The American Speaker: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and Exercises on Pronunciation, Pauses, Inflections, Accent, and Emphasis : Also, Copious Extracts in Prose and Poetry, Calculated to Assist the Teacher, and to Improve the Pupil in Reading and RecitationThomas, Cowperthwait, & Company, 1845 - 448 páginas |
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... believe a thinking being , that is in a perpetual progress of improvement ' , and travelling on from perfection to perfection , after having just looked abroad into the works of its Creator ' , and made a few discoveries of his infinite ...
... believe a thinking being , that is in a perpetual progress of improvement ' , and travelling on from perfection to perfection , after having just looked abroad into the works of its Creator ' , and made a few discoveries of his infinite ...
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... believe that we have any other option left . The time will certainly come when the fated separa- tion must take place , whether you will or no ; for so it is decreed by the very nature of things , the progressive in- crease of our ...
... believe that we have any other option left . The time will certainly come when the fated separa- tion must take place , whether you will or no ; for so it is decreed by the very nature of things , the progressive in- crease of our ...
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... believe the hour is come . My judg- ment approves this measure , and my whole heart is in it . All that I have , and all that I am , and all that I hope , in this life , I am now ready here to stake upon it ; and I leave off as I begun ...
... believe the hour is come . My judg- ment approves this measure , and my whole heart is in it . All that I have , and all that I am , and all that I hope , in this life , I am now ready here to stake upon it ; and I leave off as I begun ...
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... believe me on my word . I will not pretend , like my honourable col- league , to describe to you the waste , the ravages , and the horrors of war . I have not the same harmonious periods , nor the same musical tones ; neither shall I ...
... believe me on my word . I will not pretend , like my honourable col- league , to describe to you the waste , the ravages , and the horrors of war . I have not the same harmonious periods , nor the same musical tones ; neither shall I ...
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... believe , with my honourable colleague , that three - fourths of America are opposed to vigorous measures . I cannot believe that they will meanly refuse to pay the sums needful to vindicate their honour 10 MORRIS . 109.
... believe , with my honourable colleague , that three - fourths of America are opposed to vigorous measures . I cannot believe that they will meanly refuse to pay the sums needful to vindicate their honour 10 MORRIS . 109.
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Términos y frases comunes
accent Æneid American antithesis arms army beauty blessings blood bosom brave British cæsura called cause character circumflex COMMENCING constitution danger dare death dread earth emphasis emphatic word enemies England EXAMPLES falling inflection fame fathers fear feel force France gentleman give glory grave grave accent Greece hand happiness hath heart heaven helmet of Navarre Henry of Navarre holy alliance honour hope human independence inflection takes place justice king land laws liberty Lochinvar look means measure MEMBERS.-RULE ment mind mountains nation nature never noble o'er object opinion palæstra passions pause peace pleasure principles pronounced reason rising inflection ruin RULE Samian wine sense sentence smile soul Spain spirit sword syllable thee thing thou thought thousand tion tone true truth verse victory Virgil Virginia virtue voice warrior waves whole WILLIAM PENN
Pasajes populares
Página 320 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Página 92 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Página 94 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable; and let it come!! I repeat it, sir, let it come!!! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace; but there is no peace.
Página 94 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the bra«ve. Besides, sir, we have no election! If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest.
Página 207 - The isles of Greece ! the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Página 92 - Are we disposed to be of the number of those who having eyes see not, and having ears hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and to provide for it.
Página 381 - Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder and grow sick at heart — Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings ; while from all around — Earth and her waters, and the depths of air — Comes a still voice.
Página 44 - Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy ! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings ; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Página 274 - And now, when comes the calm, mild day, as still such days will come, To call the squirrel and the bee from out their winter home...
Página 73 - I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow : when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.