The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending a Diversity of Oratorical Specimens, of the Eloquence of Popular Assemblies, of the Bar, of the Pulpit, &c. Principally Intended for the Use of Schools and Academies. To which are Prefixed a Dissertation on Oratorical Delivery and the Outlines of GestureSidney's Press, for John Babcock & Son, New-Haven, and S. & W.R. Babcock, Charleston, S.C., 1819 - 408 страница |
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... soul , as from an ambush , with unexpected sorrows , and crushes his creatures in a moment with irremediable calamity ? Ye lying Imans , prate to us no more of the justice , of the kindness of an all - directing and all - lov- ing ...
... soul , as from an ambush , with unexpected sorrows , and crushes his creatures in a moment with irremediable calamity ? Ye lying Imans , prate to us no more of the justice , of the kindness of an all - directing and all - lov- ing ...
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... soul that are now irrevoca- bly gone . They died , like the singing birds of that time , which now sing no more . The life that we then had , now seems almost as if it could not have been our own . When we go back to it in thought , and ...
... soul that are now irrevoca- bly gone . They died , like the singing birds of that time , which now sing no more . The life that we then had , now seems almost as if it could not have been our own . When we go back to it in thought , and ...
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... soul , to hear a robusteous peri- wig - pated fellow tear a passion to tatters , to very rags , to split the ears of the groundlings ; who , for the most part , are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise ; I would have ...
... soul , to hear a robusteous peri- wig - pated fellow tear a passion to tatters , to very rags , to split the ears of the groundlings ; who , for the most part , are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise ; I would have ...
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... soul , or animating principle of discourse ; and is dependent on intellectual energy and intellectual at- tainments . Elocution is the embodying form , or re- presentative power : dependent on exterior accom- plishments , and on the ...
... soul , or animating principle of discourse ; and is dependent on intellectual energy and intellectual at- tainments . Elocution is the embodying form , or re- presentative power : dependent on exterior accom- plishments , and on the ...
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... souls , and intellects of unusual energy . It requires a persevering toil which few would be con- tented to encounter ; - -a decisive intrepidity of char- ácter , and an untameableness of mental ambition , which very , very few can be ...
... souls , and intellects of unusual energy . It requires a persevering toil which few would be con- tented to encounter ; - -a decisive intrepidity of char- ácter , and an untameableness of mental ambition , which very , very few can be ...
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Страница 286 - The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds; but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought, and nourished up ; and it grew up together with him, and with his children : it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Страница 365 - 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...
Страница 356 - The NORTH, in an unrestrained intercourse with the SOUTH, protected by the equal laws of a common government, finds in the productions of the latter, great additional resources of maritime and commercial enterprise, and precious materials of manufacturing industry. The SOUTH, in the same intercourse benefiting by the agency of the NORTH, sees its agriculture grow, and its commerce expand.
Страница 245 - I send thee ; to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God ; that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified, by faith that is in me.
Страница 118 - To spend too much time in studies, is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar; they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience...
Страница 369 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Страница 364 - 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...
Страница 358 - One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings which spring from these misrepresentations: they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.
Страница 372 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest, who have learned to dance : 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense.
Страница 364 - I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her.