The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for Declamation in Schools, Academies, Lyceums, Colleges: Newly Tr. Or Comp. from Celebrated Orators, Authors, and Popular Debaters, Ancient and Modern. A Treatise on Oratory and Elocution. Notes Explanatory and Biographical |
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... fear of change Perplexes Monarchs . The following passage , in which King John takes Hubert aside , and tempts him to undertake the death of Arthur , requires , in the enunciation , a full , audi- ble tone of voice , in a low key : K ...
... fear of change Perplexes Monarchs . The following passage , in which King John takes Hubert aside , and tempts him to undertake the death of Arthur , requires , in the enunciation , a full , audi- ble tone of voice , in a low key : K ...
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... fear , abhorrence , rejection , or dismissal . The outstretched hands , with the palms toward the face of the speaker , denote approval , acceptation , welcoming , and love . The Body . The body , held erect , indicates steadiness and ...
... fear , abhorrence , rejection , or dismissal . The outstretched hands , with the palms toward the face of the speaker , denote approval , acceptation , welcoming , and love . The Body . The body , held erect , indicates steadiness and ...
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... fears , ques- tions , and denies . It expresses joy , sorrow , doubt , acknowledgment , depend- ence , repentance , number and time . Yet , the hand may be so employed as not only to become an unmeaning , but an inconvenient appendage ...
... fears , ques- tions , and denies . It expresses joy , sorrow , doubt , acknowledgment , depend- ence , repentance , number and time . Yet , the hand may be so employed as not only to become an unmeaning , but an inconvenient appendage ...
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... fear also , - a fear greater than of sword and sedition , that dependence on God may be forgotten , because the bread is given and the water is sure ; that gratitude to Him may cease , because His constancy of protection has taken the ...
... fear also , - a fear greater than of sword and sedition , that dependence on God may be forgotten , because the bread is given and the water is sure ; that gratitude to Him may cease , because His constancy of protection has taken the ...
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... fear of ignominy , lay claim to courage ? Unfortunate delinquent ! Do you not see by how many links your victim was bound to a multitude of others ? Does his vain and idle resignation of his title to life absolve you from the enormous ...
... fear of ignominy , lay claim to courage ? Unfortunate delinquent ! Do you not see by how many links your victim was bound to a multitude of others ? Does his vain and idle resignation of his title to life absolve you from the enormous ...
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Adrastus America arms army Athens battle blessings blood Born brave breath Brutus Cæsar Catiline cause civil Cleon Constitution countrymen courage Crown Ctesiphon death Demosthenes died earth elocution eloquence enemy England eternal Europe eyes fall fear feel force France freedom French Revolution Gentlemen give glorious glory Government Greece hand hath heart Heaven Henry Grattan honor hope House human human voice inflection Ireland justice King labor land liberty live Livy look Lord Lucanian mind minister Mirabeau moral Nation nature never noble o'er oppression orator Oratory Original Translation ourselves Parliament Patricians patriotism peace political principles religion Republic Revolution Richard Cromwell Roman Rome ruin sentiments slaves soul sound Spain Spartacus speak speaker speech spirit stand sword syllable tell thee things thou thought tion triumph truth tyrant Union utterance victory virtue voice Warren Hastings words
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Page 501 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost ; And — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 295 - The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop. Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or a very remote, relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore,...
Page 222 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Page 94 - Nay, not so," Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still ; and said, " I pray thee, then, Write me as one that loves his fellow-men.
Page 415 - River where ford there was none : But ere he alighted at Netherby gate The bride had consented, the gallant came late : For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he...
Page 156 - They fought like brave men — long and well; They piled that ground with Moslem slain ; They conquered — but Bozzaris fell, Bleeding at every vein. His few surviving comrades saw His smile when rang their proud hurrah, And the red field was won ; Then saw in death his eyelids close Calmly, as to a night's repose, Like flowers at set of sun.
Page 415 - While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whispered, "Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear. When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung! "She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur: They'll have fleet steeds that...
Page 495 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 126 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers ! hear me for my cause ; and be silent, that you may hear : believe me for mine honor : and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe : censure me in your wisdom ; and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 281 - Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation?