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... standing canon to the learner in elocu- tion . In contending with any bad habit of voice , let him break up the sentence on which the difficulty occurs , and throw it , if possible , into the colloquial form . Let him ob- serve in ...
... standing canon to the learner in elocu- tion . In contending with any bad habit of voice , let him break up the sentence on which the difficulty occurs , and throw it , if possible , into the colloquial form . Let him ob- serve in ...
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... standing ye give them not those things which are needful to the body ; what doth it pròfit ? Here the sense is entirely suspended to the close , and yet the clausa introduced as the language of another , requires the falling slide ...
... standing ye give them not those things which are needful to the body ; what doth it pròfit ? Here the sense is entirely suspended to the close , and yet the clausa introduced as the language of another , requires the falling slide ...
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... stands opposed to the claims of custom or of harmony , these always give way to its supremacy . Now I presume that every one , who is at all accustomed to accurate observation on this subject , must be sensible how very little this ...
... stands opposed to the claims of custom or of harmony , these always give way to its supremacy . Now I presume that every one , who is at all accustomed to accurate observation on this subject , must be sensible how very little this ...
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... stands opposed to something in sense . The theory which supposes this , is too narrow to corres- pond with the philosophy of elocution . Emphasis is the soul of delivery , because it is the most discriminating mark of emotion . Contrast ...
... stands opposed to something in sense . The theory which supposes this , is too narrow to corres- pond with the philosophy of elocution . Emphasis is the soul of delivery , because it is the most discriminating mark of emotion . Contrast ...
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... stand- ing in close succession , we are in danger of diminishing the amount of meaning , expressed by the whole . The only rule that can be adopted is , so to adjust the stress and inflection of voice , on the different terms , as shall ...
... stand- ing in close succession , we are in danger of diminishing the amount of meaning , expressed by the whole . The only rule that can be adopted is , so to adjust the stress and inflection of voice , on the different terms , as shall ...
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Page 131 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying; Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 130 - And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart, to pray : and when the evening, was come, he was there alone.
Page 132 - And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
Page 112 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond-man, and every free-man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains ; and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb : for the great day of His wrath is come ; and who shall be able to stand...
Page 287 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Page 288 - Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Page 93 - Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Page 287 - Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?
Page 123 - And crowded cities wail its stroke ; Come in consumption's ghastly form, The earthquake shock, the ocean storm ; — Come when the heart beats high and warm, With banquet-song, and dance, and wine, And thou art terrible : the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier, And all we know, or dream, or fear Of agony, are thine.
Page 132 - And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.