Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking: To which are Prefixed Elements of Gesture, Illustrated by Four Plates, and Rules for Expressing with Propriety the Various Passions &c. of the Mind. Also, an Appendix Containing Concise Lessons on a New Plan |
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... Brutus over the dead body of Lucretia , ibid 263 11 Demosthenes to the Athenians , 12 Jupiter to the inferior deities , 13 Æneas to queen Dido , 14 Moloch to the infernal powers , 15 Speech of Belial , advising peace , Landsdown 264 ...
... Brutus over the dead body of Lucretia , ibid 263 11 Demosthenes to the Athenians , 12 Jupiter to the inferior deities , 13 Æneas to queen Dido , 14 Moloch to the infernal powers , 15 Speech of Belial , advising peace , Landsdown 264 ...
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... Brutus to join the 21 Brutus's harangue on the death of Cæsar , ibid 22 Antony's oration over Cæsar's body , 23 Falstaff's description of his soldiers , 24soliloquy on honour , 25 Part of Richard III's soliloquy the night preceding the ...
... Brutus to join the 21 Brutus's harangue on the death of Cæsar , ibid 22 Antony's oration over Cæsar's body , 23 Falstaff's description of his soldiers , 24soliloquy on honour , 25 Part of Richard III's soliloquy the night preceding the ...
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... Brutus and Cassius . Cas . THAT you have wrong'd me doth appear in this ; You have condemn'd and noted Lucius Pella For taking bribes of the Sardinians ; Wherein my letter ( praying on his side , Because I knew the man , ) was slighted ...
... Brutus and Cassius . Cas . THAT you have wrong'd me doth appear in this ; You have condemn'd and noted Lucius Pella For taking bribes of the Sardinians ; Wherein my letter ( praying on his side , Because I knew the man , ) was slighted ...
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... Brutus , bay not me : I'll not endure it . You forget yourself , To hedge me in ; I am a soldier Older in practice , abler than yourself To make conditions . Bru Go to ; you are not , Cassius .. Cas . I am . Bru . I say you are not ...
... Brutus , bay not me : I'll not endure it . You forget yourself , To hedge me in ; I am a soldier Older in practice , abler than yourself To make conditions . Bru Go to ; you are not , Cassius .. Cas . I am . Bru . I say you are not ...
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... Brutus grows so covetous , To lock such rascal counters from his friends , Be ready , gods , with all your ... Brutus hath riv'd my heart A - friend should bear a friend's infirmities : But Brutus makes mine greater than they are ...
... Brutus grows so covetous , To lock such rascal counters from his friends , Be ready , gods , with all your ... Brutus hath riv'd my heart A - friend should bear a friend's infirmities : But Brutus makes mine greater than they are ...
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