The Peerless Speaker: Being a Compilation of the Choicest Recitations, Readings and Dialogues from the Most Celebrated Authors, Including Pathetic, Tragic, Humorous and Oratorical Selections, for Schools and Public and Private Entertainments : Also Instructions for the Cultivation of the Voice, Hints on Elocution, Etc., EtcThompson & Thomas, 1905 - 296 pages |
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... give expression to them by the use of words which may not be the same words which he would employ were he not guided by a book . Practically , the use of unfamiliar words and forms in reading is the only real distinction between it and ...
... give expression to them by the use of words which may not be the same words which he would employ were he not guided by a book . Practically , the use of unfamiliar words and forms in reading is the only real distinction between it and ...
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... give to thought its natural expression , but an unnatural , artificial utterance . He who is accustomed to a conver- sational style must break away from it in the expression of dramatic language , and he whose manner is declama- tory ...
... give to thought its natural expression , but an unnatural , artificial utterance . He who is accustomed to a conver- sational style must break away from it in the expression of dramatic language , and he whose manner is declama- tory ...
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... give to you - your hands shall grasp the prize ! The boy arose ; the mother gazed with wonder in her eyes . " I am the MURDERER MARCEL ! I bid you do this thing , Bind you my hands with iron chains , and lead me to the King ! " At morn ...
... give to you - your hands shall grasp the prize ! The boy arose ; the mother gazed with wonder in her eyes . " I am the MURDERER MARCEL ! I bid you do this thing , Bind you my hands with iron chains , and lead me to the King ! " At morn ...
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... how pleased the mother would be , and he thought how hard she worked to give her little boy a musical education , and how many comforts the thalers would buy . Oh , he would work hard for it . The dear mother would 24 FENNO'S FAVORITES .
... how pleased the mother would be , and he thought how hard she worked to give her little boy a musical education , and how many comforts the thalers would buy . Oh , he would work hard for it . The dear mother would 24 FENNO'S FAVORITES .
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... give , But know that in plenty I ever shall live ! A wonderful man , you must allow ; - God bless the bishop , and my new cow ! " TOWNSEND . INDIFFERENCE . [ Original . ] The greatest moral issues have been becalmed by the world's ...
... give , But know that in plenty I ever shall live ! A wonderful man , you must allow ; - God bless the bishop , and my new cow ! " TOWNSEND . INDIFFERENCE . [ Original . ] The greatest moral issues have been becalmed by the world's ...
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Page 94 - Other refuge have I none, Hangs my helpless soul on thee ; Leave, ah ! leave me not alone ; Still support and comfort me ! All my trust on thee is stayed, All my help from thee I bring ; Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of thy wing.
Page 203 - He finds his house in ruins, his farm devastated, his slaves free, his stock killed, his barns empty, his trade destroyed, his money worthless; his social system, feudal in its magnificence, swept away; his people without law or legal status, his comrades slain, and the burdens of others heavy on his shoulders. Crushed by defeat, his very traditions...
Page 54 - The longing for ignoble things, The strife for triumph more than truth, The hardening of the heart, that brings Irreverence for the dreams of youth!
Page 235 - If I were to tell you the story of Napoleon, I should take it from the lips of Frenchmen, who find no language rich enough to paint the great captain of the nineteenth century. Were I...
Page 206 - Mid flowers that never shall fade or fall ; Though mine are the gardens of earth and sea, And the stars themselves have flowers for me. One blossom of Heaven outblooms them all...
Page 209 - While the same sunbeam shines upon The guilty and the guiltless one, And hymns of joy proclaim through heaven The triumph of a soul forgiven.
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Page 205 - ... brave and simple faith. Not for all the glories of New England, from Plymouth Rock all the way, would I exchange the heritage he left me in his soldier's death. To the foot of that shaft I shall send my children's children to reverence him who ennobled their name with his heroic blood.
Page 91 - Jesu, lover of my soul, Let me to Thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is high! Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life is past, Safe into the haven guide; O receive my soul at last!
Page 204 - The old South rested everything on slavery and agriculture, unconscious that these could neither give nor maintain healthy growth. The new South presents a perfect democracy, the oligarchs leading in the popular movement — a social system compact and closely knitted, less splendid on the surface, but stronger at the core — a hundred farms for every plantation, fifty homes for every palace — and a diversified industry that meets the complex needs of this complex age.