The Vestibule of Eloquence: Original Articles Oratorical and Poetical, Intended as Exercises in Recitation, at the Institution, Bedford Place, Russell Squareauthor, 1810 - 32 страници |
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... danger of these calamities , and ob- viate every disadvantage , under which so numerous a class of persons will be found to labour , it appeared to be indispensable , that the Institution for the Cure of Impediments , should not only ...
... danger of these calamities , and ob- viate every disadvantage , under which so numerous a class of persons will be found to labour , it appeared to be indispensable , that the Institution for the Cure of Impediments , should not only ...
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... d the wayward Fates , even to the time When ( as with Omnipresent Valour ) flew From Pole to Pole - from Orient to the West , Thy aweful Nelson ; still , where Danger lower'd , 5 10 For ever found : where Nilus swells his floods , 27.
... d the wayward Fates , even to the time When ( as with Omnipresent Valour ) flew From Pole to Pole - from Orient to the West , Thy aweful Nelson ; still , where Danger lower'd , 5 10 For ever found : where Nilus swells his floods , 27.
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... keel , Elude the watchful foe : -More watchful he ; In providential valour , present still : — 235 Thy shield in every danger . But , no more His Saviour arm he spreads : no more upholds The Fasces of the Main ; -to other hands ( 37.
... keel , Elude the watchful foe : -More watchful he ; In providential valour , present still : — 235 Thy shield in every danger . But , no more His Saviour arm he spreads : no more upholds The Fasces of the Main ; -to other hands ( 37.
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... dangers he is exhorting his followers to despise ? Tho " the " Dorian mood of flutes and soft recorder , " as Milton expresses it , " could raise " To height of noblest temper heroes old , 66 Arming for battle ; and , instead of rage ...
... dangers he is exhorting his followers to despise ? Tho " the " Dorian mood of flutes and soft recorder , " as Milton expresses it , " could raise " To height of noblest temper heroes old , 66 Arming for battle ; and , instead of rage ...
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... danger , displayed by this great commander ? —to that rapidity of concep- tion - that promptitude of thought , which perceived the bearings of every exigency ; and devised and adopted , on the instant , the plans of attack , manœuvre ...
... danger , displayed by this great commander ? —to that rapidity of concep- tion - that promptitude of thought , which perceived the bearings of every exigency ; and devised and adopted , on the instant , the plans of attack , manœuvre ...
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Страница 1 - Or drowning flies, or shoe lost in the mire By little whimpering boy, with rueful face ; Come, Muse, and sing the dreaded Washing-Day. Ye who beneath the yoke of wedlock bend, With bowed soul, full well ye ken the day Which week, smooth sliding after week, brings on Too soon ;— for to that day nor peace belongs Nor comfort ;— ere the first gray streak of dawn, The red-arm'd washers come and chase repose.
Страница 3 - That day shall eat ; nor, though the husband try, Mending what can't be helped, to kindle mirth From cheer deficient, shall his consort's brow Clear up propitious : the unlucky guest In silence dines, and early slinks away.
Страница 4 - ... to wash, to rinse, to wring, To fold, and starch, and clap, and iron, and plait. Then would I sit me down, and ponder much Why washings were. Sometimes through hollow bowl Of pipe amused we blew, and sent aloft 80 The floating bubbles; little dreaming then To see, Montgolfier, thy silken ball Ride buoyant through the clouds — so near approach The sports of children and the toils of men.
Страница 2 - Shall mar thy musings, as the wet cold sheet Flaps in thy face abrupt. Woe to the friend Whose evil stars have urged him forth to claim On such a day the hospitable rites; Looks, blank at best, and stinted courtesy, Shall he receive; vainly he feeds...