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 páginas |
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... But there are many degrees of excellence far below theirs , and below perfection , by reaching any of which , a public speaker may acquire considerable fame and honour . The high degrees of excellence , ORATORICAL DELIVERY . 21.
... But there are many degrees of excellence far below theirs , and below perfection , by reaching any of which , a public speaker may acquire considerable fame and honour . The high degrees of excellence , ORATORICAL DELIVERY . 21.
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... honour . The high degrees of excellence , should a man aspire to them , can be attained only by those whom nature has endowed with great abilities , and who attempt perfection itself . For this object , long and laborious exertion must ...
... honour . The high degrees of excellence , should a man aspire to them , can be attained only by those whom nature has endowed with great abilities , and who attempt perfection itself . For this object , long and laborious exertion must ...
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... honour , Or wear them out in servitude and chains . Rouse up , for shame ! Our brothers of Pharsalia Point at their wounds , and cry aloud - To battle ! Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow ; And Scipio's ghost walks ...
... honour , Or wear them out in servitude and chains . Rouse up , for shame ! Our brothers of Pharsalia Point at their wounds , and cry aloud - To battle ! Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow ; And Scipio's ghost walks ...
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... honour , so their alter- nation in position and in motion is agreeable and graceful . The foot which sustains the weight of the body must be so placed , that a perpendicular line let fall from the hole of the neck , shall pass through ...
... honour , so their alter- nation in position and in motion is agreeable and graceful . The foot which sustains the weight of the body must be so placed , that a perpendicular line let fall from the hole of the neck , shall pass through ...
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... honour and disgrace , pleasure and pain , life and death . Youth should be addressed with openness and aff- ability ; the aged with meekness and modesty ; the dull , with simplicity and perseverance ; the intelli- gent , with ...
... honour and disgrace , pleasure and pain , life and death . Youth should be addressed with openness and aff- ability ; the aged with meekness and modesty ; the dull , with simplicity and perseverance ; the intelli- gent , with ...
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Aaron Burr action admiration affection appear beauty behold black crows blessings Brutus Caius Verres called cause character Christian Cicero creature death delight Demosthenes dignity discourse divine duty earth eloquence enemies eternal exalted expression eyes father fear federacies feel friends genius gesture give glory grace Greece hand happiness hath heart heaven honour hope human imagination impression inflexion Jesus Jews judge justice labour laws liberty living look Lord LORD CHATHAM mankind manner ment mercy mind moral nation nature ness never o'er objects orator oratory pain Pamphylia PANEGYRIC passions perfect person pleasure possess principle Quintilian racter reason religion Roman senate scene Section sentence sentiments shew Sicily soul speak speaker spirit sublime suffer talents thee things thou thought tion triumph of death truth unto virtue voice whole wisdom words
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 364 - I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her.