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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... round about him were dark waters , and thick clouds of the sky . " . We see with what propriety and success the circum- stances of darkness and terror are applied for height- ening the sublime . So , also , the prophet Habakkuk , in a ...
... round about him were dark waters , and thick clouds of the sky . " . We see with what propriety and success the circum- stances of darkness and terror are applied for height- ening the sublime . So , also , the prophet Habakkuk , in a ...
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... round the land ; that cannot be a day of true enjoyment . I have more than once traversed over a field of battle ; I would have been glad to have seen a Nero in my place : the tears of humanity must have burst from him . I know there ...
... round the land ; that cannot be a day of true enjoyment . I have more than once traversed over a field of battle ; I would have been glad to have seen a Nero in my place : the tears of humanity must have burst from him . I know there ...
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... round the dark dwelling of his love . The fleet of the ocean came.- -He fought ; the strangers fled . - He searched for death along the field . But who could slay the mighty Comal ! -He threw away his dark- brown shield . - An arrow ...
... round the dark dwelling of his love . The fleet of the ocean came.- -He fought ; the strangers fled . - He searched for death along the field . But who could slay the mighty Comal ! -He threw away his dark- brown shield . - An arrow ...
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... , than the man , who , standing upon the pigmy eminence of his own self - importance , looks round upon the species , with an eye that never throws a beam of satisfaction on the prospect , but visits with a scowl , 17 44 PROMISCUOUS.
... , than the man , who , standing upon the pigmy eminence of his own self - importance , looks round upon the species , with an eye that never throws a beam of satisfaction on the prospect , but visits with a scowl , 17 44 PROMISCUOUS.
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... round its circle , when my uncle Toby , who had got up an hour before his wonted time , entered the Lieu- tenant's room , and without preface or apology , sat himself down upon the chair by the bedside , and , in- dependently of all ...
... round its circle , when my uncle Toby , who had got up an hour before his wonted time , entered the Lieu- tenant's room , and without preface or apology , sat himself down upon the chair by the bedside , and , in- dependently of all ...
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