The High School Speaker: A Collection of Declamations, Poetic Pieces and Dialogues, for the Use of Boys in Intermediate Schools and AcademiesGeo. E. Stevens & Company, 1873 |
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... turning period of a boy's life as to his becoming a speaker , or , indeed , any thing else . The pieces selected for them should be short , and chosen for their high spirit and condensed power . Nothing tame will be accepted by a boy of ...
... turning period of a boy's life as to his becoming a speaker , or , indeed , any thing else . The pieces selected for them should be short , and chosen for their high spirit and condensed power . Nothing tame will be accepted by a boy of ...
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... turning a wheel ; and the wave breaks in solitude in the silent magnificence of deserted and shipless harbors . Instead of being a source of wealth and revenue to the empire , Ireland can not defray her own expenses , or pay a single ...
... turning a wheel ; and the wave breaks in solitude in the silent magnificence of deserted and shipless harbors . Instead of being a source of wealth and revenue to the empire , Ireland can not defray her own expenses , or pay a single ...
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... turned upon him in this debate , from the con- sciousness that I should find an overmatch , if I ventured on a contest with his friend from Missouri . If the honor- able member , from modesty , had chosen thus to defer to his friend ...
... turned upon him in this debate , from the con- sciousness that I should find an overmatch , if I ventured on a contest with his friend from Missouri . If the honor- able member , from modesty , had chosen thus to defer to his friend ...
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... turned him into stone upon the spot ! But , no ! -he cried , " The die is cast ! " He plunged ! -he crossed ! —and Rome was free no more ! [ Knowles . FROM CICERO'S ORATION AGAINST VERRES . I ASK now , Verres , what have you to advance ...
... turned him into stone upon the spot ! But , no ! -he cried , " The die is cast ! " He plunged ! -he crossed ! —and Rome was free no more ! [ Knowles . FROM CICERO'S ORATION AGAINST VERRES . I ASK now , Verres , what have you to advance ...
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... turned with one accord , As loud he thus harangued the sanguinary horde . THE SAME , CONTINUED . " YE powers of hell , I am no coward . I proved this of old . Who led your forces against the armies of Je- hovah ? Who coped with Ithuriel ...
... turned with one accord , As loud he thus harangued the sanguinary horde . THE SAME , CONTINUED . " YE powers of hell , I am no coward . I proved this of old . Who led your forces against the armies of Je- hovah ? Who coped with Ithuriel ...
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Alonzo arms art thou Arth battle beneath better black crows bless blood Bowlin brave breast breath Brutus Cæsar Captain child coursers cried dead dear death Diego Perez doctor Ether eyes father fear fellow fire Gelert gentleman Gesler give grave Gruff hallowed ground hand hath head hear heard heart heaven honest honor Horace Smith horse Jack king land Lars Porsena Launcelot liberty light live Lochinvar look lord master morning ne'er Netherby never night noble o'er Old F Oxyde passed peace physiognomy Pompey poor pray proud quoth replied Rolla Roman Rome round Ruse Scrape Soldier soul speak spirit Squire stand stood Sudorifics sure sword tears tell thee there's thing thou thought throne thunder Tom Long Trav vengeance voice warrior word young zounds
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 200 - Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there...
Seite 14 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Seite 103 - 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 : Who could guess If ever more should meet those mutual eyes, Since, upon night so sweet, such awful morn could rise. And there was mounting in hot haste : the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Seite 133 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown.
Seite 17 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Seite 91 - It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise! He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes. Toiling— rejoicing— sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose.
Seite 15 - We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplicated, we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament. 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.
Seite 16 - The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitableand let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace, but there is no peace.
Seite 163 - Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations — all were his ! He counted them at break of day, And when...
Seite 277 - All this? ay, more: Fret till your proud heart break; Go, show your slaves how choleric you are, And make your bondmen tremble.