 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 372 pages
...must be so." " After the most straitest sect." " This was the most unkindest cut." " Amidst^ the mists he thrusts his fists against the posts, And still insists he sees the ghosts." Quintilian observes, that " there is no one who has not obtained something by application." Practising... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1855 - 492 pages
...the tangled forest* E'en there the wildest beasts steal forth upon their prey. 18. Amirfst the mists he thrusts his fists against the posts, and still insists he sees the ghosts. 19. The ragged rascal ran round and round the rough and rugged rocks that roar thoir /toary /teads... | |
 | Education - 1893 - 404 pages
...ARTICULATION. — The following are good exercises: ' 'Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, With barest wrists and stoutest boasts, He thrusts his fists against...the posts, And still insists he sees the ghosts." "Of all the saws I ever saw, I never saw a saw saw as this saw saws." "When a twister, a- 1 wist ing... | |
 | Worthy Putnam - Elocution - 1858 - 420 pages
...sat on six broad beds, and braided broad braids18. Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, With barest wrists and stoutest boasts, He thrusts his fists against the posts, And still insists, he sees the ghosts 4. The importance of a distinct articulation is strongly illustrated by the following examples. They... | |
 | Education - 1858 - 596 pages
...statement, till attention is called to the same tendency in English, and the pupil tries to pronounce, " He thrusts his fists against the posts, And still Insists he sees the ghosts." On the same principle, changing ' months ' to ' muns,' and ' clothespins ' to ' clos-pins.' Thus the... | |
 | Charles Northend - English language - 1865 - 264 pages
...deprivation of sight. FOR ARTICULATION AND SPELLING. Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, With barest wrists and stoutest boasts, He thrusts his fists against the posts, And still insists he sees the ghosts. His falchion flashed along the Nile; His hosts he led through Alpine snows; O'er Moscow's towers, that... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1866 - 412 pages
...fugitive, the vile vagabond ventured to vilify the venerable veteran. 15. Amidst the mists, with angry boasts, He thrusts his fists against the posts, And still insists he sees the ghosts. 16. Peter Prangle, the prickly prangly pear picker, picked three pecks of prickly prangly pears, from... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1862 - 610 pages
...fugitive, Me vile vagabond ventured to vilify the venerable veteran. 15. A.midst the mists, with angry boasts, He thrusts his fists against the posts, And still insists he sees the ghosts. 16. Peter Prangle, the prickly prangly pear picker, picked three pecks of prickly prangly pears, from... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1870 - 496 pages
...fugitive, the vile vagabond ventured to vilify the venerable veteran. 15. Amidst the mists, tcith angry boasts, He thrusts his fists against the posts, And still insists he sees the ghosts, 16. Peter Prangle, tho prickly prangly pear picker, picked three pecks of prickly prangly pears, from... | |
 | Readers - 1884 - 794 pages
...of Popoeatapetl in Cotopaxi. Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, With stoutest wrists and loudest boasts, He thrusts his fists against the posts, And still insists he sees the ghosts. Did you say you saw the spirit sigh, or the spirit's eye, or the spirit's sigh? I said I saw the spirit's... | |
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, With barest wrists and stoutest boasts, He thrusts his fists against the posts, And still insists he sees the ghosts. 
