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... prose . A just and delicate observance of the effect of metre , on the other hand , is one of the surest means of imparting that inspira- tion of feeling , which it is the design of poetry to pro- duce . The subject of Gesture has too ...
... prose . A just and delicate observance of the effect of metre , on the other hand , is one of the surest means of imparting that inspira- tion of feeling , which it is the design of poetry to pro- duce . The subject of Gesture has too ...
Page 73
... prose reading , is wholly dependent on the right use of inflections ; and the absence , or the wrong application , of these modifications of voice , indicates either a want of ear , or of right understanding as to the sense of what is ...
... prose reading , is wholly dependent on the right use of inflections ; and the absence , or the wrong application , of these modifications of voice , indicates either a want of ear , or of right understanding as to the sense of what is ...
Page 81
... prose , require the rising inflection , even where the sense is complete , as in the following instances : " For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn , Or busy housewife ply her evening care ; No children run to lisp their sire's ...
... prose , require the rising inflection , even where the sense is complete , as in the following instances : " For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn , Or busy housewife ply her evening care ; No children run to lisp their sire's ...
Page 88
... form of verse or of prose , —has the rising inflection . For examples see as above , and add the following : " When the gay and smiling aspect of things , has begun to leave the passages to a man's heart thus 88 . ELOCUTIONIST .
... form of verse or of prose , —has the rising inflection . For examples see as above , and add the following : " When the gay and smiling aspect of things , has begun to leave the passages to a man's heart thus 88 . ELOCUTIONIST .
Page 89
... prose ; thus , " Now storming fùry rose , And clamour , such as heard in heaven till now Was never ; arms on armour clashing brayed Horrible discord ; and the madding wheels Of brazen chariots ràged : dire was the noise Of conflict ...
... prose ; thus , " Now storming fùry rose , And clamour , such as heard in heaven till now Was never ; arms on armour clashing brayed Horrible discord ; and the madding wheels Of brazen chariots ràged : dire was the noise Of conflict ...
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Popular passages
Page 183 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 99 - And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering : but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.
Page 180 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 184 - Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied, for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant* sung; Silence was pleased: now...
Page 189 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Page 106 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry.
Page 75 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 196 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Page 76 - And in thy right hand lead with thee, The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Page 158 - Wha will be a traitor knave ? Wha can fill a coward's grave ? Wha sae base as be a Slave ? Let him turn and flee ! Wha for Scotland's King and Law, Freedom's sword will strongly draw ; Free-man stand, or Free-man fa', Let him on wi