Elocution; Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of Reading and Speaking; and Designed for the Development and Cultivation of Both Body and Mind ... Illustrated by Two Or Three Hundred Choice Anecdotes; Three Thousand Oratorical and Poetical Readings; Five Thousand Proverbs, Maxims and Laconics, and Several Hundred Elegant Engravings |
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Page 28
... Father ! these Are but the varied God . The rolling year Is full of thee . Forth in the pleasing spring Thy beauty walks , thy tenderness and love . Wide flush the fields ; the soft'ning air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the ...
... Father ! these Are but the varied God . The rolling year Is full of thee . Forth in the pleasing spring Thy beauty walks , thy tenderness and love . Wide flush the fields ; the soft'ning air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the ...
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... father , aw - ful , me - tre , bi - ble , are shut , discrete , or short , when followed in the same syllable by a ... fathers - where are they ? The waves , that brought them o'er , Still roll in the bay , and throw their spray , As ...
... father , aw - ful , me - tre , bi - ble , are shut , discrete , or short , when followed in the same syllable by a ... fathers - where are they ? The waves , that brought them o'er , Still roll in the bay , and throw their spray , As ...
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... father . 111. Irregulars . Gh , in a few words , has this sound : tho ' , strictly speaking , the h is silent . The ghast - ly bur - gher stood a- ghast to see the ghost of the ghyll , eat the ghas - tly gher - kins in the ghos - tly ...
... father . 111. Irregulars . Gh , in a few words , has this sound : tho ' , strictly speaking , the h is silent . The ghast - ly bur - gher stood a- ghast to see the ghost of the ghyll , eat the ghas - tly gher - kins in the ghos - tly ...
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... fathers- weigh the souls of their children against money , and the twelve dollar teacher is em- ployed . A man in ... father will superintend the hired man , ascertained . Be not discouraged at the and have things so arranged - as not ...
... fathers- weigh the souls of their children against money , and the twelve dollar teacher is em- ployed . A man in ... father will superintend the hired man , ascertained . Be not discouraged at the and have things so arranged - as not ...
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... father , wish- ing to dissuade his daughter from all thoughts of matrimony , quoted the words : " She who marries , doeth well ; but she who marries not , doeth better . " The daughter , meekly replied , " Father , I am content to do ...
... father , wish- ing to dissuade his daughter from all thoughts of matrimony , quoted the words : " She who marries , doeth well ; but she who marries not , doeth better . " The daughter , meekly replied , " Father , I am content to do ...
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