The Standard Speaker & Elocutionist ...Ward, Lock and Company, 1880 - 248 էջ |
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Էջ 7
... truth of what he says , and that hath a concern about it in his mind , will pronounce with a natural vehemence that is far more lively than all the strains that art can lead to . An orator must endea- vour to feel what he says , and ...
... truth of what he says , and that hath a concern about it in his mind , will pronounce with a natural vehemence that is far more lively than all the strains that art can lead to . An orator must endea- vour to feel what he says , and ...
Էջ 11
... truth , or lessons be completely lost ; while , with it , the mind will be enlightened , the heart moved , and the lessons carried home to all with the greatest success . Re- member , noise , even though much greater , does not travel ...
... truth , or lessons be completely lost ; while , with it , the mind will be enlightened , the heart moved , and the lessons carried home to all with the greatest success . Re- member , noise , even though much greater , does not travel ...
Էջ 18
... truth you are seeking to impress upon them , will be lost altogether . True , you will find that sometimes what you have to say or read will need all the energy you can command , as well as the speed with which you can express it , but ...
... truth you are seeking to impress upon them , will be lost altogether . True , you will find that sometimes what you have to say or read will need all the energy you can command , as well as the speed with which you can express it , but ...
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... truth of Longfellow's words , where he says in his poem , " The Day is Done " - " Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice , And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice ; And the night shall be filled ...
... truth of Longfellow's words , where he says in his poem , " The Day is Done " - " Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice , And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice ; And the night shall be filled ...
Էջ 34
... truth , but for the truth . " " Custom is the plague of wise men - and the idol of fools . " " As it is the part of Justice , never to do violence ; so it is of modesty , never to commit offence . " " A friend cannot be known in ...
... truth , but for the truth . " " Custom is the plague of wise men - and the idol of fools . " " As it is the part of Justice , never to do violence ; so it is of modesty , never to commit offence . " " A friend cannot be known in ...
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Էջ 60 - For I can raise no money by vile means: By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their' vile trash By any indirection.
Էջ 82 - Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Էջ 186 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Էջ 152 - God ! sing, ye meadow-streams, with gladsome voice! Ye pine-groves, with your soft and soul-like sounds ! And they, too, have a voice, yon piles of snow, And in their perilous fall, shall thunder, God...
Էջ 65 - I'll leave you till night; you are welcome to Elsinore. Ros. Good my lord ! [Exeunt Rosencrantz and Giiildenstern. Ham. Ay, so, God be wi' ye :—Now I am alone. O, what a rogue and 'peasant slave am I ! Is it not monstrous that this player here, But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Could force his soul so to his own conceit...
Էջ 57 - WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life . Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we...
Էջ 151 - Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines, How silently ! Around thee and above Deep is the air and dark, substantial, black, An ebon mass : methinks thou piercest it As with a wedge ! But when I look again, It is thine own calm home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity ' 0 dread and silent Mount ! I gazed upon thee Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish from my thought : entranced in prayer 1 worshipped the Invisible alone.
Էջ 72 - The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me; Yes! that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
Էջ 82 - O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broad-sword he weapon had none, He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Էջ 21 - One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear. When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung! "She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur: They'll have fleet steeds that follow,