An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to Improve the Minds and Refine the Taste of Youth. To which are Prefixed Rules in Elocution and Directions for Expressing the Principal Passions of the Mind. Being the Third Part of a Grammatical Institute of the English LanguageHudson and Goodwin, 1802 - 240 pages |
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... nature of the subject . A femicolon , for example , requires a longer paule in a grave difcoure , than in a lively and fpirited declamation . However as children are incapable of nice dif . tinctions , it may be beft to adoptat first ...
... nature of the subject . A femicolon , for example , requires a longer paule in a grave difcoure , than in a lively and fpirited declamation . However as children are incapable of nice dif . tinctions , it may be beft to adoptat first ...
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... lower tone of voice ; but when words of feveral fyllables clofe a period , all the fyllables but the laft are pronounced on the fame key as the reft of the fentence . The moft natural pitch of voice is that which we WEBSTER'S.
... lower tone of voice ; but when words of feveral fyllables clofe a period , all the fyllables but the laft are pronounced on the fame key as the reft of the fentence . The moft natural pitch of voice is that which we WEBSTER'S.
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... natural pitch of voice is that which we fpeak in ordinary converfation . Whenever the voice is raifed above this key , pronunciation is difficult and fatiguing . There is a difference between a loud and an high voice . A perfon may ...
... natural pitch of voice is that which we fpeak in ordinary converfation . Whenever the voice is raifed above this key , pronunciation is difficult and fatiguing . There is a difference between a loud and an high voice . A perfon may ...
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... nature nor our place can bear ) We banish thee forever from our fight And kingdom . If when three days are expired , Thy hated trunk be found in our dominions , That moment is thy death . - Away ! By Jupiter this fhall not be revok'd ...
... nature nor our place can bear ) We banish thee forever from our fight And kingdom . If when three days are expired , Thy hated trunk be found in our dominions , That moment is thy death . - Away ! By Jupiter this fhall not be revok'd ...
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... nature wakes her genial pow'r , Suckles each herb , and spreads out every flow'r ; Annu'l for me , the grape , the rofe renew The juice nectareous and the balmy dew ; For me , the mine a thepfand treafures brings ; For me , health ...
... nature wakes her genial pow'r , Suckles each herb , and spreads out every flow'r ; Annu'l for me , the grape , the rofe renew The juice nectareous and the balmy dew ; For me , the mine a thepfand treafures brings ; For me , health ...
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Agathocles American army becauſe bleffings Blithe British Caius Verres caufe Columbus command confequences confider confiderable converfation daugh daughter death defign defire Delvill difcovered eafy enemy expreffed eyes faid fame father fatire favage fave fecure feemed feen felf fenfe fent fervice feven feveral fhall fhort fhould firft fituation fmall fociety fome fometimes foon foul fpeak ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffered fure Great-Britain hand happineſs happy heart himſelf honor houfe houſe Hunks Indians intereft itfelf juft juftice Lady laft leaft lefs lofs loft Lord Cornwallis Madam marriage meaſures Mifs Wal mind moft moſt muft myfelf neceffary never obferved occafion paffed paffions Patricians perfon philofopher pleafed pleaſure poffible prefent preferve prifoner propofed reafon refpect ſhall Syphax thee thefe themfelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand troops uſe virtue voice weft whofe worfe yourſelf
Popular passages
Page 10 - If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. He hates our sacred nation, and he rails, Even there where merchants most do congregate, On me, my bargains, and my well-won thrift, Which he calls interest. Cursed be my tribe If I forgive him ! Bass.
Page 180 - Julius bleed for justice' sake ? What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, And not for justice? What ! shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large...
Page 177 - This many summers, in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye : I feel my heart new opened. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes...
Page 179 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell...
Page 65 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace.
Page 196 - Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon...
Page 226 - ... in every occurrence, and in every thought. If we look into the characters of this tribe of infidels, we generally find they are made up of pride, spleen, and cavil.
Page 16 - Admonish a friend, it may be he hath not done it: and if he have done it, that he do it no more. Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it: and if he have, that he speak it not again. Admonish a friend: for many times it is a slander, and believe not every tale.
Page 142 - Administration, sensible that we should regard these oppressive measures as freemen ought to do, sent over fleets and armies to enforce them. The indignation of the Americans was roused, it is true ; but it was the indignation of a virtuous, loyal, and affectionate people.
Page 182 - Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius, For Cassius is aweary of the world...