The American Union Speaker: Containing Standard and Recent Selections in Prose and Poetry : for Recitation and Declamation, in Schools, Academies and Colleges : with Introductory Remarks on Elocution, and Explanatory Notes |
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... give expression to the emotions excited , the hopes inspired , and the duties imposed by this stormy and perilous ... gives the command “ Forward ! ” Longfellow and Boker immortalize the unconquerable heroism of our braves on sea and ...
... give expression to the emotions excited , the hopes inspired , and the duties imposed by this stormy and perilous ... gives the command “ Forward ! ” Longfellow and Boker immortalize the unconquerable heroism of our braves on sea and ...
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... Give me three Grains of Corn , Mother " 193. Tell's Apostrophe to Liberty .. 194. William Tell among the Mountains ... 195. The Baron's Last Banquet ... 196. The Water Drinker .. 197. Chamouni . 198. How they brought the Good News . 199 ...
... Give me three Grains of Corn , Mother " 193. Tell's Apostrophe to Liberty .. 194. William Tell among the Mountains ... 195. The Baron's Last Banquet ... 196. The Water Drinker .. 197. Chamouni . 198. How they brought the Good News . 199 ...
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... Give Up ...... .. 223. Marco Bozzaris .. 224. The American Flag . 225. The Widow of Glencoe . 226. Burial of Sir John Moore . 227. The Maniac . 228. Rienzi to the Romans 229. The Bell of the " Atlantic " . 230. The Struggle for Fame ...
... Give Up ...... .. 223. Marco Bozzaris .. 224. The American Flag . 225. The Widow of Glencoe . 226. Burial of Sir John Moore . 227. The Maniac . 228. Rienzi to the Romans 229. The Bell of the " Atlantic " . 230. The Struggle for Fame ...
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... give some thought to his voice . When he rises to address an audience in a new place he must consider the circumstances , the capacity of the apartment , the nature and temper of his auditors , & c . , and pitch his voice accordingly ...
... give some thought to his voice . When he rises to address an audience in a new place he must consider the circumstances , the capacity of the apartment , the nature and temper of his auditors , & c . , and pitch his voice accordingly ...
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... give both firmness and freedom to the posi- tion . One foot should be in advance of the other , the toes being turned outward . The attitude should vary with the thoughts and emo- tions expressed . Unemotional thoughts require an ...
... give both firmness and freedom to the posi- tion . One foot should be in advance of the other , the toes being turned outward . The attitude should vary with the thoughts and emo- tions expressed . Unemotional thoughts require an ...
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Aaron Burr ambition American arms battle battle of Rocroi beneath Bingen blessings blood bosom brave breath brow Cćsar character common crime dare dark dead death deep Demosthenes earth eloquence England Erin go bragh eternal falchion fame fathers fear feel fire freedom genius give glorious glory grave hallowed ground hand hath hear heard heart Heaven honor hope hour human immortal Ireland justice king labor land liberty light live look Lord Lord Brougham mighty mind N. P. Willis nation never noble o'er ocean passion patriotism pause peace proud R. B. Sheridan rise Rome sacred shore slavery slaves soul sound South Carolina speak spirit stand Star-Spangled Banner stood sweet sword tears tell thee thou thought thousand throne thunder tion toil Union utterance victory virtue voice wave Webster words
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Page 205 - O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming! And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there: O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Page 330 - Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — the throne Of the Invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 175 - Be not too tame, neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor; suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature; for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.
Page 251 - Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge, and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Page 242 - With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch — stitch — stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, — Would that its tone could reach the Rich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt !
Page 343 - tis not to me she speaks: Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes To twinkle in their spheres, till they return. What if her eyes were there, they in her head; The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars, As daylight doth a lamp; her eye in heaven Would through the airy region stream so bright, That birds would sing, and think it were not night. See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand! O, that I were a glove upon that hand, That I might touch...
Page 309 - 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 208 - Hear the sledges with the bells — Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight...
Page 43 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace; but there is no peace.
Page 214 - thing of evil!— prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us— by that God we both adore — Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore— Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.