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 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 58
... bosom wrought With all the travail of uncertain thought . His partner's acts without their cause appear : ' Twas there a vice , and seem'd a madness here . Detesting that , and pitying this , he goes , Lost and confounded with the ...
... bosom wrought With all the travail of uncertain thought . His partner's acts without their cause appear : ' Twas there a vice , and seem'd a madness here . Detesting that , and pitying this , he goes , Lost and confounded with the ...
الصفحة 73
... bosom of the ocean ' . I know that entertainments of this ' nature are apt to raise dark and dismal ' thoughts in timorous ' minds , and gloomy ' imaginations ; but , for my own ' part , though I am always serious ' , I do not know what ...
... bosom of the ocean ' . I know that entertainments of this ' nature are apt to raise dark and dismal ' thoughts in timorous ' minds , and gloomy ' imaginations ; but , for my own ' part , though I am always serious ' , I do not know what ...
الصفحة 76
... bosoms ? Ac- cordingly revelation is so far from endeavouring ( as you suppose ) to eradicate ' the seed which nature has deeply planted , that she rather seems , on the contrary ' , to cherish and forward ' its growth . To be exalted ...
... bosoms ? Ac- cordingly revelation is so far from endeavouring ( as you suppose ) to eradicate ' the seed which nature has deeply planted , that she rather seems , on the contrary ' , to cherish and forward ' its growth . To be exalted ...
الصفحة 80
... bosom of the Divinity ' . The sage to whom two worlds ' lay claim , the man for whom science and politics ' are disputing , indisputably en- joyed an elevated rank in human nature . The cabinets of princes have been long in the habit of ...
... bosom of the Divinity ' . The sage to whom two worlds ' lay claim , the man for whom science and politics ' are disputing , indisputably en- joyed an elevated rank in human nature . The cabinets of princes have been long in the habit of ...
الصفحة 114
... bosom with ecstasy so unspeakable , is now unseen and unfelt . Even Greater objects have taken possession of his soul . His imagination has been dazzled by visions of diadems , of stars and garters , and titles of nobility . He has been ...
... bosom with ecstasy so unspeakable , is now unseen and unfelt . Even Greater objects have taken possession of his soul . His imagination has been dazzled by visions of diadems , of stars and garters , and titles of nobility . He has been ...
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
accent acute accent Æneid American antithesis arms army beauty blessings bosom brave British cæsura called character circumflex conduct constitution danger death declaration Demosthenes divine dread earth emphasis emphatic word enemies England epic poetry EXAMPLES falling inflection fame fathers fear feel force France friends gentlemen give glory grave grave accent Greece hand happiness hath heart heaven honour hope human independence inflection takes place king land laws liberty Lochinvar look mankind means ment mind mountains nations nature never o'er object opinion ourselves palæstra passions pause peace pleasure poetry possess principles pronounced prose racter reason require the rising rest rising inflection Rome ruin RULE Samian wine sense sentence slide smile soul Spain spirit sword syllable thee thing thou thought tion tone true truth verb verse victory Virgil Virginia virtue voice WILLIAM PENN
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.