The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending a Diversity of Oratorical Specimens, of the Eloquence of Popular Assemblies, of the Bar, of the Pulpit, &c. Principally Intended for the Use of Schools and Academies. To which are Prefixed a Dissertation on Oratorical Delivery and the Outlines of GestureSidney's Press, for John Babcock & Son, New-Haven, and S. & W.R. Babcock, Charleston, S.C., 1819 - 408 |
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Strona 82
... observe the proper stops , or lay a wrong emphasis . You will take care to open your teeth when you speak , to articulate every word distinctly , and to beg of any friend you converse with , to remind you if ever you fall into the rapid ...
... observe the proper stops , or lay a wrong emphasis . You will take care to open your teeth when you speak , to articulate every word distinctly , and to beg of any friend you converse with , to remind you if ever you fall into the rapid ...
Strona 85
... observe , that spoken language has a great superiority over written lan- guage , in point of energy or force . The voice of the living speaker makes an impression on the mind , much stronger than can be made by the perusal of any ...
... observe , that spoken language has a great superiority over written lan- guage , in point of energy or force . The voice of the living speaker makes an impression on the mind , much stronger than can be made by the perusal of any ...
Strona 107
... observe . " He looked again , and beheld a vessel arrive at the desolate isle . What words can paint the rapture of the starving merchant , when the captain offered to transport him to his native country , if he would re- ward him with ...
... observe . " He looked again , and beheld a vessel arrive at the desolate isle . What words can paint the rapture of the starving merchant , when the captain offered to transport him to his native country , if he would re- ward him with ...
Strona 107
... observe . " He looked again , and beheld a vessel arrive at the desolate isle . What words can paint the rapture of the starving merchant , when the captain offered to transport him to his native country , if he would re- ward him with ...
... observe . " He looked again , and beheld a vessel arrive at the desolate isle . What words can paint the rapture of the starving merchant , when the captain offered to transport him to his native country , if he would re- ward him with ...
Strona 111
... observation , which , to any extent , is no common employment , either of youth or any later age . Men realize their existence to the surrounding objects that act upon them , and form the interests of self , rather than that very self ...
... observation , which , to any extent , is no common employment , either of youth or any later age . Men realize their existence to the surrounding objects that act upon them , and form the interests of self , rather than that very self ...
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Strona 223 - And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Strona 221 - The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Strona 180 - I send thee ; to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God ; that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified, by faith that is in me.
Strona 300 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Strona 292 - ... security from external danger, a less frequent interruption of their peace by foreign nations; and what is of inestimable value, they must derive from Union an...
Strona 298 - Their dearest action in the tented field; And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle ; And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience...
Strona 301 - With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and...
Strona 292 - The East, in a like intercourse with the West, already finds, and in the progressive improvement of interior communications by land and water will more and more find, a valuable vent for the commodities which it brings from abroad or manufactures at home.
Strona 223 - But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet...
Strona 81 - ... twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theatre of others.