The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending a Diversity of Oratorical Specimens, of the Eloquence of Popular Assemblies, of the Bar, of the Pulpit, &c. Principally Intended for the Use of Schools and Academies. To which are Prefixed a Dissertation on Oratorical Delivery and the Outlines of GestureSidney's Press, for John Babcock & Son, New-Haven, and S. & W.R. Babcock, Charleston, S.C., 1819 - American literature - 408 pages |
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... hand is used , accompanied now and then with the head , in passages requiring particular discrimination . But the efforts of the reader , in mere private and family society , seldom go farther . The talent for dramatic reading in its ...
... hand is used , accompanied now and then with the head , in passages requiring particular discrimination . But the efforts of the reader , in mere private and family society , seldom go farther . The talent for dramatic reading in its ...
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... hands and eyes . If he invites to virtue and happiness , he spreads his arms , and looks with benevolence . If he threatens ... hand upon his breast , unless he has occasion to speak of himself , or to introduce conscience , or something ...
... hands and eyes . If he invites to virtue and happiness , he spreads his arms , and looks with benevolence . If he threatens ... hand upon his breast , unless he has occasion to speak of himself , or to introduce conscience , or something ...
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... hand , they are as much liable to flattery on the other . Would a vain man consult his own heart , he would find , that if others knew his weakness as he himself does , he would not have the imprudence to expect the public esteem . As ...
... hand , they are as much liable to flattery on the other . Would a vain man consult his own heart , he would find , that if others knew his weakness as he himself does , he would not have the imprudence to expect the public esteem . As ...
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... hands and eyes . If he invites to virtue and happiness , he spreads his arms , and looks with benevolence . If he threatens ... hand upon his breast , unless he has occasion to speak of himself , or to introduce conscience , or something ...
... hands and eyes . If he invites to virtue and happiness , he spreads his arms , and looks with benevolence . If he threatens ... hand upon his breast , unless he has occasion to speak of himself , or to introduce conscience , or something ...
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... hand of the Cre- ator has impressed of his own image , on the noblest creature with which we are acquainted ; all this ap- pears in the consummate speaker to the highest ad- vantage . And whosoever is proof against such a display of all ...
... hand of the Cre- ator has impressed of his own image , on the noblest creature with which we are acquainted ; all this ap- pears in the consummate speaker to the highest ad- vantage . And whosoever is proof against such a display of all ...
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Page 223 - And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Page 221 - The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 180 - I send thee ; to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God ; that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified, by faith that is in me.
Page 300 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray 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...
Page 292 - ... security from external danger, a less frequent interruption of their peace by foreign nations; and what is of inestimable value, they must derive from Union an...
Page 298 - Their dearest action in the tented field; And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle ; And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience...
Page 301 - With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and...
Page 292 - The East, in a like intercourse with the West, already finds, and in the progressive improvement of interior communications by land and water will more and more find, a valuable vent for the commodities which it brings from abroad or manufactures at home.
Page 223 - But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet...
Page 81 - ... twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theatre of others.