The Fifth, Or, Elocutionary Reader, in which the Principles of Elocution are Illustrated by Reading Exercises in Connection with the Rules : Designed for the Use of Schools and Academies |
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... distin- guished of the Roman orators , born 107 , B. C. • Archias , a Grecian poet , who flourished about 716 , B. C. give strength in youth , and joy in old age TOWN'S ELOCUTIONARY READER . 27 LESSON Distant View of the Ocean,
... distin- guished of the Roman orators , born 107 , B. C. • Archias , a Grecian poet , who flourished about 716 , B. C. give strength in youth , and joy in old age TOWN'S ELOCUTIONARY READER . 27 LESSON Distant View of the Ocean,
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... Romans were a brave people 2. Cæsar conquered Gaul . 3. Virtue is a shining ornament . 4. Titus , a Roman general , took Jerusalem . 5. An honest man is the noblest work of God . QUESTIONS . What is a concluding series ? Give an example ...
... Romans were a brave people 2. Cæsar conquered Gaul . 3. Virtue is a shining ornament . 4. Titus , a Roman general , took Jerusalem . 5. An honest man is the noblest work of God . QUESTIONS . What is a concluding series ? Give an example ...
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... Roman generals ; but he could not conquer the country , nor take the city of Rome . 3. When the northern Barbarians poured down upon the fertile plains of Italy , and desolated the country with fire and sword , the Romans had become so ...
... Roman generals ; but he could not conquer the country , nor take the city of Rome . 3. When the northern Barbarians poured down upon the fertile plains of Italy , and desolated the country with fire and sword , the Romans had become so ...
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... Roman ear ! O sacred privilege of Roman citizenship ! once sacred · -now TRAMPLED upon ! QUESTION . HOW should words used as exclamations and interjections be read ? Give examples . EXERCISE . 1. The clock struck , and the wretched ...
... Roman ear ! O sacred privilege of Roman citizenship ! once sacred · -now TRAMPLED upon ! QUESTION . HOW should words used as exclamations and interjections be read ? Give examples . EXERCISE . 1. The clock struck , and the wretched ...
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... Roman orators , and a consul of Rome . Longinus , ( Cas- sius , ) a Platonic philosopher , and rhetorician . He died A. D. 275 . possessed most delicacy ; Aristotle , a most correctness . TOWN'S ELOCUTIONARY READER . 65 Supposed Speech ...
... Roman orators , and a consul of Rome . Longinus , ( Cas- sius , ) a Platonic philosopher , and rhetorician . He died A. D. 275 . possessed most delicacy ; Aristotle , a most correctness . TOWN'S ELOCUTIONARY READER . 65 Supposed Speech ...
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Page 192 - You have done that you should be sorry for. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats; For I am arm'd so strong in honesty, That they pass by me as the idle wind Which I respect not.
Page 334 - I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Page 234 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid; Star of the east, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 330 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene...
Page 337 - These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire. There were indeed some persons, but their number was very small, that continued a kind of hobbling march on the broken arches, but fell through one after another, being quite tired and spent with so long a walk.
Page 439 - Signior Antonio, many a time and oft In the Rialto you have rated me About my moneys and my usances : Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe. You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own.
Page 141 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they?
Page 335 - The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery ; and the tide of water that thou seest, is part of the great tide of eternity.
Page 142 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up.
Page 93 - There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.