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... eye ; but prejudice is blind , and either clings tena- ciously to old doctrines and time - worn systems , or gropes forward in im- minent danger of stumbling upon the dark mountains , of errour . Hence , new systems generally meet with ...
... eye ; but prejudice is blind , and either clings tena- ciously to old doctrines and time - worn systems , or gropes forward in im- minent danger of stumbling upon the dark mountains , of errour . Hence , new systems generally meet with ...
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... faces pale , And hopeless eyes , which o'er the deep alone Gazed dim and desolate : twelve days had fear Been their familiar ; and now ... DEATH was here ! There was no light in heaven but a few stars 46 ESSAY ON ELOCUTION .
... faces pale , And hopeless eyes , which o'er the deep alone Gazed dim and desolate : twelve days had fear Been their familiar ; and now ... DEATH was here ! There was no light in heaven but a few stars 46 ESSAY ON ELOCUTION .
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... eyes of his understanding , to look , OBSERVE , and BE CONVINCED . Let conviction , then , lead to attention and PRACTICE . To young gentlemen , especially , who are just launching their bark upon the waves of a professional life , this ...
... eyes of his understanding , to look , OBSERVE , and BE CONVINCED . Let conviction , then , lead to attention and PRACTICE . To young gentlemen , especially , who are just launching their bark upon the waves of a professional life , this ...
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... eyes and cruel , in the following example , be pronounced in a plaintive manner , they will be uttered in a semitone : " Put out my eyes ! It is too cruel . " A MONOTONE Consists in the pronunciation of several syllables in an unvaried ...
... eyes and cruel , in the following example , be pronounced in a plaintive manner , they will be uttered in a semitone : " Put out my eyes ! It is too cruel . " A MONOTONE Consists in the pronunciation of several syllables in an unvaried ...
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... eye to weep his fall , or a friendly hand to record his struggle . Placid Tone - Come , gentle Spring ! ethereal ... eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphick ring ! Very Loud - Lend , lend your wings ! I mount ! Ifly ! Loud - O grave ...
... eye to weep his fall , or a friendly hand to record his struggle . Placid Tone - Come , gentle Spring ! ethereal ... eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphick ring ! Very Loud - Lend , lend your wings ! I mount ! Ifly ! Loud - O grave ...
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