Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking ...Hori Brown, 1820 - 407 страници |
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... hour of the night ; the sovereign , when he issues his edict ; the sentor , when he harangues ; the lover , when he whispers his tender tale , do not differ more in the tones which they use , than in the key in which they speak ...
... hour of the night ; the sovereign , when he issues his edict ; the sentor , when he harangues ; the lover , when he whispers his tender tale , do not differ more in the tones which they use , than in the key in which they speak ...
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... hours . He may place books before you , and compel you to fix your eyes upon them ; but no authority can chain down your mind . Your thoughts ' will escape from every external restraint , and , amidst the most serious lectures , may be ...
... hours . He may place books before you , and compel you to fix your eyes upon them ; but no authority can chain down your mind . Your thoughts ' will escape from every external restraint , and , amidst the most serious lectures , may be ...
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... hour , great influence in the republic . Power , founded on love and gratitude , was to him more pleas- ant than what is founded on sovereignty . His memory is reverenced by the Genoese ; and , in their histories and public monuments ...
... hour , great influence in the republic . Power , founded on love and gratitude , was to him more pleas- ant than what is founded on sovereignty . His memory is reverenced by the Genoese ; and , in their histories and public monuments ...
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... hours which in this age , are thrown away in dress , plays , visits , and the like , were employed in my time in writing out receipts , or working beds , chairs , and hangings for the family . For my part , I have plied my needle these ...
... hours which in this age , are thrown away in dress , plays , visits , and the like , were employed in my time in writing out receipts , or working beds , chairs , and hangings for the family . For my part , I have plied my needle these ...
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... hours were employed in council ; where he discussed public affairs , and determined private causes , with a patience and ... hour of supper , the principal meal of the Romans , he was attended by his secretaries , with whom he read and ...
... hours were employed in council ; where he discussed public affairs , and determined private causes , with a patience and ... hour of supper , the principal meal of the Romans , he was attended by his secretaries , with whom he read and ...
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Страница 224 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Страница 347 - She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I lov'd her that she did pity them.
Страница 243 - His praise, ye winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and wave your tops, ye pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. • • Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye. flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling, tune his praise. Join voices, all ye living souls ! ye birds, That, singing, up to heaven's gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise.
Страница 224 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Страница 224 - Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind?
Страница 117 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison, HUGHES.
Страница 341 - I could weep My spirit from mine eyes ! — There is my dagger, And here my naked breast ; within, a heart Dearer than Plutus...
Страница 230 - Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. Imagination fondly stoops to trace The...