Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking |
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... rising from it have not been judged equal to the inconve- niences ; and the speaking of single speeches , or the act- ing of single scenes , has been generally substituted in its stead . Indeed , when we consider the leading principle ...
... rising from it have not been judged equal to the inconve- niences ; and the speaking of single speeches , or the act- ing of single scenes , has been generally substituted in its stead . Indeed , when we consider the leading principle ...
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... rise even to mediocrity ; while the few who have a tendency to rant , are very easily reclaimed , and ought to be treated , in pronunciation and action , as Quintillian advises us to do , in composition ; that is , we should rather ...
... rise even to mediocrity ; while the few who have a tendency to rant , are very easily reclaimed , and ought to be treated , in pronunciation and action , as Quintillian advises us to do , in composition ; that is , we should rather ...
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... expect to see a goblin rise , like an exhalation through the solid earth . Then he begins to rock from side to side , or backward and forward , like an aged pine on the side of an hill , when a brisk wind blows . The hands OF GESTURE . 39.
... expect to see a goblin rise , like an exhalation through the solid earth . Then he begins to rock from side to side , or backward and forward , like an aged pine on the side of an hill , when a brisk wind blows . The hands OF GESTURE . 39.
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... rising dawn . Then his monster . breeding fancy represents her as false as she is fair . Then he roars out as one on the rack , when the cruel engine rends every joint , and every sinew bursts . Then he throws himself on the ground . He ...
... rising dawn . Then his monster . breeding fancy represents her as false as she is fair . Then he roars out as one on the rack , when the cruel engine rends every joint , and every sinew bursts . Then he throws himself on the ground . He ...
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... rise into the admiration of what is great ; glow with the love of what is fair and excellent ; and melt at the discovery of tenderness and goodness . Where can any object be found so proper to kindle these affections 90 [ PART I ...
... rise into the admiration of what is great ; glow with the love of what is fair and excellent ; and melt at the discovery of tenderness and goodness . Where can any object be found so proper to kindle these affections 90 [ PART I ...
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Page 219 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 369 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse. Which I observing, Took once a pliant hour; and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart, That I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Page 243 - Twilight gray had in her sober livery all things clad : Silence accompanied ; for Beast and Bird, they to their grassy couch, these to their nests, were slunk, — all but the wakeful nightingale; she, all night long, her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased. Now...
Page 361 - All this? ay, more: Fret till your proud heart break; Go, show your slaves how choleric you are, And make your bondmen tremble.
Page 237 - Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Page 220 - The sober herd that low'd to meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice, that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 236 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 354 - Why, well : Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now ; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Page 253 - Orphean lyre, I sung of Chaos and eternal Night ; Taught by the heavenly muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend, Though hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovereign vital lamp ; but thou Revisitest not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Page 362 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, For I am arm'd so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.