Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainment: Arranged for the Exercises of the School, College and Public Reader, with Elocutionary AdviceRobert McLean Cumnock Jansen, McClurg & Company, 1882 - 426 Seiten |
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... heads of the notes , and the concrete pitch by the short stems of the notes , which , on observation , will be seen to pass to ... head , and endeavor to secure the effects which must fol- low from a careful application of the foregoing ...
... heads of the notes , and the concrete pitch by the short stems of the notes , which , on observation , will be seen to pass to ... head , and endeavor to secure the effects which must fol- low from a careful application of the foregoing ...
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... head and rose , and , coming to the bedside , said : " My own boy ! Don't you know me ? " Paul looked it in the face . Before he could reach out both his hands to take it between them and draw it towards him , the figure turned away ...
... head and rose , and , coming to the bedside , said : " My own boy ! Don't you know me ? " Paul looked it in the face . Before he could reach out both his hands to take it between them and draw it towards him , the figure turned away ...
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... head . " Not good by ? " " Ah , yes ! Good by ! -Where is papa ? " His father's breath was on his check before the words had parted from his lips . The feeble hand waved in the air , as if it cried " Good by ! " again . " Now lay me ...
... head . " Not good by ? " " Ah , yes ! Good by ! -Where is papa ? " His father's breath was on his check before the words had parted from his lips . The feeble hand waved in the air , as if it cried " Good by ! " again . " Now lay me ...
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... head , When the troops come marching home again with glad and gallant tread , But to look upon them proudly , with a calm and steadfast eye , For her brother was a soldier too , and not afraid to die ; And if a comrade seek her love , I ...
... head , When the troops come marching home again with glad and gallant tread , But to look upon them proudly , with a calm and steadfast eye , For her brother was a soldier too , and not afraid to die ; And if a comrade seek her love , I ...
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... head , That it seems as if he said , " They are gone . " The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has pressed In their bloom ; And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb . My grandmamma has said— Poor ...
... head , That it seems as if he said , " They are gone . " The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has pressed In their bloom ; And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb . My grandmamma has said— Poor ...
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angels answer arms asked beautiful bells better blood blow brave break breast breath Captain child close cloud comes cried dark dead dear death deep dream eyes face fair fall father fear feel feet follow give gone grave half hand head hear heard heart heaven Henry honor hour King lady land laugh light lips living look Lord morning mother never night o'er once pass poor prayer rest river rock rose round seemed Senator shout side silent sleep smile soul sound speak stand star stood sure sweet tears tell thee There's thing thou thought thousand tone turned voice walls wave wild wind young
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Seite 299 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Seite 51 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Seite 232 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.
Seite 350 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" — The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord.
Seite 319 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied; Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide; And now am I come with this lost love of mine To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Seite 388 - O hark, O hear! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther going! O sweet and far from cliff and scar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing! Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying: Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Seite 361 - I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; " Good speed ! " cried the watch as the gate-bolts undrew; "Speed!" echoed the wall to us galloping through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast.
Seite 326 - Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that ! What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man, for a
Seite 232 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...