Sheridan's and Henderson's Practical Method of Reading and Reciting English Poetry: Elucidated by a Variety of Examples Taken from Some of Our Most Popular Poets, and the Manner Pointed Out in which They Were Read Or Recited by the Above Gentlemen; Intended for the Improvement of Youth, and as a Necessary Introduction to Dr. Enfield's Speaker |
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... such simple graces of expreffion , look , and manner , as will at once convince him of the impoffibility of their being gained by metho- dical inftruction , or taught by any regular fyftem whatever . As one way of coming to this point ...
... such simple graces of expreffion , look , and manner , as will at once convince him of the impoffibility of their being gained by metho- dical inftruction , or taught by any regular fyftem whatever . As one way of coming to this point ...
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... Such were the men whofe method of reading I have endeavoured to imitate in most of the poems which are introduced in the following theets . That the fcholar may have the way pointed out in which thefe gentlemen read or recited ...
... Such were the men whofe method of reading I have endeavoured to imitate in most of the poems which are introduced in the following theets . That the fcholar may have the way pointed out in which thefe gentlemen read or recited ...
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... such a man - she thank'd me , And bade me , if I had a friend that lov'd her , Ifhould but teach him how to tell my ftory , And that would woo her . These to be repeated as if it were imitating the manner in which Desdemona used to ...
... such a man - she thank'd me , And bade me , if I had a friend that lov'd her , Ifhould but teach him how to tell my ftory , And that would woo her . These to be repeated as if it were imitating the manner in which Desdemona used to ...
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... Such is the robe that kings must wear , When death has reft their crown . Here comes again the defcriptive part . Her bloom was like the springing flower , That fips the filver dew ; The rofe was budded in her cheek , Juft opening to ...
... Such is the robe that kings must wear , When death has reft their crown . Here comes again the defcriptive part . Her bloom was like the springing flower , That fips the filver dew ; The rofe was budded in her cheek , Juft opening to ...
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... wild to pass ; " long " and " lonefome " with a heavy tone , and , in fact , the whole line in such a manner as to keep in unison with the cheerless defcription it contains . But But when the fouthern fün had warm'd the day , ( 52 )
... wild to pass ; " long " and " lonefome " with a heavy tone , and , in fact , the whole line in such a manner as to keep in unison with the cheerless defcription it contains . But But when the fouthern fün had warm'd the day , ( 52 )
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Page 175 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st 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 176 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 81 - That lost in long futurity expire. Fond impious man, think'st thou yon sanguine cloud Raised by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me : with joy I see The different doom our fates assign : Be thine Despair and sceptred Care, To triumph and to die are mine.
Page 58 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Page 18 - No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?
Page 157 - The slender Fir, that taper grows, The sturdy Oak with broad-spread Boughs...
Page 139 - Ye mute companions of my toils, that bear In all my griefs a more than equal share...
Page 189 - Not a pine in my grove is there seen, But with tendrils of woodbine is bound; Not a beech's more beautiful green. But a sweet-briar entwines it around. Not my fields in the prime of the year, More charms than my cattle unfold; Not a brook that is limpid and clear, But it glitters with fishes of gold.
Page 62 - With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And...
Page 76 - Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the Poet stood ; Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air And, with a Master's hand, and Prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.