Evolution of Expression, Volume 2Emerson College of Oratory, Publishing Department, 1905 - Elocution |
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... never ranks in the awkward squad ; it has no left hand , no deaf ear , no blind side . It puts on no looks of wondrous wisdom , it has no air of profundity , but plays with the details of place as dexterously as a well - taught hand ...
... never ranks in the awkward squad ; it has no left hand , no deaf ear , no blind side . It puts on no looks of wondrous wisdom , it has no air of profundity , but plays with the details of place as dexterously as a well - taught hand ...
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... never sees a good quality in a man , and never fails to see a bad one . He is the human owl , vigilant in darkness and blind to light , mousing for vermin , and never seeing noble game . 2. The Cynic puts all human actions into only two ...
... never sees a good quality in a man , and never fails to see a bad one . He is the human owl , vigilant in darkness and blind to light , mousing for vermin , and never seeing noble game . 2. The Cynic puts all human actions into only two ...
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... never trod , A spot that is sacred to thought and God IV . O , when I am safe in my sylvan home , I tread on the pride of Greece and Rome ; And when I am stretched beneath the pines Where the evening star so holy shines , I laugh at the ...
... never trod , A spot that is sacred to thought and God IV . O , when I am safe in my sylvan home , I tread on the pride of Greece and Rome ; And when I am stretched beneath the pines Where the evening star so holy shines , I laugh at the ...
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... Never did a people suffer so much for the empty words of a preamble . It must be given up . For on what principle does it stand ? This famous revenue stands , at this hour , on all the debate , as a description of revenue not as yet ...
... Never did a people suffer so much for the empty words of a preamble . It must be given up . For on what principle does it stand ? This famous revenue stands , at this hour , on all the debate , as a description of revenue not as yet ...
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... never cease ; And every word its ardor flung From off its jubilant iron tongue Was , " WAR ! WAR ! WAR ! " IX . " Who dares " -this was the patriot's cry , As striding from the desk he came , - " Come out with me , in Freedom's name For ...
... never cease ; And every word its ardor flung From off its jubilant iron tongue Was , " WAR ! WAR ! WAR ! " IX . " Who dares " -this was the patriot's cry , As striding from the desk he came , - " Come out with me , in Freedom's name For ...
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Page 125 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Page 49 - I know there is not a man here, who would not rather see a general conflagration sweep over the land, or an earthquake sink it, than one jot or tittle of that plighted faith fall to the ground. For myself, having, twelve months ago, in this place, moved you, that George Washington be appointed commander of the forces, raised or to be raised, for defence of American liberty...
Page 39 - Julius bleed for justice' sake ? What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, And not for justice ? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For so much trash as may be grasped thus? I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Page 111 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign. Sails the unshadowed main, — • The venturous bark that flings^ On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair.
Page 91 - Temple of Fame — There, with the glorious General's name, Be it said in letters both bold and bright : "Here is the steed that saved the day, By carrying Sheridan into the fight, From Winchester — twenty miles away!
Page 111 - Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more.
Page 42 - Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius, For Cassius is aweary of the world ; Hated by one he loves...
Page 40 - All this? ay, more: Fret till your proud heart break; Go, show your slaves how choleric you are, And make your bondmen tremble.
Page 49 - Do we mean to submit, and consent that we ourselves shall be ground to powder, and our country and its rights trodden down in the dust? I know we do not mean to submit. We never shall submit.
Page 41 - You say you are a better soldier : Let it appear so; make your vaunting true, And it shall please me well. For mine own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men. CAS. You wrong me every way ; you wrong me, Brutus ; I said an elder soldier, not a better : Did I say, " better