The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for Declamation in Schools, Academies, Lyceums, Colleges ; Newly Translated Or Compiled from Celebrated Orators, Authors and Popular Debaters, Ancient and Modern. A Treatise on Oratory and Elocution. Notes Explanatory and Biographical |
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... thou abuse our patience ? " The right assumption of the keys constitutes what may be termed the feeling of a composition ; -without it , acting is lifeless , and argument tiresome . It is & want of this variety which distinguishes the ...
... thou abuse our patience ? " The right assumption of the keys constitutes what may be termed the feeling of a composition ; -without it , acting is lifeless , and argument tiresome . It is & want of this variety which distinguishes the ...
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... thou possessed with a thousand wrongs ; Or if that thou couldst see me without eyes , Hear me without thine ears , and make reply Without a tongue , using conceit alone , Without eyes , ears , and harmful sound of words , - Then , in ...
... thou possessed with a thousand wrongs ; Or if that thou couldst see me without eyes , Hear me without thine ears , and make reply Without a tongue , using conceit alone , Without eyes , ears , and harmful sound of words , - Then , in ...
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... thou dost slander her and torture me , Never pray more ; abandon all remorse ; On horror's head horrors accumulate ; Do deeds to make Heaven weep , all earth amazed . For nothing canst thou to damnation add Greater than this ! III ...
... thou dost slander her and torture me , Never pray more ; abandon all remorse ; On horror's head horrors accumulate ; Do deeds to make Heaven weep , all earth amazed . For nothing canst thou to damnation add Greater than this ! III ...
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... thou make the most of life , wouldst thou have the joy of the present , -let Thought's invisible shuttles weave full in the loom of Time the moment's passing threads . To think is to live ; but with how many are these passing hours as ...
... thou make the most of life , wouldst thou have the joy of the present , -let Thought's invisible shuttles weave full in the loom of Time the moment's passing threads . To think is to live ; but with how many are these passing hours as ...
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... thou bless me ; bless me , then , To - day ! O sweet garden of To - day , let me gather of thee , precious Eden ; I have stolen bitter knowledge , give me fruits of life To - day . O true temple of To - day , let me worship in thee ...
... thou bless me ; bless me , then , To - day ! O sweet garden of To - day , let me gather of thee , precious Eden ; I have stolen bitter knowledge , give me fruits of life To - day . O true temple of To - day , let me worship in thee ...
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