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... correspond to the teeth of a saw , which are far more suited to lacerate or wound than the spiral furrows on a screw , which are analogous to them . Rotundity of voice depends on habit , not on nature 14 GENERAL FORMATION.
... correspond to the teeth of a saw , which are far more suited to lacerate or wound than the spiral furrows on a screw , which are analogous to them . Rotundity of voice depends on habit , not on nature 14 GENERAL FORMATION.
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Samuel Willard. Rotundity of voice depends on habit , not on nature . A stream , issuing from a cistern or reservoir , conforms itself to the aperture , through which it is emitted . If the aperture be long and narrow , the stream is ...
Samuel Willard. Rotundity of voice depends on habit , not on nature . A stream , issuing from a cistern or reservoir , conforms itself to the aperture , through which it is emitted . If the aperture be long and narrow , the stream is ...
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... depends on nature , is enjoyed by different persons in very unequal degrees ; and these original diversities are not easily removed . The most obdurate marble admits a fine polish ; but there are some voices , which no art , no pains ...
... depends on nature , is enjoyed by different persons in very unequal degrees ; and these original diversities are not easily removed . The most obdurate marble admits a fine polish ; but there are some voices , which no art , no pains ...
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... DEPENDS MORE ON DISTINCT- NESS , THAN LOUDNESS of voice . This dis- tinctness becomes important in proportion , as I doubt the correctness of this remark , and though unwill- ing to dissent from an author of so much taste and judg- ment ...
... DEPENDS MORE ON DISTINCT- NESS , THAN LOUDNESS of voice . This dis- tinctness becomes important in proportion , as I doubt the correctness of this remark , and though unwill- ing to dissent from an author of so much taste and judg- ment ...
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... depends , in many instances , on the length , as well as the number and significance of the words . Thus , in the latter of the follow- ing sentences , the pause after the verb is more important than in the former , ' Ye bave killed ...
... depends , in many instances , on the length , as well as the number and significance of the words . Thus , in the latter of the follow- ing sentences , the pause after the verb is more important than in the former , ' Ye bave killed ...
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Page 71 - Unanxious for ourselves, and only wish As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves and re-resolves; then dies the same.
Page 61 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?
Page 97 - There is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found ; And while the mouldering ashes sleep Low in the ground...
Page 114 - What went ye out into the. wilderness to see? a reed shaken with the wind ? But what went ye out for to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings houses.
Page 53 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Page 100 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.
Page 117 - How beauteous are their feet Who stand on Zion's hill! Who bring salvation on their tongues, And words of peace reveal. 2 How charming is their voice! How sweet the tidings are ! — "Zion, behold thy Saviour King! He reigns and triumphs here.
Page 102 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 116 - Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'T is that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head ! And as the Douglas to his breast His darling Ellen closely pressed, Such holy drops her tresses -steeped.
Page 101 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield : but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.