as , by long indulgence , it becomes ascend- ant ' in the mind . You may lay it down as a maxim , confirmed by universal experience , that every man dies as he lives ' ; and it is by the general tenor of the ...
... natural , grows dangerous , as , by long indulgence , it becomes ascend- ant ' in the mind . You may lay it down as a maxim , confirmed by universal experience , that every man dies as he lives ' ; and it is by the general tenor of the ...
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... nature , un- less assisted by God . Your enemies may be formidable by their numbers , and by their power - but He who is with you , is mightier than they . Virtue were a kind of misery ' , if fame were all the garland that crowned her ...
... nature , un- less assisted by God . Your enemies may be formidable by their numbers , and by their power - but He who is with you , is mightier than they . Virtue were a kind of misery ' , if fame were all the garland that crowned her ...
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... nature waits upon his hand ' ; When the ripe colours soften and unite , And sweetly melt into just shade and light ' ; When mellowing years their full perfection give , And the bold figure just begins to live'- The treacherous colours ...
... nature waits upon his hand ' ; When the ripe colours soften and unite , And sweetly melt into just shade and light ' ; When mellowing years their full perfection give , And the bold figure just begins to live'- The treacherous colours ...
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