The practical elocutionistPiper, Stephenson and Spence, 1854 - 444 pages |
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... soon be won . " And were not these high words to flow From woman's breaking heart ? Through all that night of bitterest woe She bore her lofty part ; But oh ! with such a glazing eye , With such a curdling cheek- Love , love ! of mortal ...
... soon be won . " And were not these high words to flow From woman's breaking heart ? Through all that night of bitterest woe She bore her lofty part ; But oh ! with such a glazing eye , With such a curdling cheek- Love , love ! of mortal ...
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... soon from guest to guest the panic spread . ' Twas but that instant she had left Francesco , Laughing and looking back and flying still , Her ivory tooth imprinted on his finger . But now , alas , she was not to be found ; Nor from that ...
... soon from guest to guest the panic spread . ' Twas but that instant she had left Francesco , Laughing and looking back and flying still , Her ivory tooth imprinted on his finger . But now , alas , she was not to be found ; Nor from that ...
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... soon must drip with blood- With slow and steady step there came a lady through the hall , And breathless silence chain'd the lips , and touch'd the hearts of all ; Rich were the sable robes she wore - her white veil round her fell- And ...
... soon must drip with blood- With slow and steady step there came a lady through the hall , And breathless silence chain'd the lips , and touch'd the hearts of all ; Rich were the sable robes she wore - her white veil round her fell- And ...
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... soon . But small that portion of the wondrous whole , These sparkling segments of that circling soul , Which all embraced and lightened over all , To cheer - to pierce - to please - or to appal : From the charmed council to the festive ...
... soon . But small that portion of the wondrous whole , These sparkling segments of that circling soul , Which all embraced and lightened over all , To cheer - to pierce - to please - or to appal : From the charmed council to the festive ...
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... Soon rested those who fought ; but thou Who minglest in the harder strife , For truths which men receive not now , Thy warfare only ends with life . A friendless warfare ! lingering long Through weary day , and weary year ; A wild and ...
... Soon rested those who fought ; but thou Who minglest in the harder strife , For truths which men receive not now , Thy warfare only ends with life . A friendless warfare ! lingering long Through weary day , and weary year ; A wild and ...
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Page 261 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world ; now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Page 28 - 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 undiscovered 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...
Page 35 - HERON'S SONG. O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best, And save his good broadsword he weapons had none ; He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Page 154 - Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation?
Page 236 - I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat...
Page 259 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers ! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour ; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe : censure me in your wisdom ; and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Ctesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 170 - Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods ! When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was famed with more than with one man...
Page 174 - O Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb That carries anger as the flint bears fire ; Who, much enforced, shows a hasty spark, And straight is cold again.
Page 170 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men "Walk under his huge legs and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Page 18 - Ye pine-groves, with your soft and soul-like sounds ! And they too have a voice, yon piles of snow, And in their perilous fall shall thunder, God...