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And did my Sovereign die ? Would he devote that sacred héad , For such a worm
as ' I ? ( 0 ° ) Joy to the world ! -- the Lòrd is come ! Let earth recèive her king ; Let
every heart prepare him room , And heav'n and nature sing . ( 9 ) Was it for ...
And did my Sovereign die ? Would he devote that sacred héad , For such a worm
as ' I ? ( 0 ° ) Joy to the world ! -- the Lòrd is come ! Let earth recèive her king ; Let
every heart prepare him room , And heav'n and nature sing . ( 9 ) Was it for ...
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This I will exemplify only as it respects the pause at the end of the line . It is the
opCome , let our voices join to raise A sacred song of solemn praise ; God is a
sovereign king , rehearse His honours in exalted verse . Nor let our harden'd
hearts ...
This I will exemplify only as it respects the pause at the end of the line . It is the
opCome , let our voices join to raise A sacred song of solemn praise ; God is a
sovereign king , rehearse His honours in exalted verse . Nor let our harden'd
hearts ...
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Righteousness exalteth a nátion ; but sin is a reproach to any people . The king's
favour is toward a wíse servant ; but his wrath is against him that causeth shame .
1 3. Between fame and true honor a distinction is 176 [ Ex . 8 . EXERCISES ON ...
Righteousness exalteth a nátion ; but sin is a reproach to any people . The king's
favour is toward a wíse servant ; but his wrath is against him that causeth shame .
1 3. Between fame and true honor a distinction is 176 [ Ex . 8 . EXERCISES ON ...
Page 177
The king was without power , and the nobles without principle . They were tyrants
at home , and robbers abroad . Nothing remained to be a check upon ferocity and
violence . 5. These two qualities , delicacy and correctness , mutually imply ...
The king was without power , and the nobles without principle . They were tyrants
at home , and robbers abroad . Nothing remained to be a check upon ferocity and
violence . 5. These two qualities , delicacy and correctness , mutually imply ...
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Question them , What haughty conqueror led through his city , their nobles and
kings in chàins ; and exhibited their countrymen , by thousands , in gladiators '
shows for the amusement of his fellow citizens ' They will tell you , ' A Roman ...
Question them , What haughty conqueror led through his city , their nobles and
kings in chàins ; and exhibited their countrymen , by thousands , in gladiators '
shows for the amusement of his fellow citizens ' They will tell you , ' A Roman ...
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Page 270 - And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Page 254 - But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. 29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. 30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. 31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father?
Page 252 - So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very 'sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
Page 180 - For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment...
Page 252 - And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Page 251 - And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid ; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
Page 331 - Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and humour'd thus Comes at the last and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king...
Page 255 - Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Page 252 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 193 - Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed ; and I was afraid and went and hid thy talent in the earth : lo there thou hast that is thine.
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| Title | Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery as Applied in Reading and Speaking |
| Author | Ebenezer Porter |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Flagg & Gould, 1828 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 7 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 404 pages |
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