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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Page xviii
... master of the Athe- nians , and give laws to all Greece ? You are perpetually asking me how are we to ac- complish ' it - How are we to accomplish it ' ! Do you think you will accomplish it by fearing to attempt it ? 2. When a question ...
... master of the Athe- nians , and give laws to all Greece ? You are perpetually asking me how are we to ac- complish ' it - How are we to accomplish it ' ! Do you think you will accomplish it by fearing to attempt it ? 2. When a question ...
Page xxii
... master's mind ' ; Where a new world leaps out at his command , And ready nature waits upon his hand ' ; When the ripe colours soften and unite , And sweetly melt into just shade and light ' ; When mellowing years their full perfection ...
... master's mind ' ; Where a new world leaps out at his command , And ready nature waits upon his hand ' ; When the ripe colours soften and unite , And sweetly melt into just shade and light ' ; When mellowing years their full perfection ...
Page xxix
... masters both by sea and land ; when their troops and forts surrounded the entire circuit of Attica ; when they possessed Eu- boea , Tanagra , the whole Boeotian district , Megara , Ægina , Cleone , and the other islands ; while this ...
... masters both by sea and land ; when their troops and forts surrounded the entire circuit of Attica ; when they possessed Eu- boea , Tanagra , the whole Boeotian district , Megara , Ægina , Cleone , and the other islands ; while this ...
Page 36
... master of four men's and two women's boats , had ninety tubs of oil in his winter habitation , and five and twenty seals buried in the snow , against the season of darkness . When he saw the beauty of Ajut , he immediately threw over ...
... master of four men's and two women's boats , had ninety tubs of oil in his winter habitation , and five and twenty seals buried in the snow , against the season of darkness . When he saw the beauty of Ajut , he immediately threw over ...
Page 53
... masters . It is a means by which they provoke that agitation and hurry of spirits , which enable them to take possession of their readers ; and which consists in bringing contraries into sudden collision . The luxuriant valley opens ...
... masters . It is a means by which they provoke that agitation and hurry of spirits , which enable them to take possession of their readers ; and which consists in bringing contraries into sudden collision . The luxuriant valley opens ...
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