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... accent ; but they should at least , be able to give every word its proper pronunciation , and to read with ease , intelligence , and expression . To enable them to do this , I I have now , however , been induced by the A 2.
... accent ; but they should at least , be able to give every word its proper pronunciation , and to read with ease , intelligence , and expression . To enable them to do this , I I have now , however , been induced by the A 2.
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... proper delivery . That this will be the case , is not only true , but it is the very supposition on which the artificial system proceeds ; for it professes to teach the mode of delivery naturally adapted to each occasion . It is surely ...
... proper delivery . That this will be the case , is not only true , but it is the very supposition on which the artificial system proceeds ; for it professes to teach the mode of delivery naturally adapted to each occasion . It is surely ...
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... proper order ; to the end that he may be enabled , after all , to - lift his hand to his mouth ; which , by supposition , he had already done . Such instruc- tion is like that bestowed by Moliere's pedantic tutor upon his Bourgeois ...
... proper order ; to the end that he may be enabled , after all , to - lift his hand to his mouth ; which , by supposition , he had already done . Such instruc- tion is like that bestowed by Moliere's pedantic tutor upon his Bourgeois ...
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... proper places . ' * This , however , though an excellent , is a most difficult rule . We quote again from Archbishop Whately : - " The object of correct reading is to convey to the hearers , through the medium of the ear , what is ...
... proper places . ' * This , however , though an excellent , is a most difficult rule . We quote again from Archbishop Whately : - " The object of correct reading is to convey to the hearers , through the medium of the ear , what is ...
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... proper modulations of the voice , according to the sentiment and the subject . 66 " Some short pieces , not exceeding the length of a Spectator , to be given this class for lessons ; and some of the easier Spec- tators would be very ...
... proper modulations of the voice , according to the sentiment and the subject . 66 " Some short pieces , not exceeding the length of a Spectator , to be given this class for lessons ; and some of the easier Spec- tators would be very ...
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Page 456 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Page 454 - Sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody...
Page 67 - He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower. His form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 213 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Page 493 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush!
Page 327 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
Page 172 - Great in the earth as in th' ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze. Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, 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 468 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 142 - Now, my co-mates, and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp ? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, The seasons' difference ; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind ; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say, — This is no flattery : these are counsellors, That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 491 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more...