Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading and SpeakingH. Brown, 1817 - 407 Seiten |
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... Romans , 6. Publius Scipio to the Roman army , 7. Hannibal to the Carthaginian army , 8. Adherbal to the Roman senators , Hooke , 317 ib . 320 ib . 323 9. Canuleius to the Roman consuls , Sallust , Hooke , 325 329 10. Junius Brutus over ...
... Romans , 6. Publius Scipio to the Roman army , 7. Hannibal to the Carthaginian army , 8. Adherbal to the Roman senators , Hooke , 317 ib . 320 ib . 323 9. Canuleius to the Roman consuls , Sallust , Hooke , 325 329 10. Junius Brutus over ...
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... roman- ces with the flowery seasons of the year , enters on his story thus : " In the gloomy month of November , when the people of England hang and drown themselves , a disconsolate lover walked out into the fields , " & c . Every one ...
... roman- ces with the flowery seasons of the year , enters on his story thus : " In the gloomy month of November , when the people of England hang and drown themselves , a disconsolate lover walked out into the fields , " & c . Every one ...
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... Roman spring ? You have then mistaken your path , and ill employed your industry.- " What reward have I then for all my labors ; " What reward ! a large comprehensive soul , well purged from vulgar fears , and perturbations , and ...
... Roman spring ? You have then mistaken your path , and ill employed your industry.- " What reward have I then for all my labors ; " What reward ! a large comprehensive soul , well purged from vulgar fears , and perturbations , and ...
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... Roman legions re- mained without hope , but not without concern , being eagerly anxious for the surviving Roman , then sur- rounded by his three adversaries . Happily he was not wounded ; but not being a match for three , though ...
... Roman legions re- mained without hope , but not without concern , being eagerly anxious for the surviving Roman , then sur- rounded by his three adversaries . Happily he was not wounded ; but not being a match for three , though ...
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... Roman Empe- rors displayed their wealth and liberality ; and we read , that on various occasions , the whole furniture of the amphitheatre consisted either of silver , or of gold , or of amber . The poet who describes the games of ...
... Roman Empe- rors displayed their wealth and liberality ; and we read , that on various occasions , the whole furniture of the amphitheatre consisted either of silver , or of gold , or of amber . The poet who describes the games of ...
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Seite 219 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Seite 369 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse. Which I observing, Took once a pliant hour; and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart, That I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Seite 243 - Twilight gray had in her sober livery all things clad : Silence accompanied ; for Beast and Bird, they to their grassy couch, these to their nests, were slunk, — all but the wakeful nightingale; she, all night long, her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased. Now...
Seite 361 - All this? ay, more: Fret till your proud heart break; Go, show your slaves how choleric you are, And make your bondmen tremble.
Seite 237 - Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Seite 220 - The sober herd that low'd to meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice, that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
Seite 236 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Seite 354 - Why, well : Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now ; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Seite 253 - Orphean lyre, I sung of Chaos and eternal Night ; Taught by the heavenly muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend, Though hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovereign vital lamp ; but thou Revisitest not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Seite 362 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, For I am arm'd so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.