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... common acceptation of the term , is but a part of the business in which I am called to give instruction . The great pur- pose of my office is , to teach young men , who are prepar- ing for the sacred ministry , how to preach the gospel ...
... common acceptation of the term , is but a part of the business in which I am called to give instruction . The great pur- pose of my office is , to teach young men , who are prepar- ing for the sacred ministry , how to preach the gospel ...
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... common & Intensive Inflection 226 EXERCISES ON MODULATION . Exercise 24. Compass of voice 227 25. Transition 232 The power of Eloquence ib . Hohenlinden 234 Hamlet's Soliloquy 235 Battle of Waterloo 236 Negro's Complaint 238 Marco ...
... common & Intensive Inflection 226 EXERCISES ON MODULATION . Exercise 24. Compass of voice 227 25. Transition 232 The power of Eloquence ib . Hohenlinden 234 Hamlet's Soliloquy 235 Battle of Waterloo 236 Negro's Complaint 238 Marco ...
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... common mode of singing , in- deed , is but a mere succession of musical notes , or open vowel sounds , varying in pitch , with little attempt to arti- culate the consonant sounds . This explains what has sometimes been thought a mystery ...
... common mode of singing , in- deed , is but a mere succession of musical notes , or open vowel sounds , varying in pitch , with little attempt to arti- culate the consonant sounds . This explains what has sometimes been thought a mystery ...
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... common vocabulary . At any rate , let him make a list of such words and combinations as he has found most diffi- cult to his organs , and repeat them as a set exercise . If he has been accustomed to say omnip - e - tent , pop - e - lous ...
... common vocabulary . At any rate , let him make a list of such words and combinations as he has found most diffi- cult to his organs , and repeat them as a set exercise . If he has been accustomed to say omnip - e - tent , pop - e - lous ...
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... common prose ; and then by degrees to the difficult com- binations at which he had been accustomed to stammer . In repeating certain words there may be an obstinate struggle of the organs ; as in the attempt to pronounce parable , the p ...
... common prose ; and then by degrees to the difficult com- binations at which he had been accustomed to stammer . In repeating certain words there may be an obstinate struggle of the organs ; as in the attempt to pronounce parable , the p ...
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accent Ahimaaz angel answer arms art thou articulation behold Beotia blood cadence Cæsar Christian Cicero circumflex clause common dark death delivery denote distinction earth elocution eloquence emotion emphasis emphatic emphatic series eternal example Exercises expressed falling inflection falling slide father fault feeling fire give grave habits hand hath hear heard hearers heart heaven Hyder Ali Iago important Jesus Joab Julius Cæsar king language liberty look Lord Macd manner mark meaning Michael Cassio mind mountain o'er open vowels orator passion pause phatic praise preacher principle PSALM question reader reading reason remarks requires rhetorical rising inflection rising slide rule sense sentence sentiment servant shining instruments sleep soul sound speak speaker spirit stress syllable taste Tell thee thine things thought throne tion tones turn unto utterance voice vowels words
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Page 262 - And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Page 247 - And when Peter was come to himself, he said ; Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
Page 219 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under His feet. And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page 229 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 172 - For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment...
Page 345 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Page 244 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 233 - Strike — till the last armed foe expires; Strike — for your altars and your fires; Strike — for the green graves of your sires, God — and your native land!
Page 185 - Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed ; and I was afraid and went and hid thy talent in the earth : lo there thou hast that is thine.
Page 309 - 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.