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Page vii
... fhall always be able to give moft body , molt perfevering force of found , to that pitch of voice , to which in converfation we are accuf- tomed . Whereas by fetting out on our highest pitch or key , we certainly allow ourselves lefs ...
... fhall always be able to give moft body , molt perfevering force of found , to that pitch of voice , to which in converfation we are accuf- tomed . Whereas by fetting out on our highest pitch or key , we certainly allow ourselves lefs ...
Page viii
... fhall always have our voice under command . But whenever we tranfgrefs these bounds , we give up the reins , and have no longer any management of it . ( It is a ufeful rule too , in order to be well heard , to caft our eye on fome of ...
... fhall always have our voice under command . But whenever we tranfgrefs these bounds , we give up the reins , and have no longer any management of it . ( It is a ufeful rule too , in order to be well heard , to caft our eye on fome of ...
Page xiii
... fhall increase , but I fhall decrease . " " There is a difference between giving and forgiving . " " In this fpe- cjes of compofition , plausibility is much more effential than By modulation is meant that pleafing variety of voice ...
... fhall increase , but I fhall decrease . " " There is a difference between giving and forgiving . " " In this fpe- cjes of compofition , plausibility is much more effential than By modulation is meant that pleafing variety of voice ...
Page xv
... fhall , however , felect one , which is extracted from the beautiful lamentation of David over Saul and Jonathan , and which will , in fome degree , elucidate what has been faid on this fubject . " The beauty of Israel is flain upon thy ...
... fhall , however , felect one , which is extracted from the beautiful lamentation of David over Saul and Jonathan , and which will , in fome degree , elucidate what has been faid on this fubject . " The beauty of Israel is flain upon thy ...
Page xvi
... fhall conclude this fection with the following rule , for the tones that indicate the paffions and emotions . reading , let all your tones of expreffion be borrowed from thofe of common speech , but , in fome degree , more faintly ...
... fhall conclude this fection with the following rule , for the tones that indicate the paffions and emotions . reading , let all your tones of expreffion be borrowed from thofe of common speech , but , in fome degree , more faintly ...
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Page 244 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 53 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 199 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heav'n.
Page 76 - I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Page 162 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Page 201 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 224 - Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Page 250 - The great directing mind of all ordains. All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul ; That chang'd through all, and yet in all the same ; Great in the Earth, as in th...
Page 251 - All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Page 221 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.