Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking ...Hori Brown, 1820 - 407 pagini |
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Pagina 15
... raises itself , into exactly the same position as the right was before , and continues in this position till the end of the next sentence , when it drops down on the side as if dead ; and the body , poising itself on the right leg as ...
... raises itself , into exactly the same position as the right was before , and continues in this position till the end of the next sentence , when it drops down on the side as if dead ; and the body , poising itself on the right leg as ...
Pagina 16
... raise the elbow , and to keep it at a distance from the body , the action of the arm will natur- So the ally grow up into that we have just described . diagonal position of the arm , though the most graceful 2 1 and easy when the body ...
... raise the elbow , and to keep it at a distance from the body , the action of the arm will natur- So the ally grow up into that we have just described . diagonal position of the arm , though the most graceful 2 1 and easy when the body ...
Pagina 25
... raise our observations to the senate , it might be hinted , that gentlemen on each side of the house , while addressing the chair , can , with grace and propriety , only make use of one hand ; name- ly , that which is next to the ...
... raise our observations to the senate , it might be hinted , that gentlemen on each side of the house , while addressing the chair , can , with grace and propriety , only make use of one hand ; name- ly , that which is next to the ...
Pagina 29
... raises it to the skies , as if the soul of the holy man were going to take its flight to heaven .. The force of attitude and looks alone appears in a wondrously striking manner , in the works of the painter and statuary ; who have the ...
... raises it to the skies , as if the soul of the holy man were going to take its flight to heaven .. The force of attitude and looks alone appears in a wondrously striking manner , in the works of the painter and statuary ; who have the ...
Pagina 30
... , when sudden and violent , expresses itself by clapping of hands , and exultation or leaping 1 he eyes are opened wide ; perhaps filled with tears ; often raised to heaven , especially by devout persons . The counte-- 30 ELEMENTS.
... , when sudden and violent , expresses itself by clapping of hands , and exultation or leaping 1 he eyes are opened wide ; perhaps filled with tears ; often raised to heaven , especially by devout persons . The counte-- 30 ELEMENTS.
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ... William Scott Vizualizare completă - 1831 |
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Pagina 231 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Pagina 351 - Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let it pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon: let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide; Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height.
Pagina 224 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Pagina 347 - She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I lov'd her that she did pity them.
Pagina 243 - His praise, ye winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and wave your tops, ye pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. • • Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye. flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling, tune his praise. Join voices, all ye living souls ! ye birds, That, singing, up to heaven's gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise.
Pagina 224 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Pagina 224 - Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind?
Pagina 117 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison, HUGHES.
Pagina 341 - I could weep My spirit from mine eyes ! — There is my dagger, And here my naked breast ; within, a heart Dearer than Plutus...
Pagina 230 - Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. Imagination fondly stoops to trace The...