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... means of judg- ing , the matter which it contains will be beneficial to all who are desirous of teaching or learning the sublime art . Lord Bacon took " all knowledge to be his province . " Mrs. Sigourney advises us to “ take all ...
... means of judg- ing , the matter which it contains will be beneficial to all who are desirous of teaching or learning the sublime art . Lord Bacon took " all knowledge to be his province . " Mrs. Sigourney advises us to “ take all ...
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... mean- ing of an author ; and , having ascertained it , that he convey it , not only correctly , but with force , beauty , variety , and effect . And it requires a speaker to impress the exact lineaments of nature upon his sentiments ...
... mean- ing of an author ; and , having ascertained it , that he convey it , not only correctly , but with force , beauty , variety , and effect . And it requires a speaker to impress the exact lineaments of nature upon his sentiments ...
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... means of making a person a good reader , or an eloquent speak- er , is , to teach him the sounds which single letters or combi- nation of two letters , actually have ; and the adoption of this method will enable the pupil to give them ...
... means of making a person a good reader , or an eloquent speak- er , is , to teach him the sounds which single letters or combi- nation of two letters , actually have ; and the adoption of this method will enable the pupil to give them ...
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... means , that the elocu- tion of joy is very different from that of prayer . A striking instance of the importance of inquiring into the meaning of an author , and of adapting the voice to it , is to be found in the latter part of St ...
... means , that the elocu- tion of joy is very different from that of prayer . A striking instance of the importance of inquiring into the meaning of an author , and of adapting the voice to it , is to be found in the latter part of St ...
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... means : if , when the crime is committed , no evil consequence will result from it , the sooner it is perpetrated , the better . It is , therefore , necessary to ele- vate the voice on the word done , as it first occurs . Any other mode ...
... means : if , when the crime is committed , no evil consequence will result from it , the sooner it is perpetrated , the better . It is , therefore , necessary to ele- vate the voice on the word done , as it first occurs . Any other mode ...
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Page 109 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts; I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him. For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on...
Page 108 - tis his will. Let but the commons hear this testament, — Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read, — And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, the Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 103 - Join voices, all ye living Souls : Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep ; Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail, universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light...
Page 77 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more, From these our interviews, in which I steal From all I may be, or have been before, To mingle with the Universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal.
Page 103 - Whether to deck with clouds the uncolour'd sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers, Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 307 - Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre.
Page 108 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look ! In this place ran Cassius...
Page 145 - Liberty first and Union afterwards'; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable...
Page 122 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell ; And, — when I am forgotten, as I shall be ; And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, — say, I taught thee...
Page 150 - Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests ; which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates ; but parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole ; where, not local purposes, not local prejudices ought to guide, but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole.