Wiley's Elocution and Oratory: Giving a Thorough Treatise on the Art of Reading and Speaking. Containing Numerous and Choice Selections of Didactic, Humorous, and Dramatic Styles, from the Most Celebrated Authors ...S.C. Griggs & Company, 1881 - 444 pages |
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... human beings , has a country which he admires and extols , and which he would , in the same circumstan- ces , prefer to all others under heaven . Tempt him with the fairest face of nature , place him by living waters under shadowy trees ...
... human beings , has a country which he admires and extols , and which he would , in the same circumstan- ces , prefer to all others under heaven . Tempt him with the fairest face of nature , place him by living waters under shadowy trees ...
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... Human desires can seek or apprehend ? 10. Canst thou with impious obloquy condemn The just decree of God , pronounced and sworn , That to his only Son , by right endued With regal sceptre , every soul in heaven Shall bend the knee , and ...
... Human desires can seek or apprehend ? 10. Canst thou with impious obloquy condemn The just decree of God , pronounced and sworn , That to his only Son , by right endued With regal sceptre , every soul in heaven Shall bend the knee , and ...
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... human intellect . 5. Know ye not , brethren ( for I speak to them that know the law ) , that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth ? XIII . STYLE . The student should never attempt to deliver any selec- tion , until he ...
... human intellect . 5. Know ye not , brethren ( for I speak to them that know the law ) , that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth ? XIII . STYLE . The student should never attempt to deliver any selec- tion , until he ...
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... I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men , and not made them well : ' they imitated humanity so abominably . SELECTIONS . L - RICHTER'S DREAM . 1. INTO the 60 WILEY'S ELOCUTION . Hamlet's Instruction to the Players.
... I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men , and not made them well : ' they imitated humanity so abominably . SELECTIONS . L - RICHTER'S DREAM . 1. INTO the 60 WILEY'S ELOCUTION . Hamlet's Instruction to the Players.
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... human heart - the heart that weeps and trembles . " 2. It was done ; and , with a mighty angel for his guide , the man stood ready for his infinite voyage ; and from the terraces of heaven , without sound or farewell , at once they ...
... human heart - the heart that weeps and trembles . " 2. It was done ; and , with a mighty angel for his guide , the man stood ready for his infinite voyage ; and from the terraces of heaven , without sound or farewell , at once they ...
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