Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking, as Well as for the Perusal of Persons of Taste : with an Appendix, Containing Concise Lessons on a New Plan, and Principles of English GrammarC. Elliot, 1789 - 398 Seiten |
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... peace , I. 257 262 . 267 270 Hooke , 277 ibid . 278 ibid . 279 Curtins , 282 Hooke , 281 ibid . 284 ibid . 286 Salluft , Hooke , 289 292 ibid . 295 Landfdown 296 Homer , 398 Virgil , 302 Milton , 34 ibid . 36 SECTION V. DRAMATIC PIECES ...
... peace , I. 257 262 . 267 270 Hooke , 277 ibid . 278 ibid . 279 Curtins , 282 Hooke , 281 ibid . 284 ibid . 286 Salluft , Hooke , 289 292 ibid . 295 Landfdown 296 Homer , 398 Virgil , 302 Milton , 34 ibid . 36 SECTION V. DRAMATIC PIECES ...
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... peace , 6. Hotfpur's account of the Fop , foliloquy on the con- tents of a letter , · 8. Othello's apology for his mar riage , 9. Henry IV's foliloquy on fleep , 10. Bobadil's method of defeating an army , 11. Soliloquy of Hamlet's ...
... peace , 6. Hotfpur's account of the Fop , foliloquy on the con- tents of a letter , · 8. Othello's apology for his mar riage , 9. Henry IV's foliloquy on fleep , 10. Bobadil's method of defeating an army , 11. Soliloquy of Hamlet's ...
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... peace , all other differences were foon accommodated ; infomuch , that for the future they refolved to live as good friends and confederates , and to share between them whatever conquests were made on C 2 either either fide . For this ...
... peace , all other differences were foon accommodated ; infomuch , that for the future they refolved to live as good friends and confederates , and to share between them whatever conquests were made on C 2 either either fide . For this ...
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... peace fhall have no power to disturb you . Your whole employment fhall be to make your life ea- fy , and to entertain every fenfe with its proper gratifi- cations . Sumptuous tables , beds of rofes , clouds of perfumes , concerts of ...
... peace fhall have no power to disturb you . Your whole employment fhall be to make your life ea- fy , and to entertain every fenfe with its proper gratifi- cations . Sumptuous tables , beds of rofes , clouds of perfumes , concerts of ...
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... peace as well as war , provident in counsel , fearless in action , and executing what he had refolved with an amazing cele- rity ; generous beyond measure to his friends , placable to his enemies ; and for parts , learning , eloquence ...
... peace as well as war , provident in counsel , fearless in action , and executing what he had refolved with an amazing cele- rity ; generous beyond measure to his friends , placable to his enemies ; and for parts , learning , eloquence ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 375 - I hate him for he is a Christian ; But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
Seite 321 - This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Seite 209 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Seite 220 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Seite 109 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Seite 353 - tis no matter ; honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can honour set to a leg ? No. Or an arm ? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour ? A word. What is that word honour ? Air. A trim reckoning ! Who hath it ? He that died o
Seite 323 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell...
Seite 336 - The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the soft phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years...
Seite 321 - O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours ! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
Seite 187 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.