The elocutionist, a collection of pieces in prose and verse [by various authors, ed.] by J.S. KnowlesJames Sheridan Knowles 1825 |
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... hand , Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold , Satan exalted sat ! RULES FOR THE INFLECTING OF SEN- TENCES , OR PARTS OF SENTENCES . Rule I. - The Falling Inflection takes place where the sense is complete and independent ...
... hand , Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold , Satan exalted sat ! RULES FOR THE INFLECTING OF SEN- TENCES , OR PARTS OF SENTENCES . Rule I. - The Falling Inflection takes place where the sense is complete and independent ...
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... hand - the murderer , & c . Here we should have a series of three members , and we should call it a commencing series . Now this , according to Mr. Walker , is an example of a direct period , commencing with a participle of the present ...
... hand - the murderer , & c . Here we should have a series of three members , and we should call it a commencing series . Now this , according to Mr. Walker , is an example of a direct period , commencing with a participle of the present ...
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... hands besides their own ' ? who have only to wish and to have ? -Let the minion of fortune answer you . ( 2 ) Are they those whom want compels to toil for their daily meal , or [ and ] nightly pillow - who have no treasure , but the ...
... hands besides their own ' ? who have only to wish and to have ? -Let the minion of fortune answer you . ( 2 ) Are they those whom want compels to toil for their daily meal , or [ and ] nightly pillow - who have no treasure , but the ...
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... hand ' ; When the ripe colours soften and unite , And sweetly melt into just shade and light ' ; When mellowing years their full perfection give , And the bold figure just begins to live'- The treacherous colours the fair art betray ...
... hand ' ; When the ripe colours soften and unite , And sweetly melt into just shade and light ' ; When mellowing years their full perfection give , And the bold figure just begins to live'- The treacherous colours the fair art betray ...
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... hand , to terminate the scene of misery ; but happily the contempt of death forsakes him at a time when it could only be prejudi- cial ; and life acquires an imaginary value , in proportion as its real value is no more . Our attachment ...
... hand , to terminate the scene of misery ; but happily the contempt of death forsakes him at a time when it could only be prejudi- cial ; and life acquires an imaginary value , in proportion as its real value is no more . Our attachment ...
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