An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authorsauthor, 1828 - 298 pagini |
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Pagina 21
... stand unshaken , from within Or from without , to all temptations arm'd . Hadst thou the same free will and pow'r to stand ? Thou hadst : Whom hast thou then , or what , to ' accuse , speakers , in the most respectable circles in the ...
... stand unshaken , from within Or from without , to all temptations arm'd . Hadst thou the same free will and pow'r to stand ? Thou hadst : Whom hast thou then , or what , to ' accuse , speakers , in the most respectable circles in the ...
Pagina 36
... a hedge as it were set about it - Thai tribunal which from age to age has been fighting for the I- berties of the people , and without the aid of which it woula # have been in vain for me to stand up 36 ESSAY ON ELOCUTION .
... a hedge as it were set about it - Thai tribunal which from age to age has been fighting for the I- berties of the people , and without the aid of which it woula # have been in vain for me to stand up 36 ESSAY ON ELOCUTION .
Pagina 37
... stand up before you , or to think of looking round for assistance . " ERSKINE FOR TOOK , ON TRIAL BY JURY . " O Desdemona , dead , dead , dead . " OTHELLO . " With thee conversing I forget all time , All seasons , and their change ; all ...
... stand up before you , or to think of looking round for assistance . " ERSKINE FOR TOOK , ON TRIAL BY JURY . " O Desdemona , dead , dead , dead . " OTHELLO . " With thee conversing I forget all time , All seasons , and their change ; all ...
Pagina 70
... stand ; by which also ye are saved , if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you , unless ye have believed in vain . For I deliver- ed unto you first of all that which I also received , how that Christ died for our sins according to ...
... stand ; by which also ye are saved , if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you , unless ye have believed in vain . For I deliver- ed unto you first of all that which I also received , how that Christ died for our sins according to ...
Pagina 71
... stand we in jeopar dy every hour ? I protest by your rejoicing , which I have , in Christ Jesus our Lord , I die daily . If af- ter the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus , what advantageth it me if the dead rise not ...
... stand we in jeopar dy every hour ? I protest by your rejoicing , which I have , in Christ Jesus our Lord , I die daily . If af- ter the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus , what advantageth it me if the dead rise not ...
Termeni și expresii frecvente
arch of Titus awful beautiful behold beneath blessings breath brow Caracalla cause character Christian Cicero dark dead dead rise death deep delight Demosthenes dread earth ELOCUTION eloquence eternal Father feel feet fire George Somers give glorious glory grace grave Greece hand happiness hath heard heart heaven honour hope human justice king liberty light living Lochiel look Lord LORD CHATHAM ment mercy mind mountain nation nature never night noble o'er object ocean passions patriotism peace pride raised religion Richard Henry Lee rising rocks Roman Roman Forum Rome ruin say unto scene seemed shore side sion soul sound speak spirit sublime sweet tears tempest temples thee THERMÆ thine things thou thought throne tion trembling vale VALE OF TEMPE Vespasian virtue voice wave whole wild wind wings youth
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Pagina 71 - And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost and altogether such as I am. except these bonds.
Pagina 282 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: not so thou; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
Pagina 63 - Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Pagina 62 - That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven ; for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye ? do not even the publicans the same ? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others ? do not even the publicans so ? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Pagina 113 - ... inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us ! They tell us, sir, that we are weak ; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
Pagina 44 - On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Pagina 43 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming ; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak, and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we ? art thou become like unto us ? Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols : the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Pagina 131 - If, in the opinion •of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Pagina 34 - Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus: but use all gently: for in the very torrent, tempest, and (as I may say) whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance, that may give it smoothness.
Pagina 274 - 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...