A manual of expressive readingLongmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1874 - 308 pages |
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... look for any answer , but are merely an impassioned form of putting a strong negative statement . It will be found , on trying to read these questions , that they require a very strong rising inflection . But , as all negative ...
... look for any answer , but are merely an impassioned form of putting a strong negative statement . It will be found , on trying to read these questions , that they require a very strong rising inflection . But , as all negative ...
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... look brighter when we come . " Tis sweet to be awakened by the lark , Or lulled by falling waters ; sweet the hum Of bees , the voice of girls , the song of birds , The lisp of children , and their earliest words . BYRON . 1 Of subtle ...
... look brighter when we come . " Tis sweet to be awakened by the lark , Or lulled by falling waters ; sweet the hum Of bees , the voice of girls , the song of birds , The lisp of children , and their earliest words . BYRON . 1 Of subtle ...
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... look , and brightened all the green— These , far departing , seek a kindlier shore , And rural mirth and manners are nō more . He thrice essayed to speak , and thrice , in spite of scorn , Tears , such as angels weep , burst forth ; at ...
... look , and brightened all the green— These , far departing , seek a kindlier shore , And rural mirth and manners are nō more . He thrice essayed to speak , and thrice , in spite of scorn , Tears , such as angels weep , burst forth ; at ...
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... look - out , Sees the downward plunge , and follows ; And a third pursues the second , Coming from the invisible ether , " First a speck , and then a vulture , Till the air is dark with pinions.7 So disasters come not singly ; But , as ...
... look - out , Sees the downward plunge , and follows ; And a third pursues the second , Coming from the invisible ether , " First a speck , and then a vulture , Till the air is dark with pinions.7 So disasters come not singly ; But , as ...
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... columns , the farthest off look the closest ; so the conspicuous objects of the past seem more thickly clus- tered the more remote they are . 5 . And the evening sun , Set the clouds COMPARATIVE STATEMENTS, OR SIMILES.
... columns , the farthest off look the closest ; so the conspicuous objects of the past seem more thickly clus- tered the more remote they are . 5 . And the evening sun , Set the clouds COMPARATIVE STATEMENTS, OR SIMILES.
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Common terms and phrases
abbot AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS art thou Avoid the verse-accent BARBARA FRITCHIE BATTLE OF MORGARTEN beautiful bird Bishop brave breath Cæsar CAUTIONS child CONSONANTS creeping everywhere cried dark dead death den Bosch doth emphasis emphatic word eyes fairy flax father feeling flowers Gelert hand happy hast hasten hath head hear heard heart heaven honour Inchcape Inchcape Rock inflection king land Lars Porsena light listener Lochinvar look Lord MARY HOWITT MATTHEW ARNOLD MEANINGS morning mountain Netherby never night o'er ORAL GYMNASTICS poem poor pupil question rain reader rising river Dee rock round sail sense sense-accent sentence shore simile sing sleep slight pause slow slowly smile snow sorrow sound speak stood story sweet tell thee thine thou art tone verse voice waves weep wild wind young
Popular passages
Page 194 - Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!
Page 107 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied; Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide; And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland, more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Page 229 - Here comes his body, mourned by Mark Antony : who, though he had no hand in his death, shall receive the benefit of his dying, a place in the commonwealth; as which of you shall not ? With this I depart, — that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to need my death.
Page 52 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night — It was the plant and flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be.
Page 230 - But here's a parchment, with the seal of Caesar, I found it in his closet, 't is his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read,) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins...
Page 229 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; •> I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; \ So let it be with Caesar.
Page 227 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee...
Page 230 - O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what ! weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Page 231 - And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts : I am no orator, as Brutus is ; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend...
Page 229 - Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me; But Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honourable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill; Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?