The elementary elocutionist: a selection of pieces in prose and verse, by J. White |
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Արդյունքներ 39–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ xiv
We farther notice , what to an inattentive observer may appear rather strange , that nature and the sense terminate man with the opposite inflection the rising . Of this , examples occur every day in life .
We farther notice , what to an inattentive observer may appear rather strange , that nature and the sense terminate man with the opposite inflection the rising . Of this , examples occur every day in life .
Էջ xvi
It were easy to give other examples , but we must not forget the limits assigned to our Introduction . These , however , can satisfactorily account for such parts of sentences , taking , according to the sense , either the falling or ...
It were easy to give other examples , but we must not forget the limits assigned to our Introduction . These , however , can satisfactorily account for such parts of sentences , taking , according to the sense , either the falling or ...
Էջ xvii
In this example , come ends the questioning state . And here let us remark , the same consideration , -do we intend to impress upon ourselves or others , the idea of if ? -meets us . Every other idea or word must give place to that on ...
In this example , come ends the questioning state . And here let us remark , the same consideration , -do we intend to impress upon ourselves or others , the idea of if ? -meets us . Every other idea or word must give place to that on ...
Էջ xx
In the meantime , we shall take some other examples for illustrating our rule and observations . Demosthenes , when called upon to defend himself from the malicious attacks of his XX INTRODUCTION .
In the meantime , we shall take some other examples for illustrating our rule and observations . Demosthenes , when called upon to defend himself from the malicious attacks of his XX INTRODUCTION .
Էջ xxii
Notice the following example :The region beyond the grave is not a solitary land . There your fathers are , and thither every other friend shall follow you in due season . This sentence might be thus pointed .
Notice the following example :The region beyond the grave is not a solitary land . There your fathers are , and thither every other friend shall follow you in due season . This sentence might be thus pointed .
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Էջ 205 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
Էջ 238 - Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? 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
Էջ 245 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. "Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene.
Էջ 232 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave...
Էջ 218 - 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...
Էջ 283 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Էջ 253 - As awaked from the dead, And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise ! See the snakes that they rear, How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes!
Էջ 253 - Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee!
Էջ 250 - I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father." The boat has left a stormy land, A stormy sea before her, — When, oh ! too strong for human hand. The tempest gathered o'er her.
Էջ 217 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men...
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| Վերնագիր | The elementary elocutionist: a selection of pieces in prose and verse, by J. White |
| Հեղինակ | John White (A.M.) |
| Editor | John White (A.M.) |
| Հրատարակված | 1826 |
| Original from | Օքսֆորդի համալսարան |
| Digitized | 21 Մարտ 2006 |
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