The American Speaker: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and Exercises on Pronunciation, Pauses, Inflections, Accent, and Emphasis : Also, Copious Extracts in Prose and Poetry, Calculated to Assist the Teacher, and to Improve the Pupil in Reading and RecitationThomas, Cowperthwait, & Company, 1845 - 448 páginas |
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... stand fast in the faith ' , quit you like men ' , be strong` . 5 MEMBERS . - We should acknowledge God in all our ways ' ; mark the operations of his hand ' ; cheerfully sub- mit to his severest dispensations ' ; strictly observe his ...
... stand fast in the faith ' , quit you like men ' , be strong` . 5 MEMBERS . - We should acknowledge God in all our ways ' ; mark the operations of his hand ' ; cheerfully sub- mit to his severest dispensations ' ; strictly observe his ...
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... standing ' and the will ' , with all the senses both inward ' and outward ' ; or , to speak more philosophically , the soul can exert herself in many different ways of action : she can understand ' , will ' , imagine ' , see ' , and ...
... standing ' and the will ' , with all the senses both inward ' and outward ' ; or , to speak more philosophically , the soul can exert herself in many different ways of action : she can understand ' , will ' , imagine ' , see ' , and ...
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... or implied , the emphasis is said to be single . To this rule , however , there are some exceptions , not only in poetry , but also in prose . hath not been right , Ctesiphon must stand condemned , BO PRINCIPLES OF ELOCUTION .
... or implied , the emphasis is said to be single . To this rule , however , there are some exceptions , not only in poetry , but also in prose . hath not been right , Ctesiphon must stand condemned , BO PRINCIPLES OF ELOCUTION .
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... stand condemned , it must be thought that yourselves ' have acted wrong , not that you owe your present state to the caprice of fortune ' . But it cannot be . No , my countrymen ! it cannot be you have acted wrong , in encountering ...
... stand condemned , it must be thought that yourselves ' have acted wrong , not that you owe your present state to the caprice of fortune ' . But it cannot be . No , my countrymen ! it cannot be you have acted wrong , in encountering ...
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... stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear , or peace so sweet , as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it , Heaven ! - I know not what course others may take ...
... stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear , or peace so sweet , as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it , Heaven ! - I know not what course others may take ...
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accent Æneid American antithesis arms army beauty blessings blood bosom brave British cæsura called cause character circumflex COMMENCING constitution danger dare death dread earth emphasis emphatic word enemies England EXAMPLES falling inflection fame fathers fear feel force France gentleman give glory grave grave accent Greece hand happiness hath heart heaven helmet of Navarre Henry of Navarre holy alliance honour hope human independence inflection takes place justice king land laws liberty Lochinvar look means measure MEMBERS.-RULE ment mind mountains nation nature never noble o'er object opinion palæstra passions pause peace pleasure principles pronounced reason rising inflection ruin RULE Samian wine sense sentence smile soul Spain spirit sword syllable thee thing thou thought thousand tion tone true truth verse victory Virgil Virginia virtue voice warrior waves whole WILLIAM PENN
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Página 320 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Página 92 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Página 94 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable; and let it come!! I repeat it, sir, let it come!!! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace; but there is no peace.
Página 94 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the bra«ve. Besides, sir, we have no election! If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest.
Página 207 - The isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Página 92 - Are we disposed to be of the number of those who having eyes see not, and having ears hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and to provide for it.
Página 381 - Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder and grow sick at heart — Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings ; while from all around — Earth and her waters, and the depths of air — Comes a still voice.
Página 44 - Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy ! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings ; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Página 274 - And now, when comes the calm, mild day, as still such days will come, To call the squirrel and the bee from out their winter home...
Página 73 - I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow : when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.