The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending a Diversity of Oratorical Specimens, of the Eloquence of Popular Assemblies, of the Bar, of the Pulpit, &c. Principally Intended for the Use of Schools and Academies. To which are Prefixed a Dissertation on Oratorical Delivery and the Outlines of GestureSidney's Press, for John Babcock & Son, New-Haven, and S. & W.R. Babcock, Charleston, S.C., 1819 - 408 страници |
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... equal variety for the modes of recitation . Declamation , which is properly a prose exercise , composed by the speaker on some imaginary subject or occasion , on account of the requisite ability in composition , as well as in the ...
... equal variety for the modes of recitation . Declamation , which is properly a prose exercise , composed by the speaker on some imaginary subject or occasion , on account of the requisite ability in composition , as well as in the ...
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... equal rage Among his angels : and his throne itself Mix'd with Tartarean sulphur and strange fire , His own invented torments . - But perhaps The way seems steep and difficult to scale With upright wing against a higher foe . Let such ...
... equal rage Among his angels : and his throne itself Mix'd with Tartarean sulphur and strange fire , His own invented torments . - But perhaps The way seems steep and difficult to scale With upright wing against a higher foe . Let such ...
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... equal zeal he laboured to gain others to our interest and alli- ance , as Byzantium , Abydos , and Eubœa ? Was he not to cut off the best and most important re- sources of our enemies , and to supply those in which our country was ...
... equal zeal he laboured to gain others to our interest and alli- ance , as Byzantium , Abydos , and Eubœa ? Was he not to cut off the best and most important re- sources of our enemies , and to supply those in which our country was ...
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... equal force and variety.When there is little effort or variety of expression of voice , such as in the simple and narrative parts of a dis- course , the gesture in such cases , if any be used , ought to be tame and simple ; but in the ...
... equal force and variety.When there is little effort or variety of expression of voice , such as in the simple and narrative parts of a dis- course , the gesture in such cases , if any be used , ought to be tame and simple ; but in the ...
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... equal to its feel- ings . Innumerable are the instances in which the fear of a calamity of the greatest magnitude , has greatly exceeded the evils it brought with it ; and the mind has resumed a tranquility under misfortunes , which in ...
... equal to its feel- ings . Innumerable are the instances in which the fear of a calamity of the greatest magnitude , has greatly exceeded the evils it brought with it ; and the mind has resumed a tranquility under misfortunes , which in ...
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Страница 286 - The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds; but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought, and nourished up ; and it grew up together with him, and with his children : it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Страница 365 - 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; Silence was pleased. Now...
Страница 356 - The NORTH, in an unrestrained intercourse with the SOUTH, protected by the equal laws of a common government, finds in the productions of the latter, great additional resources of maritime and commercial enterprise, and precious materials of manufacturing industry. The SOUTH, in the same intercourse benefiting by the agency of the NORTH, sees its agriculture grow, and its commerce expand.
Страница 245 - I send thee ; to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God ; that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified, by faith that is in me.
Страница 118 - To spend too much time in studies, is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar; they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience...
Страница 369 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Страница 364 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse: which I, observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That. I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Страница 358 - One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings which spring from these misrepresentations: they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.
Страница 372 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest, who have learned to dance : 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense.
Страница 364 - I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her.