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Page vi
... render his voice louder , without altering the key : and we shall always be able to give most body , most perse- vering force of sound , to that pitch of voice , to which in con- versation we are accustomed . Whereas by setting out on ...
... render his voice louder , without altering the key : and we shall always be able to give most body , most perse- vering force of sound , to that pitch of voice , to which in con- versation we are accustomed . Whereas by setting out on ...
Page viii
... render every such performance insipid and fatiguing . But the ex- treme of reading too fast is much more common , and requires the more to be guarded against , because , when it has grown into a habit , few errors are more difficult to ...
... render every such performance insipid and fatiguing . But the ex- treme of reading too fast is much more common , and requires the more to be guarded against , because , when it has grown into a habit , few errors are more difficult to ...
Page xi
... reader should be careful to render his modu- Mion correct and easy ; and for this purpose should form it upon the model of the est judicious and accurate speakers . tainment . It is one of the most decisive trials INTRODUCTION . X.
... reader should be careful to render his modu- Mion correct and easy ; and for this purpose should form it upon the model of the est judicious and accurate speakers . tainment . It is one of the most decisive trials INTRODUCTION . X.
Page xii
... render ever thing he expresses of high importanee , by a multitude strong emphases , we soon learn to pay little regard to ther To crowd every sentence with emphatical words , is lik crowding all the pages of a book with Italic ...
... render ever thing he expresses of high importanee , by a multitude strong emphases , we soon learn to pay little regard to ther To crowd every sentence with emphatical words , is lik crowding all the pages of a book with Italic ...
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... render pauses pleasing and expressive , they must not only be made in the right place , but also accompanied with a proper tone of voice , by which the nature of these pauses is intimated much more than by the length of them , which can ...
... render pauses pleasing and expressive , they must not only be made in the right place , but also accompanied with a proper tone of voice , by which the nature of these pauses is intimated much more than by the length of them , which can ...
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Page 221 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 226 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 227 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Page 175 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 214 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 184 - Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied, for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant* sung; Silence was...
Page 239 - 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 215 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 170 - Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours : Safety consists not in escape From dangers of a frightful shape ; An earthquake may be bid to spare The man that's strangled by a hair. Fate steals along with silent tread, Found oftenest in what least we dread, Frowns in the storm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strikes the blow.
Page 234 - And that myself am blind; Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill ; And binding nature fast in fate. Left free the human will.