The public school speaker and reader, ed. by J.E. CarpenterJoseph Edwards Carpenter 1869 |
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... deep must have been the lamentations of a majority of the readers that they had not in their youth been taught this essential branch of a thorough English education . It is to be feared that this slip- shod reading to audiences for the ...
... deep must have been the lamentations of a majority of the readers that they had not in their youth been taught this essential branch of a thorough English education . It is to be feared that this slip- shod reading to audiences for the ...
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... deep thought , serious reflection , hate , and suppressed passion , belong to the low pitch . It is necessary , however , to observe , that there is a great dis- tinction between the terms high and low , and loud and soft , for these ...
... deep thought , serious reflection , hate , and suppressed passion , belong to the low pitch . It is necessary , however , to observe , that there is a great dis- tinction between the terms high and low , and loud and soft , for these ...
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... deep , impassioned , fervent tone ; the right hand may be pressed over the heart , but the " languishing eyes " recommended by some authors borders too closely on burlesque . A steady , respectful gaze on the assumed object of affection ...
... deep , impassioned , fervent tone ; the right hand may be pressed over the heart , but the " languishing eyes " recommended by some authors borders too closely on burlesque . A steady , respectful gaze on the assumed object of affection ...
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... deep and solemn tone . 18. SURPRISE may be expressed by the mouth and eyes being wide open ; the voice in the upper pitch . WONDER , AMAZEMENT , and AD- MIRATION , come under this head . 19. PRIDE assumes a lofty look ; the eyes well ...
... deep and solemn tone . 18. SURPRISE may be expressed by the mouth and eyes being wide open ; the voice in the upper pitch . WONDER , AMAZEMENT , and AD- MIRATION , come under this head . 19. PRIDE assumes a lofty look ; the eyes well ...
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... deep , and the calm , and the perpetual ; that which must be sought ere it is seen , and loved ere it is under- stood ; things which the angels work out for us daily , and yet vary eternally ; which are never wanting , and never ...
... deep , and the calm , and the perpetual ; that which must be sought ere it is seen , and loved ere it is under- stood ; things which the angels work out for us daily , and yet vary eternally ; which are never wanting , and never ...
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