Elocution, Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of Reading and Speaking, and Designed for the Development and Cultivation of Both Body and Mind, in Accordance with the Nature, Uses, and Destiny of Man : Illustrated by Two Or Three Hundred Choice Anecdotes, Three Thousand Oratorical and Poetical Readings, Five Thousand Proverbs, Maxims and Laconics, and Several Hundred Elegant Engravings |
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... thou not sing ? O leave thy cares and follies ! go this way , And thou art sure to prosper - all the day . 66. The twenty - eight consonant Proverbs . 1. Gentility 34 PRINCIPLES OF ELOCUTION .
... thou not sing ? O leave thy cares and follies ! go this way , And thou art sure to prosper - all the day . 66. The twenty - eight consonant Proverbs . 1. Gentility 34 PRINCIPLES OF ELOCUTION .
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... Thou waft'd'st the rickety skiff over the mountain height cliffs , and clearly saw'st the full orb'd moon , in whose silvery and effulgent light , thou reef'd'st the haggled sails of the ship - wreck- ed vessel , on the rock - bound ...
... Thou waft'd'st the rickety skiff over the mountain height cliffs , and clearly saw'st the full orb'd moon , in whose silvery and effulgent light , thou reef'd'st the haggled sails of the ship - wreck- ed vessel , on the rock - bound ...
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... thou , in sifting a sieve full of unsifted this- tles , dost not thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of thy thumb : success to the successful thistle sifter , who doth not get the thistles in his tongue . Notes . 1. To make ...
... thou , in sifting a sieve full of unsifted this- tles , dost not thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of thy thumb : success to the successful thistle sifter , who doth not get the thistles in his tongue . Notes . 1. To make ...
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... thou ~ - ~ saidst the truths are thine , and the youths say they are theirs who walk therein ; fath - er and mother bathe dai - ly , and their clothes and hearths are wor - thy ( TH in THAT have riches in their possession , that are ...
... thou ~ - ~ saidst the truths are thine , and the youths say they are theirs who walk therein ; fath - er and mother bathe dai - ly , and their clothes and hearths are wor - thy ( TH in THAT have riches in their possession , that are ...
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... thou have this woman to thy wedded wife ? " The bridegroom answered , in a very solemn tone ; " I renounce them all . The astonished minister said- " I think you are a fool : " - to which he replied , " All this I steadfastly believe ...
... thou have this woman to thy wedded wife ? " The bridegroom answered , in a very solemn tone ; " I renounce them all . The astonished minister said- " I think you are a fool : " - to which he replied , " All this I steadfastly believe ...
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Page 301 - And this is in the night. — Most glorious night ! Thou wert not sent for slumber! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight — A portion of the tempest and of thee! How the lit lake shines, a phosphoric sea, And the big rain comes dancing to the earth ! And now again 'tis black — and now the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth.
Page 208 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Page 262 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness: And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts; and choking sighs. Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 240 - Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried 'Give me some drink, Titinius,' As a sick girl. Ye gods, it doth amaze me A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Page 252 - And sir, where American Liberty raised its first voice; and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit. If discord and disunion shall wound it — if party strife and blind ambition shall hawk at and tear it — if folly and madness — if uneasiness, under salutary and necessary restraint — shall succeed...
Page 309 - Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth ; There was manhood's brow, serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine ! Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ; They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God.
Page 249 - It is accomplished. The deed is done. He retreats, retraces his steps to the window, passes out through it as he came in, and escapes. He has done the murder — no eye has seen him, no ear has heard him. The secret is his own, and it is safe!
Page 310 - This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 249 - Meantime, the guilty soul cannot keep its own secret. It is false to itself; or rather it feels an irresistible impulse of conscience to be true to itself. It labors under its guilty possession, and knows not what to do with it. The human heart was not made for the residence of such an inhabitant.
Page 293 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.