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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... Rhadamanthus , one of the judges of the dead , seated on his tribunal . On his left hand stood the keeper of Erebus , on his right the keeper of Elysium . I was told he sat upon women that day , 94 [ PART L LESSONS IN On mispent time ...
... Rhadamanthus , one of the judges of the dead , seated on his tribunal . On his left hand stood the keeper of Erebus , on his right the keeper of Elysium . I was told he sat upon women that day , 94 [ PART L LESSONS IN On mispent time ...
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... Rhadamanthus , and what have you been doing ? An't please your worship , says she , I did not live quite forty years ; and in that time brought my husband seven daughters , made him nine thousand cheeses , and left my youngest daughter ...
... Rhadamanthus , and what have you been doing ? An't please your worship , says she , I did not live quite forty years ; and in that time brought my husband seven daughters , made him nine thousand cheeses , and left my youngest daughter ...
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... Rhadamanthus , but did you keep the same watch- ful eye over your own actions ? Why , truly , said she , I was so taken up with publishing the faults of others , that I had no time to consider my own . Madam , says Rhadamanthus , be ...
... Rhadamanthus , but did you keep the same watch- ful eye over your own actions ? Why , truly , said she , I was so taken up with publishing the faults of others , that I had no time to consider my own . Madam , says Rhadamanthus , be ...
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... Rhadamanthus would spoil their mirth ; but at their nearer approach , the noise grew so very great that it awakened me . I lay some time reflecting in myself on the oddness of this dream ; and could not forbear asking my own heart ...
... Rhadamanthus would spoil their mirth ; but at their nearer approach , the noise grew so very great that it awakened me . I lay some time reflecting in myself on the oddness of this dream ; and could not forbear asking my own heart ...
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Page 186 - 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 330 - And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, ) That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot! Follow your spirit, and upon this charge Cry, "God for Harry! England and Saint George!
Page 333 - Who is here so base that would be a bondman ? If any, speak, for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak, for him have I offended. Who is here so...
Page 337 - With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances, And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the...
Page 322 - Was parmaceti for an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity, so it was, This villanous salt-petre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier.
Page 190 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled and the white. Here files of pins extend their shining rows, Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billets-doux.
Page 222 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow Through the sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before...
Page 213 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er...
Page 324 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, "Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly * death itself awakes...
Page 223 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out 140 With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...