Collectanea Oratoria, Or, Academic Orator: Consisting of a Diversity of Oratorical Selections, Appertaining to Every Class of Public Orations...to which is Prefixed a Dissertation on Oratorical Pronunciation Or Action, Mostly Abstracted from Professor Ward's System of OratoryLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 - 491 pàgines |
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Pàgina 8
... Roman gentry and nobility generally sent their sons abroad , and placed them under the tuition of some eminent Grecian master , to in- struct them in the art of speaking , and by that means to fit them for the service of their country ...
... Roman gentry and nobility generally sent their sons abroad , and placed them under the tuition of some eminent Grecian master , to in- struct them in the art of speaking , and by that means to fit them for the service of their country ...
Pàgina 23
... Roman orator , as Cicero tells us , was addicted to this , which occasioned a friend of his once to pass a jest on him , by asking , " Who that was talk- ing out of a boat ? " The jest is too plain to need expli- cation , for every one ...
... Roman orator , as Cicero tells us , was addicted to this , which occasioned a friend of his once to pass a jest on him , by asking , " Who that was talk- ing out of a boat ? " The jest is too plain to need expli- cation , for every one ...
Pàgina 32
... Roman state ; " some per- sons in the crowd began to raise a clamour , just as , in latter times , hissing has been practised on the like occa- sions . Upon which Cicero immediately replies , " This noise does not disturb , but please ...
... Roman state ; " some per- sons in the crowd began to raise a clamour , just as , in latter times , hissing has been practised on the like occa- sions . Upon which Cicero immediately replies , " This noise does not disturb , but please ...
Pàgina 50
... Roman , and , in the consul's view , slew three opposers . Tarquin's self he met , and struck him on his knee . In that day's feats , when he might have played the woman in the scene , he acted man best in the field ; and , for his meed ...
... Roman , and , in the consul's view , slew three opposers . Tarquin's self he met , and struck him on his knee . In that day's feats , when he might have played the woman in the scene , he acted man best in the field ; and , for his meed ...
Pàgina 58
... Roman ? If any , speak ; for him have I offended . Who is here so vile , that will not love . his country ? If any , speak ; for him have I offended . -I pause for a reply.- None ? - The --then none have I offended . - I have done no ...
... Roman ? If any , speak ; for him have I offended . Who is here so vile , that will not love . his country ? If any , speak ; for him have I offended . -I pause for a reply.- None ? - The --then none have I offended . - I have done no ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 360 - Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels : for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night Circle his throne rejoicing ; ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Pàgina 373 - Lord our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day; Defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin; neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Pàgina 246 - My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs: She swore, in faith, twas strange, 'twas passing strange, Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful...
Pàgina 364 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim : The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wond'rous tale, And nightly to the...
Pàgina 52 - Who is here so base, that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude , that would not be a Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile, that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended. I pause for a reply.
Pàgina 334 - And he told it to his father, and to his brethren : and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth ? And his brethren envied him ; but his father observed the saying.
Pàgina 33 - 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?
Pàgina 36 - ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.
Pàgina 114 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Pàgina 341 - Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.