Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking |
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... bend at the wrist , either when it is held out , without motion , or when it gives the emphatic stroke . And , above all , the body must be kept in a straight line with the leg on which it bears , and not suffered to bend to the ...
... bend at the wrist , either when it is held out , without motion , or when it gives the emphatic stroke . And , above all , the body must be kept in a straight line with the leg on which it bears , and not suffered to bend to the ...
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... bends the body forward ; levels the eyes to the breast , if not to the feet of the superior character . The voice low ; the tone submissive , and words few . Perplexity or anxiety , which is always attended with some degree of fear and ...
... bends the body forward ; levels the eyes to the breast , if not to the feet of the superior character . The voice low ; the tone submissive , and words few . Perplexity or anxiety , which is always attended with some degree of fear and ...
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... bends the eyebrows down- ward ; clouds the forehead ; rolls the eyes around frightfully ; opens the mouth towards the ears ; bites the lips ? widens the nostrils ; gnashes the teeth , like a fierce wild beast . The heart is too much ...
... bends the eyebrows down- ward ; clouds the forehead ; rolls the eyes around frightfully ; opens the mouth towards the ears ; bites the lips ? widens the nostrils ; gnashes the teeth , like a fierce wild beast . The heart is too much ...
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... bending forward , as ready to prostrate itself . The arms spread out but modestly , as high as the breast ; the ... bends the body a little forward , the feet equal ; spreads the arms , with the hands open , as to receive the object of ...
... bending forward , as ready to prostrate itself . The arms spread out but modestly , as high as the breast ; the ... bends the body a little forward , the feet equal ; spreads the arms , with the hands open , as to receive the object of ...
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... bends the body forward , and fixes it in one posture , with the hands nearly in that of admira- tion . ( See Admiration . - See also Desire , Attention , Hope , Inquiry , and Perplexity . ) Persuasion , puts on the looks of moderate ...
... bends the body forward , and fixes it in one posture , with the hands nearly in that of admira- tion . ( See Admiration . - See also Desire , Attention , Hope , Inquiry , and Perplexity . ) Persuasion , puts on the looks of moderate ...
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Page 219 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 369 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse. Which I observing, Took once a pliant hour; and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart, That I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Page 243 - Twilight gray 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 361 - All this? ay, more: Fret till your proud heart break; Go, show your slaves how choleric you are, And make your bondmen tremble.
Page 237 - Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Page 220 - The sober herd that low'd to meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice, that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 236 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 354 - Why, well : Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now ; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Page 253 - Orphean lyre, I sung of Chaos and eternal Night ; Taught by the heavenly muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend, Though hard and rare : thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovereign vital lamp ; but thou Revisitest not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Page 362 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, For I am arm'd so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.