Pulpit Elocution: Comprising Remarks on the Effect of Manner in Public Discourse; the Elements of Elocution, Applied to the Reading of the Scriptures, Hymns, and Sermons; with Observations on the Principles of Gesture; and a Selection of Exercises in Reading and SpeakingW.F. Draper, 1869 - 413 Seiten |
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... earth and Heaven , becomes a most effectual non - conductor . The immense power which lies wrapped up in the human voice , and which is only transcended by that of the soul itself , the negligent speaker has left dormant , till he has ...
... earth and Heaven , becomes a most effectual non - conductor . The immense power which lies wrapped up in the human voice , and which is only transcended by that of the soul itself , the negligent speaker has left dormant , till he has ...
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... earth , or the bursting forth of volcanic fire ; it has the force , but , still , the beauty or the grandeur , of nature . The vehemence of indignation is , sometimes , one of the strongest incitements of eloquence . We trace this fact ...
... earth , or the bursting forth of volcanic fire ; it has the force , but , still , the beauty or the grandeur , of nature . The vehemence of indignation is , sometimes , one of the strongest incitements of eloquence . We trace this fact ...
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... earth where the stamp of vulgar habit and association is disgusting , it is the pulpit , which even the grossest minds are inclined to regard with veneration . Nor is it going too far , to as- sert , that nothing has so strong a ...
... earth where the stamp of vulgar habit and association is disgusting , it is the pulpit , which even the grossest minds are inclined to regard with veneration . Nor is it going too far , to as- sert , that nothing has so strong a ...
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... Earth claims not these again . “ Yet more , the depths have more ! - Thy waves have rolled Above the cities of a world gone by ! Sand hath filled up the palaces of old , Sea - weed o'ergrown the halls of revelry ! - Dash o'er them ...
... Earth claims not these again . “ Yet more , the depths have more ! - Thy waves have rolled Above the cities of a world gone by ! Sand hath filled up the palaces of old , Sea - weed o'ergrown the halls of revelry ! - Dash o'er them ...
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... Earth shall reclaim her precious things from thee , - ' Restore the dead , thou Sea ! " " ― Energy and Sublimity . Hallowed Ground . - Campbell . " What's hallowed ground ? - Has earth a clod Its Maker meant not should be trod By man ...
... Earth shall reclaim her precious things from thee , - ' Restore the dead , thou Sea ! " " ― Energy and Sublimity . Hallowed Ground . - Campbell . " What's hallowed ground ? - Has earth a clod Its Maker meant not should be trod By man ...
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