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Page ix
... give the preference to unaided common sense in those cases alone in which he knows of no fixed principles to guide him , but in all other cases , he prefers the guid- ance of systematic knowledge to those fleeting conjectural judgments ...
... give the preference to unaided common sense in those cases alone in which he knows of no fixed principles to guide him , but in all other cases , he prefers the guid- ance of systematic knowledge to those fleeting conjectural judgments ...
Page xiii
... give more exactness to Mr Gar- rick's remarks . I have prefixed a Discourse on Public Reading , in which is described the close analogy between public reading and Music . In this discourse the audible distinctions in musical sound , and ...
... give more exactness to Mr Gar- rick's remarks . I have prefixed a Discourse on Public Reading , in which is described the close analogy between public reading and Music . In this discourse the audible distinctions in musical sound , and ...
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... give a notion of the simple rhythmus of verse produced by periodic recurrence of an ac- cented syllable . It will be observed in reading these verses as mechanical as the ti tum ti style of a school - boy , that the rhythmus is a ...
... give a notion of the simple rhythmus of verse produced by periodic recurrence of an ac- cented syllable . It will be observed in reading these verses as mechanical as the ti tum ti style of a school - boy , that the rhythmus is a ...
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... give various names to feet , according to the relative quantities of the constituent syllables . Thus the syllables | mortal | being nearly of equal length , and both long , con- stitute a spondee : and the syllables | small birds re ...
... give various names to feet , according to the relative quantities of the constituent syllables . Thus the syllables | mortal | being nearly of equal length , and both long , con- stitute a spondee : and the syllables | small birds re ...
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... give eleven syl- lables instead of ten , and some critics object to the redundant syllable , but such verses are still hexameters ; as in the examples- The cock's shrill | clarion | or the | echoing | horn . | * Ungrateful offering | to ...
... give eleven syl- lables instead of ten , and some critics object to the redundant syllable , but such verses are still hexameters ; as in the examples- The cock's shrill | clarion | or the | echoing | horn . | * Ungrateful offering | to ...
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accented Almighty Amen beginning beseech thee Bishop Butler Bishop of Ely blessed Cambridge Christ our Lord Church of England Clergyman command Common Prayer congregation copula Creator declares deliberation deliver delivery devotional diatonic scale discourse distinctions Divinity duration earth Edition Elocution everlasting expression F. D. MAURICE Father fervent Garrick advised glory hath hear hearts to keep heaven hexameter Holy Ghost human voice incline our hearts Jesus Christ JULIUS CHARLES HARE keep this law Liturgy Lord Bishop Lord's Prayer loudness loving unto Israel manner measures melody mercy Minister necessary observed occasions for emphases Octavo pauses phatic pitch practised praise precise object predicate preserve Priest proposition Psalms public reading reader rhetorical rhythmus scored Scriptural semitones sense and sentiment sentence Sermons shew sins solemn sounds speaking speech speech-melodies syllables thesis thine things Thou shalt thy holy tion tone verse vocal voice Volumes whole words worship י י יין
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Page 70 - God ; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul.
Page 130 - We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.
Page 56 - Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which Is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
Page 134 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Page 87 - The holy Church, throughout all the world, doth acknowledge thee, The Father, of an infinite Majesty ; Thine adorable, true, and only Son; Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter. Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ. Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.
Page 97 - LORD our heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day: Defend us in the same with thy mighty power, and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger...
Page 104 - From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion ; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of Thy Word and Commandment, Good Lord, deliver us...
Page 88 - O Lord, save thy people : and bless thine heritage. Govern them : and lift them up for ever. Day by day : we magnify thee; And we worship thy Name : ever world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord : to keep us this day without sin. O Lord, have mercy upon us : have mercy upon us. O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us : as our trust is in thee. O Lord, in thee have I trusted : let me never be confounded.
Page 23 - But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride ; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and the rust on his mail : And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.
Page 82 - Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: 11. Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest PSALM XCVI.