An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authorsauthor, 1828 - 298 من الصفحات |
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... death and life , My bane and antidote are both before me . This in a moment brings me to an end ; But this informs me I shall never die . The soul , secur'd in her existence , smiles At the drawn dagger , and defies its point : The ...
... death and life , My bane and antidote are both before me . This in a moment brings me to an end ; But this informs me I shall never die . The soul , secur'd in her existence , smiles At the drawn dagger , and defies its point : The ...
الصفحة 17
... death with the consent of all , that he would choose to do it with the disapprobation of many ? Can you believe that the person whom he scrupled to slay , when he might have done so with full justice - in a convenient place - at a ...
... death with the consent of all , that he would choose to do it with the disapprobation of many ? Can you believe that the person whom he scrupled to slay , when he might have done so with full justice - in a convenient place - at a ...
الصفحة 18
... death , That undiscover'd country , from whose bourn No traveller returns , -puzzles the will , And makes us rather bear those ills we have , Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all ; And ...
... death , That undiscover'd country , from whose bourn No traveller returns , -puzzles the will , And makes us rather bear those ills we have , Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all ; And ...
الصفحة 26
... death to light The darkness of her scenery . III . By torch and trumpet fast array'd , Each horseman drew his battle blade , And furious every charger neigh'd , To join the dreadful revelry . IV . Then shook the hills with thunder riv'n ...
... death to light The darkness of her scenery . III . By torch and trumpet fast array'd , Each horseman drew his battle blade , And furious every charger neigh'd , To join the dreadful revelry . IV . Then shook the hills with thunder riv'n ...
الصفحة 30
... death of the cross , a Roman citizen ? Shall neither the cries of innocence expiring in agony , nor the tears of pitying spectators , nor the majesty of the Roman Commonwealth , nor the fear of the justice of his country , restrain the ...
... death of the cross , a Roman citizen ? Shall neither the cries of innocence expiring in agony , nor the tears of pitying spectators , nor the majesty of the Roman Commonwealth , nor the fear of the justice of his country , restrain the ...
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arch of Titus awful beautiful behold beneath blessings breath brow Caracalla cause character Christian Cicero dark dead dead rise death deep delight Demosthenes dread earth ELOCUTION eloquence eternal Father feel feet fire George Somers give glorious glory grace grave Greece hand happiness hath heard heart heaven honour hope human interrogative word justice king liberty light living Lochiel look Lord ment mercy mind mountain nation nature never night noble o'er object ocean passions patriotism peace pride raised religion Richard Henry Lee rising rocks Roman Roman Forum Rome ruin say unto scene seemed shore side sion Snowdon soul sound speak spirit sublime sweet tears tempest temples thee Thermæ thine things thou thought throne tion trembling vale VALE OF TEMPE Vespasian virtue voice wave whole wild wind wings youth
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الصفحة 71 - And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost and altogether such as I am. except these bonds.
الصفحة 282 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: not so thou; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
الصفحة 63 - Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
الصفحة 62 - That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven ; for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye ? do not even the publicans the same ? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others ? do not even the publicans so ? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
الصفحة 113 - ... inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us ! They tell us, sir, that we are weak ; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
الصفحة 44 - On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
الصفحة 43 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming ; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak, and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we ? art thou become like unto us ? Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols : the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
الصفحة 131 - If, in the opinion •of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
الصفحة 34 - Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus: but use all gently: for in the very torrent, tempest, and (as I may say) whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance, that may give it smoothness.
الصفحة 274 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's magnificently stern array...