Practical Elocution: Containing Illustrations of the Principles of Reading and Public Speaking : Also a Selection of the Best Pieces from Ancient and Modern Authors, Accompanied by Explanatory Notes. : the Whole Adapted to the Purposes of Improvement in Reading and Oratory |
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... Sorrow breaks seasons and re - po - sing hours , Makes the night morn - ing , and the noon - tide night . " " And every turf beneath their feet , Shall be a sol - dier's sepulchre . " " When I am forgotten , as I shall be , And sleep in ...
... Sorrow breaks seasons and re - po - sing hours , Makes the night morn - ing , and the noon - tide night . " " And every turf beneath their feet , Shall be a sol - dier's sepulchre . " " When I am forgotten , as I shall be , And sleep in ...
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... sorrow . It should be given with slow time , long quantity , and on a middle key . 29. OTHELLO'S APOLOGY FOR HIS MARRIAGE . - Shakspeare . 1. Most potent , grave , and reverend signiors , My very noble and approved good masters , That I ...
... sorrow . It should be given with slow time , long quantity , and on a middle key . 29. OTHELLO'S APOLOGY FOR HIS MARRIAGE . - Shakspeare . 1. Most potent , grave , and reverend signiors , My very noble and approved good masters , That I ...
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... sorrow But steadfastly gaz'd on the face of the dead , And bitterly thought of the morrow . 5. We thought as we hollow'd his narrow bed , And smooth'd down his lowly pillow , That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head , And ...
... sorrow But steadfastly gaz'd on the face of the dead , And bitterly thought of the morrow . 5. We thought as we hollow'd his narrow bed , And smooth'd down his lowly pillow , That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head , And ...
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... sorrow . " Love , like life , has no second spring . " As Mr. Fowler , a phrenolo gist , in his writings on matrimony , elegantly and philosophically , observes : Let love be checked or blighted in its first pure emotion , and the ...
... sorrow . " Love , like life , has no second spring . " As Mr. Fowler , a phrenolo gist , in his writings on matrimony , elegantly and philosophically , observes : Let love be checked or blighted in its first pure emotion , and the ...
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... sorrows , feel your pain ; But if your heroes act not what they say , I sleep or laugh the lifeless scene away . ' To obtain a thorough knowledge of Patrick Henry's character , it is ne- cessary to read Wirt's work on that subject . The ...
... sorrows , feel your pain ; But if your heroes act not what they say , I sleep or laugh the lifeless scene away . ' To obtain a thorough knowledge of Patrick Henry's character , it is ne- cessary to read Wirt's work on that subject . The ...
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