The American Manual, Or, New English Reader: Consisting of Exercises in Reading and Speaking, Both in Prose and Poetry : Selected from the Best Writers ... : for the Use of Schools |
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... falls upon syllables , to which , did not the emphasis require it , it would not be long ; as , He shall increase , but I shall decrease ; there is a difference between giving , and forgiving . Although the meaning of compara- tively ...
... falls upon syllables , to which , did not the emphasis require it , it would not be long ; as , He shall increase , but I shall decrease ; there is a difference between giving , and forgiving . Although the meaning of compara- tively ...
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... falls upon the more impor- tant words of a sentence , the following example is one , in which it is required upon a succession of small words . Bassanio , in Shakspeare's Merchant of Venice , had received a ring from his wife , which he ...
... falls upon the more impor- tant words of a sentence , the following example is one , in which it is required upon a succession of small words . Bassanio , in Shakspeare's Merchant of Venice , had received a ring from his wife , which he ...
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... falling inflection , and the circumflex . In the use of the rising inflection , we strike the word to which it belongs , upon a note , on the scale of musical sounds , a little below the general key upon which we are speaking , and ...
... falling inflection , and the circumflex . In the use of the rising inflection , we strike the word to which it belongs , upon a note , on the scale of musical sounds , a little below the general key upon which we are speaking , and ...
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... Falling Inflection . The falling inflection is used where the language is bold and ener- getic ; where a positive assertion is made ; or where an indirect ques- tion is asked . EXAMPLES . Who first seduced them to that foul revolt ? The ...
... Falling Inflection . The falling inflection is used where the language is bold and ener- getic ; where a positive assertion is made ; or where an indirect ques- tion is asked . EXAMPLES . Who first seduced them to that foul revolt ? The ...
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... falling , and that which denies the ri- sing inflection . EXAMPLES . I spoke of his intègrity , not of his talent . I am going to Rochester , not to Buffalo . He was not esteemed for his wealth , but for his wisdom . I have not been ...
... falling , and that which denies the ri- sing inflection . EXAMPLES . I spoke of his intègrity , not of his talent . I am going to Rochester , not to Buffalo . He was not esteemed for his wealth , but for his wisdom . I have not been ...
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Page 109 - Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned with contempt from the foot of the throne. In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending...
Page 197 - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 201 - 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...
Page 207 - Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts — not so thou Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves
Page 108 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us : they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains, which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Page 108 - I ask, gentlemen — sir — what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission ? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it ? Has Great Britain any enemy in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies?
Page 276 - Done in convention by the unanimous consent of the States present, the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the independence of the United States of America the twelfth.
Page 109 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Page 108 - Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love ? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir.
Page 110 - Gentlemen may cry peace! peace! but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!