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... character of the book is such , that , to break up its identity , as to order of references , would render it impossible for both editions to be advantageously used , by the same class . Should another edition be called for , it may ...
... character of the book is such , that , to break up its identity , as to order of references , would render it impossible for both editions to be advantageously used , by the same class . Should another edition be called for , it may ...
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... Character of the Puritans An enlightened Ministry Prayer Gray's Elegy • Obligation to the heathen · Ibid . 369 · Ibid . 370 ⚫ Brainerd . 373 Beecher . ib . Maxwell . 375 378 Greenwood . 383 385 Campbell . ib . Foster . 387 Beecher ...
... Character of the Puritans An enlightened Ministry Prayer Gray's Elegy • Obligation to the heathen · Ibid . 369 · Ibid . 370 ⚫ Brainerd . 373 Beecher . ib . Maxwell . 375 378 Greenwood . 383 385 Campbell . ib . Foster . 387 Beecher ...
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... characters in music , and six vowels in writing , enter into an infinitude of combinations in melody and language . So the elemen- tary modifications of voice in speaking are few , and easily * Knowles . understood ; and to mark them ...
... characters in music , and six vowels in writing , enter into an infinitude of combinations in melody and language . So the elemen- tary modifications of voice in speaking are few , and easily * Knowles . understood ; and to mark them ...
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... character to the action of the vocal organs , and makes speech only a succession of indolent , half - formed sounds , more resembling the mut- tering of a dream than the clear articulation , which we ought to expect in one who knows ...
... character to the action of the vocal organs , and makes speech only a succession of indolent , half - formed sounds , more resembling the mut- tering of a dream than the clear articulation , which we ought to expect in one who knows ...
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... character , which belongs to the circumflex just described . In mimickry and burlesque , I can perceive a falling cir- cumflex , in a few cases , but it is applicable I think very rarely , if ever , in grave delivery.t Besides these ...
... character , which belongs to the circumflex just described . In mimickry and burlesque , I can perceive a falling cir- cumflex , in a few cases , but it is applicable I think very rarely , if ever , in grave delivery.t Besides these ...
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accent action Ahimaaz angel answer arms art thou Aventine hill behold Beotia Cæsar cæsura Christian Cicero circumflex common dark death delivery denote distinction dread earth elocution eloquence emotion emphasis emphatic emphatic series eternal Euboea example Exercises expressed falling inflection falling slide father fault feeling fire give grave habits hand happiness hast hath hear heard hearers heart heaven Hell Hernici honour Iago imitation immortal Jesus Julius Cæsar king language look Lord Macd manner mark meaning ment mind modula nature never o'er open vowels orator pain passions pause phatic pow'r praise preacher principles psalms public speaker reader reason remarks requires rhetorical rising slide Roman rule say unto sense sentence sentiment servant shining instruments sleep soul sound speak spirit stress syllable taste tell thine things thou thought throne tion tones utterance voice wings words
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Page 270 - 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 254 - But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. 29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. 30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. 31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father?
Page 252 - So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very 'sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
Page 180 - 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 252 - And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Page 251 - And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid ; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
Page 331 - Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and humour'd thus Comes at the last and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king...
Page 255 - Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Page 252 - 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 193 - 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.