The American Class-reader: Containing a Series of Lessons in Reading; with Introductory Exercises in Articulation, Inflection, Emphasis, and the Other Essential Elements of Correct Natural Elocution ... |
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... Israel ? Important as emphasis is to spirited and graceful elocution , it must not be used too unsparingly , nor without just dis- crimination . The multiplication of emphatical words in a sentence , is " like crowding all the pages of ...
... Israel ? Important as emphasis is to spirited and graceful elocution , it must not be used too unsparingly , nor without just dis- crimination . The multiplication of emphatical words in a sentence , is " like crowding all the pages of ...
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... Israel , and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats . And he came to the sheep - cotes by the way , where was a cave ; and Saul went in to cover his feet : and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave ...
... Israel , and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats . And he came to the sheep - cotes by the way , where was a cave ; and Saul went in to cover his feet : and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave ...
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... Israel come out ? After whom dost thou pursue ? After a dead dog , after a flea ? 5 Lord therefore be judge and judge between me and thee , and see , and plead my cause , and deliver me out of thy hand . As The And it came to pass when ...
... Israel come out ? After whom dost thou pursue ? After a dead dog , after a flea ? 5 Lord therefore be judge and judge between me and thee , and see , and plead my cause , and deliver me out of thy hand . As The And it came to pass when ...
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... Israel in his new and appropriate dwelling , to the sound of all the voices and all the instruments , chanting some of those splendid odes con- tained in the psalms . The ark advanced , borne by the Le- vites , to the open portals of ...
... Israel in his new and appropriate dwelling , to the sound of all the voices and all the instruments , chanting some of those splendid odes con- tained in the psalms . The ark advanced , borne by the Le- vites , to the open portals of ...
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... Israel , and spread forth his hands toward heaven : and he said , Lord God of Israel , there is no God like thee , in heaven above , or on earth be- neath , who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all ...
... Israel , and spread forth his hands toward heaven : and he said , Lord God of Israel , there is no God like thee , in heaven above , or on earth be- neath , who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all ...
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Page 55 - ... and when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him which owed him ten thousand talents, but forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 153 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings : for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Page 265 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 138 - Through the dear might of Him that walked the waves, Where, other groves and other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song, In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love.
Page 206 - tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Page 252 - Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close Up yonder hill the village murmur rose; There, as I passed with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came softened from below; The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Page 149 - And let my liver rather heat with wine, Than my heart cool with mortifying groans. Why should a man, whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster ? Sleep when he wakes? and creep into the jaundice By being peevish...
Page 188 - The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.
Page 72 - Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 113 - His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare; .Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let us worship God !* he says, with solemn air. They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs...