The Art of Elocution, Or, Logical and Musical Reading and Declamation: With an Appendix, Containing a Copious Practice in Oratorical, Poetical, and Dramatic Reading and Recitation, the Whole Forming a Complete Speaker, Well Adapted to Private Pupils, Classes, and the Use of Schools1851 - 393 pàgines |
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Pàgina 10
... standing and respectability , prove that a just appreciation is entertained of this art as an indispensable female acquirement : and the attention and improvement of his pupils have made his task one of pleasure and self- gratulation ...
... standing and respectability , prove that a just appreciation is entertained of this art as an indispensable female acquirement : and the attention and improvement of his pupils have made his task one of pleasure and self- gratulation ...
Pàgina 13
... stands unmoved amid the storm . He speaks , and " his big manly voice " goes forth , like the trumpet's sound , above all the tumult . He is by turns patient or indignant , bold or yielding , as it suits his purpose : he exhorts , he ...
... stands unmoved amid the storm . He speaks , and " his big manly voice " goes forth , like the trumpet's sound , above all the tumult . He is by turns patient or indignant , bold or yielding , as it suits his purpose : he exhorts , he ...
Pàgina 61
... standing before the door . The pre ' - ce - dent relied on was decided when Madi- son was Pres - i - dent ; but that was pre - ce ' - dent to the pass - ing of the act of Congress , and , of course , an act . of the Legis - la - ture ...
... standing before the door . The pre ' - ce - dent relied on was decided when Madi- son was Pres - i - dent ; but that was pre - ce ' - dent to the pass - ing of the act of Congress , and , of course , an act . of the Legis - la - ture ...
Pàgina 65
... standing as the nominative to some verb . After Before 2. The objective phrase , in an inverted sentence . 3. The emphatic word of force ; and the subject of a sentence . 4. Each member of a series , 5. The infinitive mood . 6 ...
... standing as the nominative to some verb . After Before 2. The objective phrase , in an inverted sentence . 3. The emphatic word of force ; and the subject of a sentence . 4. Each member of a series , 5. The infinitive mood . 6 ...
Pàgina 103
... stand . EXAMPLE . Direct . He strictly enforces both by precept and example the laws of religion and morality TM inculcated in the Gospel . Inverted . The laws of religion and morality inculcated in the Gospel he strictly enforces both ...
... stand . EXAMPLE . Direct . He strictly enforces both by precept and example the laws of religion and morality TM inculcated in the Gospel . Inverted . The laws of religion and morality inculcated in the Gospel he strictly enforces both ...
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Pàgina 358 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath ; it is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown...
Pàgina 288 - O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broad-sword he weapon had none, He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Pàgina 337 - He was my friend, faithful and just to me : But Brutus says he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honorable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill...
Pàgina 319 - Lochiel, Lochiel ! beware of the day ; For, dark and despairing, my sight I may seal, But man cannot cover what God would reveal. 'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Pàgina 282 - Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods; rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green...
Pàgina 282 - Take the wings Of morning, and the Barcan desert pierce, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings — yet the dead are there ! And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep — the dead reign there alone.
Pàgina 324 - ... 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 326 - Signior Antonio, many a time and oft In the Rialto you have rated me About my monies, and my usances : Still have I borne it with a patient shrug ; For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe...
Pàgina 308 - Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Pàgina 174 - From wandering on a foreign strand ! — If such there breathe, go, mark him well ; For him no minstrel raptures swell,; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch...