An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authorsauthor, 1828 - 298 páginas |
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... present time . The style of their orators being consonant with it , and the number of their auditors requiring it as a type of words , which could not always be distinctly heard by such multitudes ; there- fore a style of action which ...
... present time . The style of their orators being consonant with it , and the number of their auditors requiring it as a type of words , which could not always be distinctly heard by such multitudes ; there- fore a style of action which ...
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... present deity , they shout around ; A present deity ; the vaulted roofs rebound . With ravish'd ears the monarch hears , Assumes the god , affects to nod , And seems to shake the spheres . The praise of Bacchus , then , the sweet ...
... present deity , they shout around ; A present deity ; the vaulted roofs rebound . With ravish'd ears the monarch hears , Assumes the god , affects to nod , And seems to shake the spheres . The praise of Bacchus , then , the sweet ...
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... present and listening to us . The rules already offered , bear upon this , and all oratorical ornaments , and only require the good sense or taste of the reader to apply them . Examples . With what spirit , and how much to the ...
... present and listening to us . The rules already offered , bear upon this , and all oratorical ornaments , and only require the good sense or taste of the reader to apply them . Examples . With what spirit , and how much to the ...
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... present perfection , and the various laborious ef- forts by which it has advanced , is not the object of this Essay ; but , now that the materials are abun- dantly supplied , the author trusts that he has shown how those materials may ...
... present perfection , and the various laborious ef- forts by which it has advanced , is not the object of this Essay ; but , now that the materials are abun- dantly supplied , the author trusts that he has shown how those materials may ...
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... present evils with patience , and wait for expected good with long suffering , is equally the part of the christian and the hero . Rise from table with an appetite , and you will not be like to sit down without one . He that covereth a ...
... present evils with patience , and wait for expected good with long suffering , is equally the part of the christian and the hero . Rise from table with an appetite , and you will not be like to sit down without one . He that covereth a ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
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 justice king liberty light living Lochiel look Lord LORD CHATHAM 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 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
Passagens conhecidas
Página 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.
Página 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
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...