The American Common-school Reader and Speaker: Being a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, with Rules for Reading and SpeakingC. Tappan, 1844 - 428 pages |
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... Death .. 17. The Deep .. 18. Parallel between Pope and Dryden . 19. The Puritans 20. Poetry . 21. Causes of War . 22. Foundation of National Character .. 23. Success of the Gospel . 24. Power of the Soul . 25. Hymn of Nature . 26 ...
... Death .. 17. The Deep .. 18. Parallel between Pope and Dryden . 19. The Puritans 20. Poetry . 21. Causes of War . 22. Foundation of National Character .. 23. Success of the Gospel . 24. Power of the Soul . 25. Hymn of Nature . 26 ...
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... Death a sublime and universal Moralist .. 160. Extract from an Address delivered at Chapel Hill . LESSON . 37. Old Ironsides . 38. That Silent Moon . 39. Evening on the St. Lawrence . 40. America to England . 41. The American Eagle . 42 ...
... Death a sublime and universal Moralist .. 160. Extract from an Address delivered at Chapel Hill . LESSON . 37. Old Ironsides . 38. That Silent Moon . 39. Evening on the St. Lawrence . 40. America to England . 41. The American Eagle . 42 ...
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... death ! It is strange ! —it is dreadful ! —Shout , Tyranny , shout Through your dungeons and palaces , Freedom is o'er ! ' - If there lingers one spark of her fire , tread it out , And return to your empire of darkness , once more ...
... death ! It is strange ! —it is dreadful ! —Shout , Tyranny , shout Through your dungeons and palaces , Freedom is o'er ! ' - If there lingers one spark of her fire , tread it out , And return to your empire of darkness , once more ...
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... DEATH ! " " There is one sure refuge for the oppressed , one sure resting - place for the weary , -THE GRAVE ! [ Application - See page 76. ] ance . § VII . - RIGHT EMPHASIS . Emphasis distinguishes the PART 1. ] 27 READER AND SPEAKER .
... DEATH ! " " There is one sure refuge for the oppressed , one sure resting - place for the weary , -THE GRAVE ! [ Application - See page 76. ] ance . § VII . - RIGHT EMPHASIS . Emphasis distinguishes the PART 1. ] 27 READER AND SPEAKER .
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... Death . " 2. " The healthy , the temperate , and the vírtuous , enjoy the true relish of pleasure . " 3. " Birth , ránk , wealth , léarning , are advantages of slight value , if unaccompanied by personal worth . " 4. " Gentleness ...
... Death . " 2. " The healthy , the temperate , and the vírtuous , enjoy the true relish of pleasure . " 3. " Birth , ránk , wealth , léarning , are advantages of slight value , if unaccompanied by personal worth . " 4. " Gentleness ...
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Aurelian beauty bless blood breath bright Cæsar character circumflex cloud dark dead death deep delinéations dreams earth elocution Emphasis emphatic series England eternal Example exercise expression falling inflection fear feeling fire flowers force Freedom calls gaze genius give glorious glory grave hand happiness hath hear heart heaven hills honor hope hour human king labor land LESSON liberty light live look loud Marked for Rhetorical median stress mighty mind moderate moral mountain nations nature never night o'er Palmyra passions peace Peter Stuyvesant proud reading Rebec Rhetorical Pauses rising inflection rocks round RULE Scrooge silent sleep slide slow smile solemn soul sound speak spirit storm sublime sweet swell tempest temple thee things thought throne thundering bands tion tone trembling utterance virtue voice wave wild wind word Wouter Van Twiller
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Page 39 - Sleeping within mine orchard, My custom always of the afternoon, Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole, With juice of cursed hebenon in a vial, And in the porches of mine ears did pour The leperous distilment; whose effect Holds such an enmity with blood of man, That, swift as quicksilver, it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body ; And, with a sudden vigour, it doth posset And curd, like eager droppings into milk, The thin and wholesome blood...
Page 76 - And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee...
Page 375 - I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause : What cause withholds you then to mourn for him? O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason! Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.
Page 153 - AT midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming of the hour When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power ; In dreams, through camp and court, he bore The trophies of a conqueror ; In dreams his song of triumph heard. Then wore his monarch's signet ring, Then pressed that monarch's throne — a King ; As wild his thoughts, and gay of wing, As Eden's garden bird.
Page 291 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts — she needs none. There she is — behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history — the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill ; and there they will remain forever.
Page 363 - If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us! They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to...
Page 375 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honorable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Page 364 - election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest There is no retreat but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable. And let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace.
Page 363 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year?
Page 249 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home By angel hands to valor given, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven!