North American Second Class Reader: The Fourth Book of Tower's Series for Common Schools : Developing Principles of Elocution, Practically Illustrated by Elementary Exercises : with Reading Lessons ... Designed to Follow the "Gradual Reader"Cady and Burgess, 1850 - 276 páginas |
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... objects now in view , namely , training the vocal and enun- ciative organs , and forming the habit of perfectly distinct articu- lation . “ After the simple sounds , exercises † should follow in the most difficult combinations of ...
... objects now in view , namely , training the vocal and enun- ciative organs , and forming the habit of perfectly distinct articu- lation . “ After the simple sounds , exercises † should follow in the most difficult combinations of ...
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... object of human admiration ' ; the latter , of divine love ' . men . 39. Homer was the greater genius , Virgil the better artist ' . Homer leads us with a commanding impetuosity , Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty ' . 40. You ...
... object of human admiration ' ; the latter , of divine love ' . men . 39. Homer was the greater genius , Virgil the better artist ' . Homer leads us with a commanding impetuosity , Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty ' . 40. You ...
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... objects named so positive , that equal or greater positiveness may be inferred with regard to those not named , consists in an unusual arrangement of the inflections of the voice , and their combination with one or more of the ...
... objects named so positive , that equal or greater positiveness may be inferred with regard to those not named , consists in an unusual arrangement of the inflections of the voice , and their combination with one or more of the ...
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... object as a picture . 192 . But were I Brutus , And Brutus Antony , there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits , and put a tongue In every wound of Cæsar , that should move The stones of Rome to rise in mutiny . 193. When we ...
... object as a picture . 192 . But were I Brutus , And Brutus Antony , there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits , and put a tongue In every wound of Cæsar , that should move The stones of Rome to rise in mutiny . 193. When we ...
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... object that it affirms of the emphatic object ; while the emphasis with the rising inflection neither affirms nor denies positively with regard to the antithetic object , but merely implies or insinuates , that what is affirmed or ...
... object that it affirms of the emphatic object ; while the emphasis with the rising inflection neither affirms nor denies positively with regard to the antithetic object , but merely implies or insinuates , that what is affirmed or ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
animal beauty black knight blessings blossoms boys like girls bright Cæsar called Captain Kidd Cato Charlestown circumflex creatures death dream earth elocution emphasis enjoyment evil exercise expression falling inflection father favorable feel flowers force friends genius give glorious glory grave Hampshire's granite hand happiness hast hath heart heaven helmet of Navarre Henry of Navarre hills hope human Hypanis Inchcape rock Jonathan Juba KNIGHT ERRANTRY labor land learned lesson live look manner meaning ment mind nature never night o'er pass passion pause perfect PERICARDIUM Peter Stuyvesant pleasure poor present pupil remaining bands ringing sound rising inflection Roche scene season sentence sentiment short sorrow soul speak spring stress sublime syllables tears tender thee thing thou thought thousand tion toil uttered voice wind wisdom Wolfert words
Passagens conhecidas
Página 175 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood...
Página 135 - And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays : Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might. An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers...
Página 171 - THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His wither'd cheek, and tresses grey, Seem'd to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry...
Página 275 - Now, by the lips of those ye love, fair gentlemen of France, Charge for the golden lilies now, upon them with the lance ! A thousand spurs are striking deep, a thousand spears in rest, A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest ; And in they burst, and on they rushed, while, like a guiding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre.
Página 74 - His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Página 128 - No, the love which survives the tomb is one of the noblest attributes of the soul. If it has its woes, it has likewise its delights; and when the overwhelming burst of grief is calmed into the gentle tear of recollection...
Página 91 - Speak gently ; it is better far To rule by love than fear ; Speak gently — let no harsh words mar The good we might do here.
Página 135 - The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings; He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest, — In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best...
Página 130 - ... then be sure that every unkind look, every ungracious word, every ungentle action, will come thronging back upon thy memory and knocking dolefully at thy soul — then be sure that thou wilt lie down sorrowing and repentant on the grave, and utter the unheard groan, and pour the unavailing tear ; more deep, more bitter, because unheard and unavailing.
Página 260 - But whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured that this Declaration will stand. It may cost treasure, and it may cost blood; but it will stand, and it will richly compensate for both. Through the thick gloom of the present, I see the brightness of the future, as the sun in heaven.