An Introduction to the Grammar of Elocution: Designed for the Use of SchoolsMarsh, Capen & Lyon, 1836 - 174 páginas |
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... course speak well , while he who has it not is doomed to remain forever a mere bung- ler . 6 --- It is the more difficult to combat this idea , because , like most other errors , it contains a slight admixture of truth . In Elocution ...
... course speak well , while he who has it not is doomed to remain forever a mere bung- ler . 6 --- It is the more difficult to combat this idea , because , like most other errors , it contains a slight admixture of truth . In Elocution ...
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... course of instruction in Elo- cution with at least as good a prospect of success as he could reasonably entertain in pursuing any other of the fine arts . What though none but the highly gifted can reach the first rank , —is this any ...
... course of instruction in Elo- cution with at least as good a prospect of success as he could reasonably entertain in pursuing any other of the fine arts . What though none but the highly gifted can reach the first rank , —is this any ...
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... course of exer- cises fitted to prevent him from ever falling into these mistakes , teach him that certain ways of speaking convey always certain meanings , make him read and talk with a constant reference to this knowledge , and you ...
... course of exer- cises fitted to prevent him from ever falling into these mistakes , teach him that certain ways of speaking convey always certain meanings , make him read and talk with a constant reference to this knowledge , and you ...
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... time to the teacher . The entire secret lies , in at- tending strictly to one thing at a time . This great principle of the Pestalozzian system , we have en- deavored to extend to the course of exercises di- rected 16 INTRODUCTION .
... time to the teacher . The entire secret lies , in at- tending strictly to one thing at a time . This great principle of the Pestalozzian system , we have en- deavored to extend to the course of exercises di- rected 16 INTRODUCTION .
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... course of practice which we recommend in Elocution . We may now ask in return , Is not the study of the last importance ? We have shown already , that it is only by beginning our instruction in this department early , that we can hope ...
... course of practice which we recommend in Elocution . We may now ask in return , Is not the study of the last importance ? We have shown already , that it is only by beginning our instruction in this department early , that we can hope ...
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Página 138 - When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
Página 143 - Almighty and most merciful Father ; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done ; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us.
Página 164 - THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm; A creature of heroic blood, A proud though childlike form.
Página 144 - The injustice of England has driven us to arms ; and, blinded to her own interest for our good, she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We have but to reach forth to it, and it is ours. Why then should we defer the declaration ? Is any man so weak as now to hope for a reconciliation with England, which shall leave either safety to the country and its liberties, or safety to his own life, and his own honor?
Página 138 - These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth ; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
Página 138 - Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him : but Mary sat still in the house.
Página 139 - And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
Página 140 - And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died 1 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave.
Página 170 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them." Then shifting his side (as a lawyer knows how), He pleaded again in behalf of the Eyes : But what were his arguments few people know, For the court did not think they were equally wise. So his lordship decreed, with a grave., solemn tone, Decisive and clear, without one if or but — " That, whenever the...
Página 153 - Straits, — whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold ; that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the South. Falkland Island, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and restingplace in the progress of their victorious industry.