The Book of Oratory: A New Collection of Extracts in Prose, Poetry and Dialogue, Containing Selections from Distinguished American and English Orators, Divines, and Poets |
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... PRESENT DAY . FOR THE USE OF COLLEGES , ACADEMIES , AND SCHOOLS . BY EDWARD C. MARSHALL , M. A. LATE INSTRUCTOR IN A MILITARY SCHOOL AT WEST POINT , IN GENEVA COLLEGE , AND IN THE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY . 30 Nemo est orator , qui se ...
... PRESENT DAY . FOR THE USE OF COLLEGES , ACADEMIES , AND SCHOOLS . BY EDWARD C. MARSHALL , M. A. LATE INSTRUCTOR IN A MILITARY SCHOOL AT WEST POINT , IN GENEVA COLLEGE , AND IN THE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY . 30 Nemo est orator , qui se ...
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... present volume is offered as the result of that undertaking . A great part of the selections which are here submitted to the public , appear for the first time in a book of this character ; and an important feature of the work is to present ...
... present volume is offered as the result of that undertaking . A great part of the selections which are here submitted to the public , appear for the first time in a book of this character ; and an important feature of the work is to present ...
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... present . As to the amount of instruction in oratory which is generally given in our seminaries of learning , there can be but little doubt that the subject does not receive the attention which it merits . Very much can be done , by ...
... present . As to the amount of instruction in oratory which is generally given in our seminaries of learning , there can be but little doubt that the subject does not receive the attention which it merits . Very much can be done , by ...
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... present circumstances of this oppressed country ) to destroy . I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it . I do not imagine that , seated where you ...
... present circumstances of this oppressed country ) to destroy . I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it . I do not imagine that , seated where you ...
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... present ruins of all that we most loved , is softened away into pensive meditation on all that it was in the days of its loveliness , who would root out such a sorrow from the heart ? Though it may sometimes throw a passing cloud even ...
... present ruins of all that we most loved , is softened away into pensive meditation on all that it was in the days of its loveliness , who would root out such a sorrow from the heart ? Though it may sometimes throw a passing cloud even ...
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Page 359 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 361 - When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Page 305 - And children coming home from school Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
Page 281 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Page 290 - Tis not the balm, the sceptre, and the ball, The sword, the mace, the crown imperial, The intertissued robe of gold and pearl, The farced title running 'fore the King...
Page 287 - And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
Page 279 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Page 277 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats ; For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.
Page 279 - 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; Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour...
Page 43 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.