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... reason to wonder , " says he , after speak- ing of the qualifications of an Orator , " that a perfect and an accomplished Orator should be one of the characters that is most rarely to be found ! " All the world knows the opinion of ...
... reason to wonder , " says he , after speak- ing of the qualifications of an Orator , " that a perfect and an accomplished Orator should be one of the characters that is most rarely to be found ! " All the world knows the opinion of ...
Page xii
... neither the rising nor the fal- ling inflection . And since these rules cannot account for the proper inflections , there must , it is plain , be some reason why nature inflects with so much propriety and so much X INTRODUCTION .
... neither the rising nor the fal- ling inflection . And since these rules cannot account for the proper inflections , there must , it is plain , be some reason why nature inflects with so much propriety and so much X INTRODUCTION .
Page xix
... reason why some of these sen- tences take the falling and others the rising slide . His negative rule , like his other rules , is founded on a very limited and superficial view of the cause of inflection . He has only observed , and ...
... reason why some of these sen- tences take the falling and others the rising slide . His negative rule , like his other rules , is founded on a very limited and superficial view of the cause of inflection . He has only observed , and ...
Page xx
... reason why the positive member of a sentence should adopt the emphasis with the falling inflection , and the negative member the rising ; certain it is , that this appropriation of emphatic inflection to a positive or nega- tive ...
... reason why the positive member of a sentence should adopt the emphasis with the falling inflection , and the negative member the rising ; certain it is , that this appropriation of emphatic inflection to a positive or nega- tive ...
Page xxvii
... reason , that Walker , aware of the frowning aspect of his system , encourages inquirers not to throw aside in disgust the study of this department of edu- cation , merely because it is burdened with rules and ex- ceptions . And , for ...
... reason , that Walker , aware of the frowning aspect of his system , encourages inquirers not to throw aside in disgust the study of this department of edu- cation , merely because it is burdened with rules and ex- ceptions . And , for ...
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Page 205 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
Page 238 - Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? 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
Page 245 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. "Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene.
Page 232 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave...
Page 218 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array...
Page 283 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Page 253 - As awaked from the dead, And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise ! See the snakes that they rear, How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes!
Page 253 - Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee!
Page 250 - I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father." The boat has left a stormy land, A stormy sea before her, — When, oh ! too strong for human hand. The tempest gathered o'er her.
Page 217 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men...