The National Fifth Reader: Containing a Treatise on Elocution, Exercises in Reading and Declamation, with Biographical Sketches, and Copious Notes : Adapted to the Use of Students in English and American Literature |
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... bright day , he wept bitterly . 4. In uttering the elements that are represented by the final consonants b , p , d , t , g , and k , the organs of speech should not remain closed at the several pauses of discourse , but should be ...
... bright day , he wept bitterly . 4. In uttering the elements that are represented by the final consonants b , p , d , t , g , and k , the organs of speech should not remain closed at the several pauses of discourse , but should be ...
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... bright leaves we would read the fate of men and empires , — ' tis to be for- given , that , in our aspirations to be great , our destinies o'erleap their mortal state , and claim a kindred with you ; for ye are a BEAUTY and a MYSTERY ...
... bright leaves we would read the fate of men and empires , — ' tis to be for- given , that , in our aspirations to be great , our destinies o'erleap their mortal state , and claim a kindred with you ; for ye are a BEAUTY and a MYSTERY ...
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... bright hair Dabbled in blood ; and he shriek'd out , aloud , - " CLARENCE is come - false , fleeting , perjured Clarence ; SEIZE on him , ye furies , take him to your torments . ” 2. MODERATE PITCH is that which is heard in common ...
... bright hair Dabbled in blood ; and he shriek'd out , aloud , - " CLARENCE is come - false , fleeting , perjured Clarence ; SEIZE on him , ye furies , take him to your torments . ” 2. MODERATE PITCH is that which is heard in common ...
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... bright Along the frozen river , 2 . 8 . And their arrowy sparkles of brilliant light On the forest branches quiver . Away ! away to the rocky glen , Where the deer are wildly bounding ! And the hills shall echo in gladness again , To ...
... bright Along the frozen river , 2 . 8 . And their arrowy sparkles of brilliant light On the forest branches quiver . Away ! away to the rocky glen , Where the deer are wildly bounding ! And the hills shall echo in gladness again , To ...
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... bright fountains ! Thus it is I drink in the starry truth . Science and Art , And Learning pale , all crown my thoughts with flowers ; And Music waiteth on me , sad and sweet ; And great Imagination , for my sake , Lets loose her dreams ...
... bright fountains ! Thus it is I drink in the starry truth . Science and Art , And Learning pale , all crown my thoughts with flowers ; And Music waiteth on me , sad and sweet ; And great Imagination , for my sake , Lets loose her dreams ...
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Page 295 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Page 38 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed — in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of eternity — the throne Of the Invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread fathomless alone.
Page 561 - The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee and arbiter of war,— These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride or spoils of Trafalgar.
Page 189 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school : A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew ; Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
Page 514 - For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am...
Page 190 - Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily care; No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale, No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail ; No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear...
Page 566 - Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, "Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping; and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you.
Page 466 - Ye ice-falls ! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain— Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge ! Motionless torrents ! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the gates of heaven Beneath the keen full moon ? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows ? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet ?— God! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer ! and let the ice-plains echo...
Page 515 - Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die : And that which thou sowest thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain : But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased Him and to every seed his own body.
Page 561 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld thou rollest now.