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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... heart feel young again to see her by his chair , With pretty fingers stroke his beard and comb his grizzled hair . And often on the quiet nights , when stars shone bright and clear , The boatmen on the river paused her joyous songs to ...
... heart feel young again to see her by his chair , With pretty fingers stroke his beard and comb his grizzled hair . And often on the quiet nights , when stars shone bright and clear , The boatmen on the river paused her joyous songs to ...
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... heart the warm blood went and came- The life within him wavered like a feebly - flickering flame But still he lived - he breathed - he moved to Mar- guerite's surprise . One morn he raised his handsome head and looked with open eyes At ...
... heart the warm blood went and came- The life within him wavered like a feebly - flickering flame But still he lived - he breathed - he moved to Mar- guerite's surprise . One morn he raised his handsome head and looked with open eyes At ...
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... heart with hope would swell ; Ah , guileless little Antoinette , the daughter of Marcel . The autumn winds were winged with gold - the swallows homeward flew ; More lovely and more beautiful the little maiden grew ; But passion is a ...
... heart with hope would swell ; Ah , guileless little Antoinette , the daughter of Marcel . The autumn winds were winged with gold - the swallows homeward flew ; More lovely and more beautiful the little maiden grew ; But passion is a ...
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... heart - then from the spot her lovely form he bore , Nor paused to speak until he came to his own cottage door . Close at his heels the village throng came hurrying in surprise , With words of anguish on their lips and horror in their ...
... heart - then from the spot her lovely form he bore , Nor paused to speak until he came to his own cottage door . Close at his heels the village throng came hurrying in surprise , With words of anguish on their lips and horror in their ...
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... heart , and fear upon his face , Till , weak and helpless as a child , upon the earth he fell , Then sank to sweet and calm repose - the murderer Marcel . He reached at last a market town ; he saw a rabble near , Unnoticed in the dusk ...
... heart , and fear upon his face , Till , weak and helpless as a child , upon the earth he fell , Then sank to sweet and calm repose - the murderer Marcel . He reached at last a market town ; he saw a rabble near , Unnoticed in the dusk ...
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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.