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... tion , and that his system of rules has been pro- mulgated , so far as we know , by every teacher in the empire . This , however , did not appear to us a powerful , or an unanswerable argument . Our view of the subject , briefly stated ...
... tion , and that his system of rules has been pro- mulgated , so far as we know , by every teacher in the empire . This , however , did not appear to us a powerful , or an unanswerable argument . Our view of the subject , briefly stated ...
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... tion , and that his system of rules has been pro- mulgated , so far as we know , by every teacher in the empire . This , however , did not appear to us a powerful , or an unanswerable argument . Our view of the subject , briefly stated ...
... tion , and that his system of rules has been pro- mulgated , so far as we know , by every teacher in the empire . This , however , did not appear to us a powerful , or an unanswerable argument . Our view of the subject , briefly stated ...
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... tion to the Righteous Man , Massillon , 170 A Monarch may be Great , but he is not on that account Happy , Ibid . 172 Prayer , the Duty of all , Ibid . 173 ELOQUENCE OF THE BAR . Remarks on Eloquence , Demosthenes ' Oration for the ...
... tion to the Righteous Man , Massillon , 170 A Monarch may be Great , but he is not on that account Happy , Ibid . 172 Prayer , the Duty of all , Ibid . 173 ELOQUENCE OF THE BAR . Remarks on Eloquence , Demosthenes ' Oration for the ...
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... tion , become accomplished Orators , neither indeed is it ne- cessary ; but " there is a wide interval , " as Blair observes , " between mediocrity and perfection . " Waving the sub- ject of difficulties , we are of opinion , that the ...
... tion , become accomplished Orators , neither indeed is it ne- cessary ; but " there is a wide interval , " as Blair observes , " between mediocrity and perfection . " Waving the sub- ject of difficulties , we are of opinion , that the ...
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... tion , he is justly and most unequivocally entitled . But such men have existed , who , slaves to envy , malice , pre- judice , or education , have endeavoured to wrest even from Walker this his peculiar tribute . And of such he had to ...
... tion , he is justly and most unequivocally entitled . But such men have existed , who , slaves to envy , malice , pre- judice , or education , have endeavoured to wrest even from Walker this his peculiar tribute . And of such he had to ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
answer arms beauty behold Blackwood's Magazine blessing Bolus bosom Brutus Cæsar Catholics character cried death Demosthenes despair downward slide earth Edinburgh Review Elocutionists eloquence emphatic equal ERIN GO BRAGH eternal extract eyes fair falling inflection father favour fear feel give glory grave hand happy hast hath hear heard heart heaven honour hope interrogative interrogative words Ivanhoe King Lady language Latin Latin language laws live Lochinvar look Lord Massillon master ment mind nature never night o'er observations once Orator passion peace person phatic poor praise prayer pride principles question racter Rebecca reign rising inflection rising slide Rowena rule sense sentences sigh Sir John Moore Socrates soul speak spirit sweet tears tell tences thee thing thou thought throne tion truth Twas uncle Toby virtue Walker words
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 205 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
Seite 238 - Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? 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
Seite 245 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. "Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene.
Seite 232 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave...
Seite 218 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array...
Seite 283 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Seite 253 - As awaked from the dead, And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise ! See the snakes that they rear, How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes!
Seite 253 - Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee!
Seite 250 - I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father." The boat has left a stormy land, A stormy sea before her, — When, oh ! too strong for human hand. The tempest gathered o'er her.
Seite 217 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men...