Primer of Elocution and Action |
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It is for us , the living , rather , to be dedicated here to the unfinished work they have thus far so nobly carried on . It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us ; that from these honored dead we ...
It is for us , the living , rather , to be dedicated here to the unfinished work they have thus far so nobly carried on . It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us ; that from these honored dead we ...
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Page 168 - And he was angry, and would not go in : therefore came his father out, and entreated him. And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment : and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends : but as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Page 178 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers ! hear me for my cause, and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe : censure me in your -wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
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Page 169 - ... twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this overdone or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure of which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theatre of others.
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Page 115 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He returning chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?
Bibliographic information
| Title | Primer of Elocution and Action |
| Author | Frank Townsend Southwick |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | E.S. Werner, 1896 |
| Length | 244 pages |
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