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 Schools |
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... tears ; and he converts the healing balm , that bleeds from wounded humanity , into a rancorous and deadly poison to the race of man , Every one feels how much this passage rises above the ordinary diction of prose , —that it is , in ...
... tears ; and he converts the healing balm , that bleeds from wounded humanity , into a rancorous and deadly poison to the race of man , Every one feels how much this passage rises above the ordinary diction of prose , —that it is , in ...
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... was fortunate , I rejoice at it ; as he was valiant , I honor him ; but , as he was ambitious , I slew him . There is tears for his love ; joy for his fortune ; honor for his valor , TIME . 179 Example in Brutus' speech 179,
... was fortunate , I rejoice at it ; as he was valiant , I honor him ; but , as he was ambitious , I slew him . There is tears for his love ; joy for his fortune ; honor for his valor , TIME . 179 Example in Brutus' speech 179,
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... tears for his love , " m . f . ཡ bf joy for his fortune ; honor for his valor , and death for his ambition . In narration , what force , what reality can be given to description by a speaker who , as it were , throws himself into the ...
... tears for his love , " m . f . ཡ bf joy for his fortune ; honor for his valor , and death for his ambition . In narration , what force , what reality can be given to description by a speaker who , as it were , throws himself into the ...
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... tears as if they were shed for a person who had attained ⚫much nearer to pure virtue . With regard to the queen's person , a circumstance not to be omitted in writing the history of a female reign , all contemporary authors agree in ...
... tears as if they were shed for a person who had attained ⚫much nearer to pure virtue . With regard to the queen's person , a circumstance not to be omitted in writing the history of a female reign , all contemporary authors agree in ...
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... tears of joy and penitence the monument of their redemption . STORY OF LA ROCHE . - MACKENZIE . * MORE than forty years ago , an English philosopher , whose works have since been read and admired by all Europe , resided at a little town ...
... tears of joy and penitence the monument of their redemption . STORY OF LA ROCHE . - MACKENZIE . * MORE than forty years ago , an English philosopher , whose works have since been read and admired by all Europe , resided at a little town ...
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