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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... his crime . On ! On ! fled gaunt and gray Marcel , with terror in his mind ; Fear gave him superhuman strength to leave his foes behind . He turned from every public place and human form he MARCEL . 19 THE FINDING OF THE CROSS.
... his crime . On ! On ! fled gaunt and gray Marcel , with terror in his mind ; Fear gave him superhuman strength to leave his foes behind . He turned from every public place and human form he MARCEL . 19 THE FINDING OF THE CROSS.
Page 46
... leave the rails ! If - but don't think of it ! Hold fast ! Eight miles in eight minutes , not a second more or less ! The lightning travels faster- — -so does a locomotive ! Four and a half miles to go , four minutes to make it ! We ...
... leave the rails ! If - but don't think of it ! Hold fast ! Eight miles in eight minutes , not a second more or less ! The lightning travels faster- — -so does a locomotive ! Four and a half miles to go , four minutes to make it ! We ...
Page 50
... leaving only sharpened outlines and haggardness of expression . She asked them to sit down , in a listless , uninterested manner ; then , taking a chair herself , she said : — 66 Sissy , give me the baby . " A little girl came forward ...
... leaving only sharpened outlines and haggardness of expression . She asked them to sit down , in a listless , uninterested manner ; then , taking a chair herself , she said : — 66 Sissy , give me the baby . " A little girl came forward ...
Page 63
... leaves , mingling with the moist soil , drinking the gentle dews , cradling a thou- sand tender lives in theirs , and springing again in new forms - an eternal cycle of life and death " forever spent , renewed forever . " We all do fade ...
... leaves , mingling with the moist soil , drinking the gentle dews , cradling a thou- sand tender lives in theirs , and springing again in new forms - an eternal cycle of life and death " forever spent , renewed forever . " We all do fade ...
Page 69
... from the quiver . And I waded atween the long grasses , and felt it was bliss . -So this was the country ; clear dazzle of azure and shiver And whisper of leaves , and a humming all over ECHO AND THE FERRY . 69 How IT STRUCK.
... from the quiver . And I waded atween the long grasses , and felt it was bliss . -So this was the country ; clear dazzle of azure and shiver And whisper of leaves , and a humming all over ECHO AND THE FERRY . 69 How IT STRUCK.
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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.
Page 53 - SAINT AUGUSTINE ! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame...
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.