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 56
... never become elevated above his senses , and , and intellectual being , and , of course , not MAN , in the true ... never kneel at a gilded shrine , To worship the idol - gold ; I would never fetter this heart of mine , As a thing - for ...
... never become elevated above his senses , and , and intellectual being , and , of course , not MAN , in the true ... never kneel at a gilded shrine , To worship the idol - gold ; I would never fetter this heart of mine , As a thing - for ...
Page 58
... never said what I said you said : now , if you say that you did not say , what I said you said , then pray what did you say ? 160. The first step to improvement is , to awaken the desire of improvement : whatev- er interests the heart ...
... never said what I said you said : now , if you say that you did not say , what I said you said , then pray what did you say ? 160. The first step to improvement is , to awaken the desire of improvement : whatev- er interests the heart ...
Page 63
... never shamed . 2. What soberness conceals , drunkenness - reveals . 3. Be you ever so high , the law is above you . 4 A mob - has many heads , but no brains . 5. A poor man's debt makes a -are always med- great noise . 6. Busy - bodies ...
... never shamed . 2. What soberness conceals , drunkenness - reveals . 3. Be you ever so high , the law is above you . 4 A mob - has many heads , but no brains . 5. A poor man's debt makes a -are always med- great noise . 6. Busy - bodies ...
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... Never profess - what you do not practice . 12 . Treat every one with kindness . that has kept time - from eternity . Anecdote . Keeping Time - from Eter . 179. Classification of the Consonants . nity . Chief Justice Parsons , of ...
... Never profess - what you do not practice . 12 . Treat every one with kindness . that has kept time - from eternity . Anecdote . Keeping Time - from Eter . 179. Classification of the Consonants . nity . Chief Justice Parsons , of ...
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... never can succeed in accomplishing one half of the glorious purposes of language , so long as we apply our- selves to what is written , and neglect what is spoken . 2. A new field presents itself ; and when we shall have entered it , in ...
... never can succeed in accomplishing one half of the glorious purposes of language , so long as we apply our- selves to what is written , and neglect what is spoken . 2. A new field presents itself ; and when we shall have entered it , in ...
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