The Fifth, Or, Elocutionary Reader, in which the Principles of Elocution are Illustrated by Reading Exercises in Connection with the Rules : Designed for the Use of Schools and AcademiesSanborn, Carter & Bazin, 1855 - 480 Seiten |
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... died in 1536 , aged sixty - nine . b Milton , one of the greatest English poets . Shakspeare , the greatest dramatic poet , not only of Eng- land , but of the world . He was born at Stratford , England , in 1564 , and died on the ...
... died in 1536 , aged sixty - nine . b Milton , one of the greatest English poets . Shakspeare , the greatest dramatic poet , not only of Eng- land , but of the world . He was born at Stratford , England , in 1564 , and died on the ...
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... died in 1834 . QUESTIONS . Give an example . Does the emphasis sometimes diminish on a phrase or sentence ? Give an example . Is the emphasis sometimes equable on several words in a sentence ? Give an example . Under what general heads ...
... died in 1834 . QUESTIONS . Give an example . Does the emphasis sometimes diminish on a phrase or sentence ? Give an example . Is the emphasis sometimes equable on several words in a sentence ? Give an example . Under what general heads ...
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... consul of Rome . Longinus , ( Cas- sius , ) a Platonic philosopher , and rhetorician . He died A. D. 275 . possessed most delicacy ; Aristotle , a most correctness . TOWN'S ELOCUTIONARY READER . 65 Supposed Speech of John Adams,
... consul of Rome . Longinus , ( Cas- sius , ) a Platonic philosopher , and rhetorician . He died A. D. 275 . possessed most delicacy ; Aristotle , a most correctness . TOWN'S ELOCUTIONARY READER . 65 Supposed Speech of John Adams,
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... died 322 , B. C. bAddison , ( Joseph . ) one of the finest writers of miscellany in England . He was born in 1672 , and died in 1719. Dean Swift , born in Ireland , an eminent writer of great wit . d Blair , ( Hugh , ) a celebrated ...
... died 322 , B. C. bAddison , ( Joseph . ) one of the finest writers of miscellany in England . He was born in 1672 , and died in 1719. Dean Swift , born in Ireland , an eminent writer of great wit . d Blair , ( Hugh , ) a celebrated ...
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... dying ? 7. Are our being and happiness confined to this life alone ! Does our happiness consist in pampering these bodies , on which the earth - worm so soon shall rével ? Is it to be gained by hoarding up treasures , which our children ...
... dying ? 7. Are our being and happiness confined to this life alone ! Does our happiness consist in pampering these bodies , on which the earth - worm so soon shall rével ? Is it to be gained by hoarding up treasures , which our children ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
absolute emphasis accented syllable Amphibrach anapestic ancient arms beauty behold born bright Cæsar called Cato character circumflex clouds consist dactylic darkness death decemvir deep Demosthenes denote direct question earth elementary sounds emotions Emphatic Clause emphatic series epic poetry eternal EXERCISE expressed falling inflection father feet genius Give an example glory grave hand happy hast hath head heard heart heaven hills honor hope iambic Iambus Julius Cæsar kind land language LESSON liberty light live long syllable measure Metonymy mighty mind mountain nature never NOTE o'er ocean open vowel passion pause poetic poetic feet poetry pronounced pupil reading requires rising inflection roll Roman Rome rule sentence sentiment Socrates soul South Carolina speak spirit spondee stars stress sub-vocals sublime Synecdoche thě thee thought thunder tion Tribrach trochaic trochee utterance verse virtue voice waves youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 192 - You have done that you should be sorry for. 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.
Seite 334 - I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Seite 234 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid; Star of the east, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Seite 330 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene...
Seite 337 - These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire. There were indeed some persons, but their number was very small, that continued a kind of hobbling march on the broken arches, but fell through one after another, being quite tired and spent with so long a walk.
Seite 439 - Signior Antonio, many a time and oft In the Rialto you have rated me About my moneys and my usances : Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe. You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own.
Seite 141 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they?
Seite 335 - The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery ; and the tide of water that thou seest, is part of the great tide of eternity.
Seite 142 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up.
Seite 93 - There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.