Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and Exercises, on Pronunciation, Pauses, Inflections, Accent, and Emphasis; Also Copious Extracts in Prose and Poetry, Calculated to Assist the Teacher, and to Improve the Pupil in Reading and Recitation |
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... Soldier , 124 25. The Business and Qualifications of a Poet , 128 26. Remarks on some of the best Poets , 130 27. On the Iliad of Homer , 133 28. On the Odyssey of Homer , 134 29. On the Beauties of Virgil , 134 30. * On the comparative ...
... Soldier , 124 25. The Business and Qualifications of a Poet , 128 26. Remarks on some of the best Poets , 130 27. On the Iliad of Homer , 133 28. On the Odyssey of Homer , 134 29. On the Beauties of Virgil , 134 30. * On the comparative ...
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... Soldiers , 259 6. Scipio to the Roman Army , 261 POETRY . Rules for Reading Verse , 265 On Scanning , 268 EXTRACTS IN VERSE . 1. * The Patriot , 269 2. Eulogy on Pitt , 269 3. The Soldier's Dream , 270 4. The Female Exile , 271 5. The ...
... Soldiers , 259 6. Scipio to the Roman Army , 261 POETRY . Rules for Reading Verse , 265 On Scanning , 268 EXTRACTS IN VERSE . 1. * The Patriot , 269 2. Eulogy on Pitt , 269 3. The Soldier's Dream , 270 4. The Female Exile , 271 5. The ...
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... Soldiers , 387 10. * Cassius against Cæsar , 5. Douglas's Account of Himself , 6. Henry V.'s Speech at Agincourt , 7. Speech of Edward the Black Prince , 8. How Douglas learned the Art of War , 9. Othello's Apology , 11. Alfred's ...
... Soldiers , 387 10. * Cassius against Cæsar , 5. Douglas's Account of Himself , 6. Henry V.'s Speech at Agincourt , 7. Speech of Edward the Black Prince , 8. How Douglas learned the Art of War , 9. Othello's Apology , 11. Alfred's ...
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... soldier , when he girdeth on his armour , boast like him that putteth it off ' ? Can the merchant predict that the spec- ulation , on which he has entered , will be infallibly crowned with success ' ? Can even the husbandman , who has ...
... soldier , when he girdeth on his armour , boast like him that putteth it off ' ? Can the merchant predict that the spec- ulation , on which he has entered , will be infallibly crowned with success ' ? Can even the husbandman , who has ...
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... soldier who sighs , and marches with reluctancy . We must receive the orders with spirit and cheerfulness , and not endeavour to slink out of the post which is assigned us in this beautiful disposition of things , whereof even ...
... soldier who sighs , and marches with reluctancy . We must receive the orders with spirit and cheerfulness , and not endeavour to slink out of the post which is assigned us in this beautiful disposition of things , whereof even ...
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Common terms and phrases
accent admiration Æneid agreeable Andromache appear arms army Balance of Happiness battle beautiful behold brave Cæsar Cæsura called Cicero circumflex clouds Coriolanus dark death delight divine dread earth emphasis emphatic word enemy epic poetry eternal EXAMPLES eyes falling inflection fame father fear fortune friends give glory hand happiness hath heart heaven Homer honour hope hour human Iliad imagination Julius Cæsar kind king labours liberty live look Lord Lyre Macedon mankind mind misery mountains nature never night noble o'er objects passion pause pleasure poet poetry praise privy counsellor pronounced reason rising inflection rock Rome RULE scenes Scythians sense sentence soldier soul sound speak spirit sublime sword syllable Tatler thee things thou thought tion tone Trojan war truth verb verse Virgil virtue virtuous voice wind wise youth
Popular passages
Page 406 - 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.
Page 413 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Page 393 - 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: She wish'd she had not heard it ; yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man...
Page 395 - Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods! When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was fam'd with more than with one man?
Page 308 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labors, and the words move slow: Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 423 - 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...
Page 385 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger; Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.
Page 412 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 407 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Page 129 - The business of a poet," said Imlac, "is to examine, not the individual, but the species ; to remark general properties and large appearances ; he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest.