The Rhetorical Reader Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...Gould and Newman, 1839 |
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... still have hoped , Even in death's dread presence , but at length Have heard the súmmons , ( O heart - freezing call ! ) * Sabbath , —a poem . 10 To pay the last sad duties , and to 8 * Ex . 6. ] 89 EXERCISES ON INFLECTION .
... still have hoped , Even in death's dread presence , but at length Have heard the súmmons , ( O heart - freezing call ! ) * Sabbath , —a poem . 10 To pay the last sad duties , and to 8 * Ex . 6. ] 89 EXERCISES ON INFLECTION .
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Ebenezer Porter. 10 To pay the last sad duties , and to hear Upon the silent dwelling's narrow lid The first earth thrówn , ( sound deadliest to the soul ! - For , strange delusion ! then , and then alone , Hope seems for ever fled , and ...
Ebenezer Porter. 10 To pay the last sad duties , and to hear Upon the silent dwelling's narrow lid The first earth thrówn , ( sound deadliest to the soul ! - For , strange delusion ! then , and then alone , Hope seems for ever fled , and ...
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... duty urges Agents of his will to use ? 5 ( 6 ) Hark ! he answers ; -wild tornadoes , Strewing yonder sea with wrecks ; Wasting towns , plantations , meadows , Are the voice with which he speaks . He , foreseeing what vexations Afric's ...
... duty urges Agents of his will to use ? 5 ( 6 ) Hark ! he answers ; -wild tornadoes , Strewing yonder sea with wrecks ; Wasting towns , plantations , meadows , Are the voice with which he speaks . He , foreseeing what vexations Afric's ...
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... duty became apparent . He discontinued sabbath dressing , went constantly and 20 early to the public services of religion , and soon enjoy- ed that satisfaction of mind which is one of the rewards of doing our duty , and that peace of ...
... duty became apparent . He discontinued sabbath dressing , went constantly and 20 early to the public services of religion , and soon enjoy- ed that satisfaction of mind which is one of the rewards of doing our duty , and that peace of ...
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... duties of men and citizens . I hasten to the appropriate business of this evening . A noble impulse has been given to this sacred cause in a neighboring city ; it has reached the friends of truth 15 and awakened a kindred spirit here ...
... duties of men and citizens . I hasten to the appropriate business of this evening . A noble impulse has been given to this sacred cause in a neighboring city ; it has reached the friends of truth 15 and awakened a kindred spirit here ...
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Page 112 - And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven : and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man, coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. — And he shall send his angels, with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Page 65 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent!
Page 126 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
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 289 - The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace! peace!
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 120 - 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 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 120 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array...
Page 133 - The baptism of John, whence was it ? from heaven, or of men ? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven ; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? 26 But if we shall say, Of men ; we fear the people ; for all hold John as a prophet. 27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.