The American Common-school Reader and Speaker: Being a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, with Rules for Reading and Speaking |
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... means of creating a full vocal sound ; 3. on energetic expulsion of the breath , or sending it forci- bly up to the larynx ' , or upper part of the throat , by the action of the lower muscles of the trunk , -those , chiefly , which are ...
... means of creating a full vocal sound ; 3. on energetic expulsion of the breath , or sending it forci- bly up to the larynx ' , or upper part of the throat , by the action of the lower muscles of the trunk , -those , chiefly , which are ...
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... means , heavy to sleep . " EXAMPLE OF MONOTONE . Awe and Horror . " I could a tale unfold whose lightest wōrd Would harrow up thy soul , freeze thy young blood , Make thy two eyes , like stars , start from their sphēres , Thy knotted ...
... means , heavy to sleep . " EXAMPLE OF MONOTONE . Awe and Horror . " I could a tale unfold whose lightest wōrd Would harrow up thy soul , freeze thy young blood , Make thy two eyes , like stars , start from their sphēres , Thy knotted ...
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... mean- P. I don't . F. You do . " Note . This inflection , prolonged , is used in the appropriate tone of reading verse , or of poetic prose , when not emphatic , instead of a distinct rising or falling inflection , which would have the ...
... mean- P. I don't . F. You do . " Note . This inflection , prolonged , is used in the appropriate tone of reading verse , or of poetic prose , when not emphatic , instead of a distinct rising or falling inflection , which would have the ...
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... mean you , or mè ? " 2. " Is this book yours , or mine ? " 3. " Did you see hím , or his brother ? " 4. " Are the people vírtuous , or vicious ; intélligent , or ìg- norant ; áffluent , or indigent ? " Note . When Or is used ...
... mean you , or mè ? " 2. " Is this book yours , or mine ? " 3. " Did you see hím , or his brother ? " 4. " Are the people vírtuous , or vicious ; intélligent , or ìg- norant ; áffluent , or indigent ? " Note . When Or is used ...
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... mean , That thōu , dead corse , again , in complete steel Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon , Making night hideous ; and we fools of nature , So horribly to shake our disposition , With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls ...
... mean , That thōu , dead corse , again , in complete steel Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon , Making night hideous ; and we fools of nature , So horribly to shake our disposition , With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls ...
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Page 363 - Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God, who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Page 39 - Sleeping within mine orchard, My custom always of the afternoon, Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole, With juice of cursed hebenon in a vial, And in the porches of mine ears did pour The leperous distilment; whose effect Holds such an enmity with blood of man, That, swift as quicksilver, it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body ; And, with a sudden vigour, it doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk, The thin and wholesome blood...
Page 76 - And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee...
Page 16 - No sooner had the Almighty ceased, but all The multitude of angels, with a shout Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy...
Page 153 - AT midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming of the hour When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power ; In dreams, through camp and court, he bore The trophies of a conqueror ; In dreams his song of triumph heard. Then wore his monarch's signet ring, Then pressed that monarch's throne — a King ; As wild his thoughts, and gay of wing, As Eden's garden bird.
Page 291 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts — she needs none. There she is — behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history — the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill ; and there they will remain forever.
Page 363 - If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us! They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to...
Page 363 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year?
Page 375 - I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason!
Page 362 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us ; they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.