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... Falling Inflection 27 The Circumflex 27 Rules for the Use of Inflections 28 SECTION VI . - MODULATION 35 Pitch 35 Force 36 Quality 37 Rate ... 38 SECTION VII . - PAUSES .. 39 Rules for the Use of Pauses .. 40 Suspensive Quantity 41 ...
... Falling Inflection 27 The Circumflex 27 Rules for the Use of Inflections 28 SECTION VI . - MODULATION 35 Pitch 35 Force 36 Quality 37 Rate ... 38 SECTION VII . - PAUSES .. 39 Rules for the Use of Pauses .. 40 Suspensive Quantity 41 ...
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... and deserts . 37. Thou laid'st down and slept'st . 38. As thou found'st , so thou keep'st me . 39. He said ceaseth , approacheth , rejoiceth ; fall'n , hurl'st , curv'st ; barb'dst , swerv'dst , muzzl'dst ; hard'n'dst ,
... and deserts . 37. Thou laid'st down and slept'st . 38. As thou found'st , so thou keep'st me . 39. He said ceaseth , approacheth , rejoiceth ; fall'n , hurl'st , curv'st ; barb'dst , swerv'dst , muzzl'dst ; hard'n'dst ,
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... fall , in the following EXAMPLES . 1. When the weary seaman , on the dreary deep , sees a beacon gleaming on the seashore , he is eager for the seaside . 2. If the marine force besiege the fort , we will march to its relief , when your ...
... fall , in the following EXAMPLES . 1. When the weary seaman , on the dreary deep , sees a beacon gleaming on the seashore , he is eager for the seaside . 2. If the marine force besiege the fort , we will march to its relief , when your ...
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... falls on the last word of a series only ; as , His disappointment , his AN- GUISH , his DEATH , were caused by your carelessness . These misfortunes are the same to the poor , the ignorant , and the weak , as to the rich , the wise ...
... falls on the last word of a series only ; as , His disappointment , his AN- GUISH , his DEATH , were caused by your carelessness . These misfortunes are the same to the poor , the ignorant , and the weak , as to the rich , the wise ...
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... falling slide of the voice , it is indicated thus , ^ ; but when it commences with a falling and ends with a rising slide , it is indicated thus , " , which the pupil will perceive is the same mark inverted . V INFLECTION . 27 Though ...
... falling slide of the voice , it is indicated thus , ^ ; but when it commences with a falling and ends with a rising slide , it is indicated thus , " , which the pupil will perceive is the same mark inverted . V INFLECTION . 27 Though ...
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Page 350 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news, Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet...
Page 411 - T' make that place uz strong uz the rest." So the Deacon inquired of the village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split nor bent nor broke,— That was for spokes and floor and sills; He sent for lancewood to make the thills; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these; The hubs of logs from the "Settler's ellum...
Page 26 - Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman?
Page 426 - Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Page 425 - Came thro' the jaws of Death Back from the mouth of Hell, All that was left of them, Left of six hundred.
Page 342 - The secret which the murderer possesses soon comes to possess him, and, like the evil spirits of which we read, it overcomes him, and leads him whithersoever it will. He feels it beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure. He thinks the whole world sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions...
Page 341 - Ah, gentlemen ! that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret can be safe nowhere. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe.
Page 66 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer!
Page 427 - Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Page 425 - Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of hell Rode the six hundred. Flash'd all their sabres bare, Flash'd as they turn'd in air Sabring the gunners there, Charging an army, while All the world wonder'd. Plunged in the battery-smoke Right thro' the line they broke; Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre-stroke Shatter'd and sunder'd.