The American Common-school Reader and Speaker: Being a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, with Rules for Reading and SpeakingC. Tappan, 1844 - 428 pages |
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... thee , o'er shore and sea I swept upon the blast . " 4. True Pitch of Voice . The proper pitch of the voice , when no peculiar emotion demands high or low notes , is , for the purposes of ordinary reading or speaking , a little below ...
... thee , o'er shore and sea I swept upon the blast . " 4. True Pitch of Voice . The proper pitch of the voice , when no peculiar emotion demands high or low notes , is , for the purposes of ordinary reading or speaking , a little below ...
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... thee gold , will give my heart . " 7. " You have done that you should be sorry for . " 8. " Why beholdest thou the motel that is in thy brother's eye , but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ? ” 9. " As it is the part of ...
... thee gold , will give my heart . " 7. " You have done that you should be sorry for . " 8. " Why beholdest thou the motel that is in thy brother's eye , but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ? ” 9. " As it is the part of ...
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... thee quietly inurned , Hath ōped his ponderous and marble jaws , To cast thee up again ! [ .. ] What may this mean , That thou , dead corse , again , in complete steel Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon , 10 Making night hideous ...
... thee quietly inurned , Hath ōped his ponderous and marble jaws , To cast thee up again ! [ .. ] What may this mean , That thou , dead corse , again , in complete steel Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon , 10 Making night hideous ...
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... thee unblámed ? since GòD is Light , And never but in unapproached light 5 Dwelt from etèrnity , -dwelt then in thee , Bright effluence of bright essence increàte ; Or hearst thōu , rather , pure ethereal stream , Whose fountain whò ...
... thee unblámed ? since GòD is Light , And never but in unapproached light 5 Dwelt from etèrnity , -dwelt then in thee , Bright effluence of bright essence increàte ; Or hearst thōu , rather , pure ethereal stream , Whose fountain whò ...
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... thee sâfety ! " 2. " Pàle , TREMBLING , COWARD ! - [ Tremor . ] thère I throw my gàge : By that , and all the rights of knighthood èlse , Will I make good against thee , arm to ÀRM , 5 What I have spóke , or thou canst worse devise ...
... thee sâfety ! " 2. " Pàle , TREMBLING , COWARD ! - [ Tremor . ] thère I throw my gàge : By that , and all the rights of knighthood èlse , Will I make good against thee , arm to ÀRM , 5 What I have spóke , or thou canst worse devise ...
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