A system of elocution based upon grammatical analysisT. Laurie, 1869 - 432 pages |
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... the Wicked The Death of Christ Indifference to Matters of Religion Foster 170 Addison 171 Chalmers 173 Book of Job 178 Balfour 179 Montgomery 181 Boyd 182 • PAGE The Hope of Heaven The Inquisition The Hatefulness of vi CONTENTS .
... the Wicked The Death of Christ Indifference to Matters of Religion Foster 170 Addison 171 Chalmers 173 Book of Job 178 Balfour 179 Montgomery 181 Boyd 182 • PAGE The Hope of Heaven The Inquisition The Hatefulness of vi CONTENTS .
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... Christ Indifference to Matters of Religion Boyd . • Guthrie Macleod Hall Alison . Chalmers Foster 162 163 • 164 . 166 169 170 Addison 171 Chalmers 173 Book of Job 178 Balfour 179 Montgomery 181 182 PAGE The Hope of Heaven Caird 184 The ...
... Christ Indifference to Matters of Religion Boyd . • Guthrie Macleod Hall Alison . Chalmers Foster 162 163 • 164 . 166 169 170 Addison 171 Chalmers 173 Book of Job 178 Balfour 179 Montgomery 181 182 PAGE The Hope of Heaven Caird 184 The ...
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... Christ Ross 199 Silent Prayers 205 . Prophecies concerning Christ Book of Isaiah 206 GENERAL ORATORY . Education in Scotland . Disraeli 208 Education of the Working Classes Russell 211 Address to the Edinburgh Burns ' Club Blackie 213 ...
... Christ Ross 199 Silent Prayers 205 . Prophecies concerning Christ Book of Isaiah 206 GENERAL ORATORY . Education in Scotland . Disraeli 208 Education of the Working Classes Russell 211 Address to the Edinburgh Burns ' Club Blackie 213 ...
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... Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful ! — Near a whole city full , Home she had none.- Sisterly , brotherly ; Fatherly , motherly , Feelings had changed : Love , by harsh evidence , Thrown from its eminence , Even God's ...
... Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful ! — Near a whole city full , Home she had none.- Sisterly , brotherly ; Fatherly , motherly , Feelings had changed : Love , by harsh evidence , Thrown from its eminence , Even God's ...
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... . EXAMPLE : - How like a fawning publican he looks ! I hate him , for he is a Christian ; But more for that in low simplicity , He lends out money gratis , and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice . THE PASSIONS . 45.
... . EXAMPLE : - How like a fawning publican he looks ! I hate him , for he is a Christian ; But more for that in low simplicity , He lends out money gratis , and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice . THE PASSIONS . 45.
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Page 45 - How like a fawning publican he looks ! I hate him for he Is a Christian : But more, for that, in low simplicity, He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice.
Page 81 - 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' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.
Page 139 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,— " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore: Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore !" Quoth the Raven,
Page 385 - 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. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.
Page 390 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on : 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the " Nervii: Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Page 348 - Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night. Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny What I have spoke: but farewell compliment! Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say 'Ay,' And I will take thy word: yet, if thou swear'st, Thou mayst prove false; at lovers' perjuries, They say, Jove laughs.
Page 386 - Who is here so base, that would be a bondman ? If any, speak ; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude, that would not be a Roman ? If any, speak ; for him have I offended.
Page 347 - The orchard walls are high, and hard to climb; And the place death, considering who thou art, If any of my kinsmen find thee here.
Page 51 - Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, "To tempt the dangerous gloom; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom. "Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still; And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will.
Page 45 - O curse of marriage, That we can call these delicate creatures ours, And not their appetites! I had rather be a toad, And live upon the vapour of a dungeon, Than keep a corner in the thing I love, For others