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Page viii
... Grave of the Beloved , 73. The Gladiator , 74. The Shipwreck , -75 . A Frenchman's Receipt for Ratsbane , 76. March of Del Carpio , 77. Maclaine's Child , 78. Character of Chatham , 79. Vision of Belshazzar , • · · • · PAGE • J ...
... Grave of the Beloved , 73. The Gladiator , 74. The Shipwreck , -75 . A Frenchman's Receipt for Ratsbane , 76. March of Del Carpio , 77. Maclaine's Child , 78. Character of Chatham , 79. Vision of Belshazzar , • · · • · PAGE • J ...
Page xv
... Grave of the Beloved , Burning of the Lexington , PAGE H. W. Beecher , 67 Dr. Nott , 102 Daniel Webster , 59 W. Irving , 155 E. H. Chapin , 399 Lyceum Speech of Mr. Orator Climax , Plea of Sergeant Buzfuz , Early Rising , Fuss at Fires ...
... Grave of the Beloved , Burning of the Lexington , PAGE H. W. Beecher , 67 Dr. Nott , 102 Daniel Webster , 59 W. Irving , 155 E. H. Chapin , 399 Lyceum Speech of Mr. Orator Climax , Plea of Sergeant Buzfuz , Early Rising , Fuss at Fires ...
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... grave importance to the welfare of a whole com munity ; and the thought that , on his success or failure , meas- ures vital to that community may depend , precludes every association of levity or trivial character , or low familiarity ...
... grave importance to the welfare of a whole com munity ; and the thought that , on his success or failure , meas- ures vital to that community may depend , precludes every association of levity or trivial character , or low familiarity ...
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... , requires a corresponding poetic character in gesture . ' 7. Purely poetic compositions require , in epic forms , a grave and majestic style of action , -large in space , INTRODUCTORY REMAHKS ON DECLAMATION . -35 Memory, PAGE.
... , requires a corresponding poetic character in gesture . ' 7. Purely poetic compositions require , in epic forms , a grave and majestic style of action , -large in space , INTRODUCTORY REMAHKS ON DECLAMATION . -35 Memory, PAGE.
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... grave accent ( ` ) indicates , where there is more than one emphatic and italicized word , the exact place on which the ges- ture falls , in coincidence with the accented syllable of the most emphatic word of a clause or sentence . This ...
... grave accent ( ` ) indicates , where there is more than one emphatic and italicized word , the exact place on which the ges- ture falls , in coincidence with the accented syllable of the most emphatic word of a clause or sentence . This ...
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