The American Elocutionist: Comprising 'Lessons in Enunciation', 'Exercises in Elocution', and 'Rudiments of Gesture |
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... foot wood , would could , should pulley , pulpit cushion , cuckoo woman , sugar woollen , withstood wool , hood stood good . SOUNDS OF DIPHTHONGS . Oi and Oy , as in Oil and Boy . The common errors in this sound , arise from a want of ...
... foot wood , would could , should pulley , pulpit cushion , cuckoo woman , sugar woollen , withstood wool , hood stood good . SOUNDS OF DIPHTHONGS . Oi and Oy , as in Oil and Boy . The common errors in this sound , arise from a want of ...
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... foot , destitute stutter , lightest tighten❜dst , triturate capitulate , tittered hurt'st . TH sharp , -Thane thank thaw , theory thigh thin , thorn threw throw , thrust thirsty scath , breath thrust- eth north , youth growth worth ...
... foot , destitute stutter , lightest tighten❜dst , triturate capitulate , tittered hurt'st . TH sharp , -Thane thank thaw , theory thigh thin , thorn threw throw , thrust thirsty scath , breath thrust- eth north , youth growth worth ...
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... foot was abroad on the forest or hill , No sound but the lullaby sung by the rill . " Subdued Force . " There is no breeze upon the fern , No ripple on the lake ; Upon her eyrie nods the erne , The deer hath sought the brake ; The small ...
... foot was abroad on the forest or hill , No sound but the lullaby sung by the rill . " Subdued Force . " There is no breeze upon the fern , No ripple on the lake ; Upon her eyrie nods the erne , The deer hath sought the brake ; The small ...
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... foot of another : till the mountain , at length , appeared to lose itself in the clouds . 3. This sun , with all its attendant planets , is but a very little part of the grand machine of the universe ; every star , though no bigger in ...
... foot of another : till the mountain , at length , appeared to lose itself in the clouds . 3. This sun , with all its attendant planets , is but a very little part of the grand machine of the universe ; every star , though no bigger in ...
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... foot hath been . 2. From the streams and founts I have loos'd the chain ; They are sweeping on to the silvery main , They are flashing down from the mountain brows , They are flinging spray o'er the forest boughs , They are bursting ...
... foot hath been . 2. From the streams and founts I have loos'd the chain ; They are sweeping on to the silvery main , They are flashing down from the mountain brows , They are flinging spray o'er the forest boughs , They are bursting ...
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Page 77 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 182 - Now came still evening on, and 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...
Page 104 - I conjure you, by that which you profess, (Howe'er you come to know it,) answer me : Though you untie the winds, and let them fight Against the churches ; though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up; Though bladed corn be lodg'd, and trees blown down; Though castles topple on their warders...
Page 178 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 108 - And this is in the night. — Most glorious night ! Thou wert not sent for slumber ! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee ! How the lit lake shines a phosphoric sea, And the big rain comes dancing to the earth ! And now again 'tis black, — and now the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth.
Page 72 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled Dawn doth rise...
Page 95 - And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering : but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.
Page 102 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry.
Page 154 - Wha will be a traitor knave ? Wha can fill a coward's grave ? Wha sae base as be a Slave ? Let him turn and flee ! Wha for Scotland's King and Law, Freedom's sword will strongly draw ; Free-man stand, or Free-man fa', Let him on wi
Page 70 - Echo still through all her song : And, where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close ; And HOPE, enchanted, smiled, and waved her golden hair.