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... Force Against War with Mexico The Murder of Lovejoy DEPICTING CHARACTER A Tale of the Plains Gunga Din . Address of Sergeant Buzfuz A Natural Philosopher Response to a Toast . Partridge at the Play . A Man's a Man for a ' That Artemus ...
... Force Against War with Mexico The Murder of Lovejoy DEPICTING CHARACTER A Tale of the Plains Gunga Din . Address of Sergeant Buzfuz A Natural Philosopher Response to a Toast . Partridge at the Play . A Man's a Man for a ' That Artemus ...
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... virtual loss of the lower voice . The voice should fall of itself with only that de- gree of force which is legitimately given by the breath ten- sion , produced easily , though firmly , by the A Discussion of Principles 13.
... virtual loss of the lower voice . The voice should fall of itself with only that de- gree of force which is legitimately given by the breath ten- sion , produced easily , though firmly , by the A Discussion of Principles 13.
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... force , is excellent for developing and clearing this resonance . The " ng " sound , as in rung , may be added . Improper division of words into syllables is a common fault . The word " constitution , " for example , is made " cons ...
... force , is excellent for developing and clearing this resonance . The " ng " sound , as in rung , may be added . Improper division of words into syllables is a common fault . The word " constitution , " for example , is made " cons ...
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... force behind the ut- terance , and not depend upon any mechanical process of merely increasing the strength of his tones . Sometimes emphasis must be made to stand so strong as not merely to arrest the movement of thought , and fix the ...
... force behind the ut- terance , and not depend upon any mechanical process of merely increasing the strength of his tones . Sometimes emphasis must be made to stand so strong as not merely to arrest the movement of thought , and fix the ...
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... force to an idea , very often the same effect , or a better effect , is produced by a striking sudden suppression of utterance , by way of decided con- trast . When the discourse has been running vigorously and inflections have been ...
... force to an idea , very often the same effect , or a better effect , is produced by a striking sudden suppression of utterance , by way of decided con- trast . When the discourse has been running vigorously and inflections have been ...
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Page 183 - God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said that "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 226 - But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Page 120 - I cannot tell, what you and other men Think of this life; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be, as live to be In awe of such a thing as I m,yself. I was born free as Caesar; so were you: We both have fed as well; and we can both Endure the winter's cold, as well as he.
Page 203 - 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.
Page 71 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 183 - God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him ? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.
Page 204 - 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; I tell you that which you yourselves do know; Show you sweet Caesar's wounds, poor poor dumb mouths, And bid them speak for me...
Page 50 - And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Page 183 - Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God ; and each invokes his aid against the other.
Page 112 - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind...