Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainment: Arranged for the Exercises of the School, College and Public Reader, with Elocutionary AdviceRobert McLean Cumnock |
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... laughter or sensation , while , on the other hand , all pieces , however elegant in style , yet not adapted to the purposes of Reading and Speaking , have been rejected . The variety of the selections , added to the fact.
... laughter or sensation , while , on the other hand , all pieces , however elegant in style , yet not adapted to the purposes of Reading and Speaking , have been rejected . The variety of the selections , added to the fact.
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... Yes , Jo , please God , " returns the stationer . " Uncommon precious large , p'r'aps ? " says Jo , with eagerness . " Yes , my poor boy . " Jo laughs 388 DEATH OF POOR JO . 'Tis the Last Rose of Summer Death of Poor.
... Yes , Jo , please God , " returns the stationer . " Uncommon precious large , p'r'aps ? " says Jo , with eagerness . " Yes , my poor boy . " Jo laughs 388 DEATH OF POOR JO . 'Tis the Last Rose of Summer Death of Poor.
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... laughs with pleasure . " Wot I was thinkin ' on then , Mr. Sangsby , wos , that wen I was moved on as fur as ever I could go and could n't be moved no furder , whether you might be so good , p'r'aps , as to write out , wery large so ...
... laughs with pleasure . " Wot I was thinkin ' on then , Mr. Sangsby , wos , that wen I was moved on as fur as ever I could go and could n't be moved no furder , whether you might be so good , p'r'aps , as to write out , wery large so ...
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... laugh . I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here , But the old three - cornered hat , And the breeches , and all that , Are so queer ! And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring , Let them smile ...
... laugh . I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here , But the old three - cornered hat , And the breeches , and all that , Are so queer ! And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring , Let them smile ...
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... laugh 1 When thou art gone , the solemn brood of care Plod on , and each one , as before , will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments , and shall come And make their bed with thee . As ...
... laugh 1 When thou art gone , the solemn brood of care Plod on , and each one , as before , will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments , and shall come And make their bed with thee . As ...
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ALFRED TENNYSON angels Annabel Lee arms beautiful bells blood blow brave breast breath Bregenz BRET HARTE brow captain CHARLES DICKENS child cloud Connor cried dark dead dear death deep Dora eyes face father fear Fezziwig Fontenoy give glottis grave hair hand head hear heard heart heaven helmet of Navarre Henry Henry of Navarre HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW honor King kiss lady Lars Porsena laugh light lips living look Lord loud mother never night o'er once Orotund pale pass poor prayer roar rose round SAMUEL LOVER Sandalphon seemed Senator shout silent sleep smile soul sound squire stand star stood sweet tears tell thee there's thing THOMAS HOOD thou thought tone TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE turned voice wave Weller Whig wild wind word young