The Sixth Progressive Reader, Or Oratorical Class-book: With a Treatise on Elocution, EtcO'Shea, 1873 - 474 pages |
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... darkness ? 6. The riches of the prince must in crease or de'- crease , in proportion to the number and riches of his subjects . Note 1. - This transposition of the accent extends itself to all words which have a sameness of termination ...
... darkness ? 6. The riches of the prince must in crease or de'- crease , in proportion to the number and riches of his subjects . Note 1. - This transposition of the accent extends itself to all words which have a sameness of termination ...
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... had not been fortunate ! Better that the earth be given to man as a dark mass , whereupon to labor . Better , that rude and unsightly materials be provided in the ore - bel , and in the forest , 106 ORATORICAL CLASS - BOOK . Dewey,
... had not been fortunate ! Better that the earth be given to man as a dark mass , whereupon to labor . Better , that rude and unsightly materials be provided in the ore - bel , and in the forest , 106 ORATORICAL CLASS - BOOK . Dewey,
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... dark recess behind . I have not coolly weighed the chances of pre- serving liberty , when the bonds that unite us together , shall be broken asunder . I have not accustomed myself tc hang over the precipice of disunion , to see whether ...
... dark recess behind . I have not coolly weighed the chances of pre- serving liberty , when the bonds that unite us together , shall be broken asunder . I have not accustomed myself tc hang over the precipice of disunion , to see whether ...
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... darkness which envelop it , and display , in its full danger and genuine colors , the ruin which is brought to our doors . Can ministers still presume to expect support in their infatuation ? Can parliament be so dead to its dignity and ...
... darkness which envelop it , and display , in its full danger and genuine colors , the ruin which is brought to our doors . Can ministers still presume to expect support in their infatuation ? Can parliament be so dead to its dignity and ...
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... dark eye on the ground : - And silently they gazed on him , As on a lion bound . 2 .. Vainly , but well , that chief had fought , He was a captive now , Yet pride , that fortune humbles not , Was written on his brow . The scars his dark ...
... dark eye on the ground : - And silently they gazed on him , As on a lion bound . 2 .. Vainly , but well , that chief had fought , He was a captive now , Yet pride , that fortune humbles not , Was written on his brow . The scars his dark ...
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Page 219 - And his drooped head sinks gradually low, — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him, — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not, — his eyes Were with his heart, 'and that was far away.
Page 218 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 219 - I see before me the Gladiator lie: He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 111 - ... may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced...
Page 111 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union...
Page 429 - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire...
Page 129 - mong Graemes of the Netherby clan; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran : There was racing and chasing, on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar ? xiii.
Page 94 - Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation — the last arguments to which kings resort.
Page 139 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we...
Page 217 - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...