Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading and SpeakingH. Brown, 1817 - 407 страници |
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... means he will see , as in a looking - glass , how to regu late his gesture , and will soon catch the method of doing it by himself . It is expected the master will be a little discouraged at the awkward figure his pupil makes , in his ...
... means he will see , as in a looking - glass , how to regu late his gesture , and will soon catch the method of doing it by himself . It is expected the master will be a little discouraged at the awkward figure his pupil makes , in his ...
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... mean of weeping with those who weep . Joy , when sudden and violent , expresses itself by clapping of hands , and exultation or leaping . The eyes are opened wide ; perhaps filled with tears ; often raised to heaven , especially by ...
... mean of weeping with those who weep . Joy , when sudden and violent , expresses itself by clapping of hands , and exultation or leaping . The eyes are opened wide ; perhaps filled with tears ; often raised to heaven , especially by ...
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... means clearing a person after trial of guilt : whereas the former supposes guilt , and singnifies merely delivering the guilty person from punishment . Pardoning requires some degree of severity of aspect and tone of voice , be- cause ...
... means clearing a person after trial of guilt : whereas the former supposes guilt , and singnifies merely delivering the guilty person from punishment . Pardoning requires some degree of severity of aspect and tone of voice , be- cause ...
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... mean hell . For next to being in the Pope's or in Satan's pris- en , is the torture of him who is possessed with the spir- it of jealousy . Being a mixture of passions directly con- trary to one another , the person whose soul is the ...
... mean hell . For next to being in the Pope's or in Satan's pris- en , is the torture of him who is possessed with the spir- it of jealousy . Being a mixture of passions directly con- trary to one another , the person whose soul is the ...
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... means be sufficient to attend to the points used in printing ; for these are far from marking all the pauses which ought to be made in speaking . A mechanical attention to these resting places has perhaps been one chief cause of ...
... means be sufficient to attend to the points used in printing ; for these are far from marking all the pauses which ought to be made in speaking . A mechanical attention to these resting places has perhaps been one chief cause of ...
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Страница 219 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Страница 369 - 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 243 - 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 361 - All this? ay, more: Fret till your proud heart break; Go, show your slaves how choleric you are, And make your bondmen tremble.
Страница 237 - Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Страница 220 - The sober herd that low'd to meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice, that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
Страница 236 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Страница 354 - Why, well : Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now ; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Страница 253 - Orphean lyre, I sung of Chaos and eternal Night ; Taught by the heavenly muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend, Though hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovereign vital lamp ; but thou Revisitest not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Страница 362 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, For I am arm'd so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.