Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking. To which are Prefixed Elements of Gesture. Also, an Appendix, Containing Lessons on a New PlanE. P. Walton, 1829 - 407 pàgines |
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Pàgina 32
... fortune , agitates the whole frame ; and besides express- ing itself with the looks , gestures , restlessness , and tone of perplexity , it adds complaint , fretting and lamenting . Pity , a mixed passion of love and grief , looks down ...
... fortune , agitates the whole frame ; and besides express- ing itself with the looks , gestures , restlessness , and tone of perplexity , it adds complaint , fretting and lamenting . Pity , a mixed passion of love and grief , looks down ...
Pàgina 57
... little and perform much , is the characteristic of a great mind . A man who gives his children a habit of industry , pro- vides for them better than giving them a stock of money . II . OUR good or bad fortune depends greatly on VI VII.
... little and perform much , is the characteristic of a great mind . A man who gives his children a habit of industry , pro- vides for them better than giving them a stock of money . II . OUR good or bad fortune depends greatly on VI VII.
Pàgina 58
... fortune depends greatly on the choice we make of our friends . The young are slaves to novelty , the old to custom . No preacher is so successful as time . It gives a turn of thought to the aged , which it was impossible to inspire ...
... fortune depends greatly on the choice we make of our friends . The young are slaves to novelty , the old to custom . No preacher is so successful as time . It gives a turn of thought to the aged , which it was impossible to inspire ...
Pàgina 61
... fortune is more frequently made by his tongue than by his virtues ; and more frequently crushed by it than by his vices . V. EVEN self interest is a motive for benevolence . There are none so low , but may have it in their power to ...
... fortune is more frequently made by his tongue than by his virtues ; and more frequently crushed by it than by his vices . V. EVEN self interest is a motive for benevolence . There are none so low , but may have it in their power to ...
Pàgina 63
... fortune to make thy escape : Never venture into a well again , before thou hast well considered how to get out of it . VII . - The Fox and the Stork . — IB . THE Fox , though , in general , more inclined to rogue- ry than wit , had once ...
... fortune to make thy escape : Never venture into a well again , before thou hast well considered how to get out of it . VII . - The Fox and the Stork . — IB . THE Fox , though , in general , more inclined to rogue- ry than wit , had once ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 373 - And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
Pàgina 378 - And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding : which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
Pàgina 384 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts: I am no orator, as Brutus is; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him...
Pàgina 380 - ... tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : 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,
Pàgina 236 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay — There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew: Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
Pàgina 381 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Pàgina 248 - The Epitaph Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to Misery all he had, a tear, He gain'd from Heaven, 'twas all he wish'd, a friend.
Pàgina 243 - Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was...
Pàgina 382 - I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause ; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? O judgment ! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason.
Pàgina 276 - Now strike the golden lyre again: A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead, And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge...