The Fourth Reader, Or Exercises in Reading and Speaking Designed for the Higher Classes in Our Public and Private SchoolsSanborn & Carter, 1851 - 408 páginas |
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... hour Smile on , my lords ; Who ' ll prove it , at his peril , on Banished ? I thank you for ' t . I held some slack allegiance till But now my sword's my own . I scorn to count what feelings , withered hopes , Strong provocations ...
... hour Smile on , my lords ; Who ' ll prove it , at his peril , on Banished ? I thank you for ' t . I held some slack allegiance till But now my sword's my own . I scorn to count what feelings , withered hopes , Strong provocations ...
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... hour's work ― Will breed proscriptions . Look to your hearths , my lords ; For there henceforth shall sit , for household gods , Shapes hot from Tartarus ! — all shames and crimes ; Wan treachery , with his thirsty dagger drawn ...
... hour's work ― Will breed proscriptions . Look to your hearths , my lords ; For there henceforth shall sit , for household gods , Shapes hot from Tartarus ! — all shames and crimes ; Wan treachery , with his thirsty dagger drawn ...
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... hours in life . EXCEPTION . Strong emphasis sometimes requires the fall- ing inflection on the penultimate pause . EXAMPLE . They rushed through like a hurricàne ; like an army of locusts have they devoured the earth ; the war has ...
... hours in life . EXCEPTION . Strong emphasis sometimes requires the fall- ing inflection on the penultimate pause . EXAMPLE . They rushed through like a hurricàne ; like an army of locusts have they devoured the earth ; the war has ...
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... hour to hour , Drooped wan dejection like a fading flower ! RULE 3. Whatever is grave , solemn or dignified , should generally be read in a moderately deep , full , and firm tone , with few inflections of voice , and slow movement ...
... hour to hour , Drooped wan dejection like a fading flower ! RULE 3. Whatever is grave , solemn or dignified , should generally be read in a moderately deep , full , and firm tone , with few inflections of voice , and slow movement ...
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... hours with flying feet- ( 1 ) But hark ! that heavy sound breaks in once more ; ( i ) And nearer , clearer , deadlier than before ! ( hl ) Arm ! arm ! it is — it is the cannon's opening roar ! ( p ) Ah ! then and there was hurrying to ...
... hours with flying feet- ( 1 ) But hark ! that heavy sound breaks in once more ; ( i ) And nearer , clearer , deadlier than before ! ( hl ) Arm ! arm ! it is — it is the cannon's opening roar ! ( p ) Ah ! then and there was hurrying to ...
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Página 373 - Nor in the embrace of ocean shall exist Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again...
Página 45 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats ; For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.
Página 374 - All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.
Página 384 - All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression.
Página 24 - Some Books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; That is, some Books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some Books also may be read by deputy...
Página 373 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, - the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods - rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Página 40 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.
Página 344 - He thinks the whole world sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions from without begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth.
Página 336 - Called upon by your country to defend its invaded rights, you accepted the sacred charge, before it had formed alliances, and whilst it was without funds or a government to support you. You have conducted the great military contest with wisdom and fortitude, invariably regarding the rights of the civil power through all disasters and changes.
Página 73 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...