The Schoolmate, Volume 4A. R. Phippen George Savage, 1854 - Education |
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... MANNER OF Reading . 1. The Comma [ , ] Semicolon [ : ] and Colon [ : ] denote that a short pause should be made , but the voice should be kept suspended , to show that the sentence is not finished . 2. The Period [ . ] denotes a longer ...
... MANNER OF Reading . 1. The Comma [ , ] Semicolon [ : ] and Colon [ : ] denote that a short pause should be made , but the voice should be kept suspended , to show that the sentence is not finished . 2. The Period [ . ] denotes a longer ...
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... manner represented above . The atmosphere was dense , yet transparent , and there were several strata of thin , vapory clouds lightly suspended over the water , on which the vessels were brightly mirrored . The refracted images were as ...
... manner represented above . The atmosphere was dense , yet transparent , and there were several strata of thin , vapory clouds lightly suspended over the water , on which the vessels were brightly mirrored . The refracted images were as ...
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... manner of absurd pre- dictions ; for , like their officers , the men preferred to believe in the impossible rather than in the probable . However , as the sounds were now discontinued , the frigate's bell was rehooked , the captain ...
... manner of absurd pre- dictions ; for , like their officers , the men preferred to believe in the impossible rather than in the probable . However , as the sounds were now discontinued , the frigate's bell was rehooked , the captain ...
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... manner in which the bell was rung , which so exactly tallied with what had occurred on board the Indiaman , that no doubt any longer existed as to the truth of the hypo- thesis so cleverly advanced by the purser . But , notwithstanding ...
... manner in which the bell was rung , which so exactly tallied with what had occurred on board the Indiaman , that no doubt any longer existed as to the truth of the hypo- thesis so cleverly advanced by the purser . But , notwithstanding ...
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... manner be most effective . 7. All the rules given in the Reader's Chart for Panses , Inflections , Tones , Manner , Emphasis , & c . , of Reading , re just as important in Speaking , and should be carefully studied and observed . 8 ...
... manner be most effective . 7. All the rules given in the Reader's Chart for Panses , Inflections , Tones , Manner , Emphasis , & c . , of Reading , re just as important in Speaking , and should be carefully studied and observed . 8 ...
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Page 342 - OFTEN I think of the beautiful town That is seated by the sea ; Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear old town, And my youth comes back to me. And a verse of a Lapland song Is haunting my memory still : " A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Page 343 - I can see the breezy dome of groves, The shadows of Deering's Woods; And the friendships old and the early loves Come back with a Sabbath sound, as of doves In quiet neighborhoods.
Page 324 - Have mercy upon me, O God, According to thy loving kindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies Blot out my transgressions.
Page 79 - Disaster'd stands; sees other hills ascend, Of unknown joyless brow; and other scenes, Of horrid prospect, shag the trackless plain: Nor finds the river, nor the forest, hid Beneath the formless wild; but wanders on From hill to dale, still more and more astray; Impatient flouncing through the drifted heaps, Stung with the thoughts of home; the thoughts of home Rush on his nerves, and call their vigour forth In many a vain attempt.
Page 80 - Smooth'd up with snow; and what is land, unknown, What water, of the still unfrozen spring, In the loose marsh or solitary lake, Where the fresh fountain from the bottom boils.
Page 264 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Page 244 - The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago ; The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow, Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress.
Page 263 - He comes amidst the pomp and fragrance of the season ; his life seems all sensibility and enjoyment, all song and sunshine. He is to be found in the soft bosoms of the freshest and sweetest meadows, and is most in song when the clover is in blossom.
Page 331 - Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
Page 388 - Miller. You may do what you please. You are twelve miles from Nottingham, and all the way through this thick wood ; but if you are resolved upon going thither to-night, I will put you in the...