The American Union Speaker: Containing Standard and Recent Selections in Prose and Poetry, for Recitation and Declamation, in Schools, Academies and Colleges : with Introductory Remarks on Elocution, and Explanatory Notes |
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... fear . 7. t , feet . 15. n , seen . 23. ng , sing . 16. y , yea . 8. d , feed . 24. h , hay . Pronounce the word eve , for example , slowly and distinctly , observing the sounds which compose the word , and the movements of the organs ...
... fear . 7. t , feet . 15. n , seen . 23. ng , sing . 16. y , yea . 8. d , feed . 24. h , hay . Pronounce the word eve , for example , slowly and distinctly , observing the sounds which compose the word , and the movements of the organs ...
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... fear , and grief . The following examples may serve as illus- trations : Last came Joy's ecstatic trial : He , with viny crown advancing , First to the lively ripe his hand addressed : But soon he saw the brisk , awakening viol , Whose ...
... fear , and grief . The following examples may serve as illus- trations : Last came Joy's ecstatic trial : He , with viny crown advancing , First to the lively ripe his hand addressed : But soon he saw the brisk , awakening viol , Whose ...
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... fear ' t , but you maun love ' t ; and there's no a voice in all his Majesty's dominions , better framed by nature to hold communion with friend or foe . " The quality of voice to which I would here call special attention , is called ...
... fear ' t , but you maun love ' t ; and there's no a voice in all his Majesty's dominions , better framed by nature to hold communion with friend or foe . " The quality of voice to which I would here call special attention , is called ...
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... fear , and obey a power which they hate ; - we serve a monarch whom we love , a God whom we adore .. Wherever they move in anger , desola- tion tracks their progress . Wherever they pause in amity , affliction mourns their friendship ...
... fear , and obey a power which they hate ; - we serve a monarch whom we love , a God whom we adore .. Wherever they move in anger , desola- tion tracks their progress . Wherever they pause in amity , affliction mourns their friendship ...
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... fears , and perturbations , and prejudices ; able to comprehend and interpret the works of man , of God ; a rich , flourishing , cultivated mind , furnished with inexhaustible stores of entertainment and reflection ; a perpetual spring ...
... fears , and perturbations , and prejudices ; able to comprehend and interpret the works of man , of God ; a rich , flourishing , cultivated mind , furnished with inexhaustible stores of entertainment and reflection ; a perpetual spring ...
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