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... fall through the whole scale , giving every variety to the Melody This diatonic movement is rarely of long continuance ; either our own feelings , or the representation of those of others , require frequent emphatic distinction .
... fall through the whole scale , giving every variety to the Melody This diatonic movement is rarely of long continuance ; either our own feelings , or the representation of those of others , require frequent emphatic distinction .
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It will be of course apparent , that in the continued movement , the voice may rise or fall through the whole scale , or any particular portion . Much more might be said . My object was merely to make general remarks .
It will be of course apparent , that in the continued movement , the voice may rise or fall through the whole scale , or any particular portion . Much more might be said . My object was merely to make general remarks .
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... softening | 7 into | shade ; 91 7 And all 7 | 50 7 | forming an har | monious 1 whole , 71 That as they / still suc | ceed , 717 - they ravish | still . 7. Il 7 But / wandering 1 I oft7 | 7 with | brute un conscious | gaze , 7 | ។
... softening | 7 into | shade ; 91 7 And all 7 | 50 7 | forming an har | monious 1 whole , 71 That as they / still suc | ceed , 717 - they ravish | still . 7. Il 7 But / wandering 1 I oft7 | 7 with | brute un conscious | gaze , 7 | ។
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7 1 1 1 Ye 7 | chief , 7 | 7 for I whom 7 17 the I whole cre | ation | smiles : 71 7. At | once the head , 7 1 7 the heart , 7 1 7 the tongue of all ; 7 | Crown the great 7 | hymn . 71 1 1 7 In | swarming | cities / vast , 7 | 7 1 7 As ...
7 1 1 1 Ye 7 | chief , 7 | 7 for I whom 7 17 the I whole cre | ation | smiles : 71 7. At | once the head , 7 1 7 the heart , 7 1 7 the tongue of all ; 7 | Crown the great 7 | hymn . 71 1 1 7 In | swarming | cities / vast , 7 | 7 1 7 As ...
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For my part , whatever anguish of spirit it may cost , I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst , and to provide for it . I have but one lamp , by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience .
For my part , whatever anguish of spirit it may cost , I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst , and to provide for it . I have but one lamp , by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience .
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Page 131 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
Page 124 - Has Great Britain any enemy in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, Sir, she has none. They are meant for us : they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains, which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Page 129 - I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Page 138 - I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause ; What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him?
Page 130 - tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
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Page 130 - Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow : so indeed he did. The torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it With lusty sinews, throwing it aside And stemming it with hearts of controversy ; But ere we could arrive the point proposed, Caesar cried ' Help me, Cassius, or I sink...
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| Title | Exercises in Reading and Recitations: Founded on the Enquiry in the Elementary Constitution of the Human Voice |
| Author | John Barber |
| Publisher | G. J, Loomis, 1828 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | May 30, 2007 |
| Length | 300 pages |
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