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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... wos able to write wery large , p'r'aps ? " " Yes , Jo , please God , " returns the stationer . " Uncommon precious large , p'r'aps ? " says Jo , with eagerness . " Yes , my poor boy . " Jo laughs 38 DEATH OF POOR JO . Death of Poor.
... wos able to write wery large , p'r'aps ? " " Yes , Jo , please God , " returns the stationer . " Uncommon precious large , p'r'aps ? " says Jo , with eagerness . " Yes , my poor boy . " Jo laughs 38 DEATH OF POOR JO . 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 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 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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Page 299 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Page 51 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 232 - 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' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.
Page 350 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" — The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 319 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied; Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide; And now am I come with this lost love of mine To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Page 388 - O hark, O hear! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther going! O sweet and far from cliff and scar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing! Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying: Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Page 361 - I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; " Good speed ! " cried the watch as the gate-bolts undrew; "Speed!" echoed the wall to us galloping through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast.
Page 326 - Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that ! What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man, for a
Page 232 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...