An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors |
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The poor mother had been assisted to kneel down at the head of it . Her withered
hands were clasped , as if in prayer ; but I could perceive , by a feeble rocking of
the body , and a convulsive motion of the lips , that she was gazing on the last ...
The poor mother had been assisted to kneel down at the head of it . Her withered
hands were clasped , as if in prayer ; but I could perceive , by a feeble rocking of
the body , and a convulsive motion of the lips , that she was gazing on the last ...
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scription , " the thistle shook there its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the gale ' ;
the fox looked out from the windows ; the rank grass waved round his head , ”
and almost seemed the accomplishment of that awful prediction , ere the wild ...
scription , " the thistle shook there its lonely head ; the moss whistled to the gale ' ;
the fox looked out from the windows ; the rank grass waved round his head , ”
and almost seemed the accomplishment of that awful prediction , ere the wild ...
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ever constructed by human art , expanded in magnificent perspective before you ;
advancing up the nave , you are delighted with the beauty of the variegated
marble under your feet , and with the splendour of the golden vault over your
head .
ever constructed by human art , expanded in magnificent perspective before you ;
advancing up the nave , you are delighted with the beauty of the variegated
marble under your feet , and with the splendour of the golden vault over your
head .
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The maiden paused , as if again She thought to catch the distant strain , With
head up - raised , and look intent , And eye and ear attentive bent , And locks
flung back , and lips apart , Like monument of Grecian art . In listening mood she
...
The maiden paused , as if again She thought to catch the distant strain , With
head up - raised , and look intent , And eye and ear attentive bent , And locks
flung back , and lips apart , Like monument of Grecian art . In listening mood she
...
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The boy has started from the bed Of flowers , where he had laid his head , And
down upon a fragrant sod Kniels with his forehead to the south , Lisping th '
eternal name of God From purity's own cherub mouth , And looking , while his
hands ...
The boy has started from the bed Of flowers , where he had laid his head , And
down upon a fragrant sod Kniels with his forehead to the south , Lisping th '
eternal name of God From purity's own cherub mouth , And looking , while his
hands ...
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71 ページ - And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost and altogether such as I am. except these bonds.
282 ページ - Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: not so thou; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
63 ページ - Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
62 ページ - That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven ; for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye ? do not even the publicans the same ? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others ? do not even the publicans so ? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
113 ページ - ... 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 cope with so formidable an adversary.
44 ページ - On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
43 ページ - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming ; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak, and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we ? art thou become like unto us ? Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols : the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
131 ページ - If, in the opinion •of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
34 ページ - Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus: but use all gently: for in the very torrent, tempest, and (as I may say) whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance, that may give it smoothness.
274 ページ - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's magnificently stern array...