The Book of Oratory: A New Collection of Extracts in Prose, Poetry and Dialogue, Containing Selections from Distinguished American and English Orators, Divines, and PoetsD. Appleton, 1856 - 500 páginas |
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... duties , among which is the teaching of oratory in the department of History and Belles- Lettres of the New York Free Academy , having induced the belief that the selections in the leading books upon this subject are mostly too ...
... duties , among which is the teaching of oratory in the department of History and Belles- Lettres of the New York Free Academy , having induced the belief that the selections in the leading books upon this subject are mostly too ...
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... duty ; will be ennobled as a sacrifice . With these sentiments , my lord , I await the sentence of the court - having done what I felt to be my duty , having spoken what I felt to be the truth , as I have done on every other occa- sion ...
... duty ; will be ennobled as a sacrifice . With these sentiments , my lord , I await the sentence of the court - having done what I felt to be my duty , having spoken what I felt to be the truth , as I have done on every other occa- sion ...
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... duty to keep open : this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude . Where is the mother that would willingly forget the infant that perished like a blossom from her arms , though every recollection is a pang ? where is the child ...
... duty to keep open : this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude . Where is the mother that would willingly forget the infant that perished like a blossom from her arms , though every recollection is a pang ? where is the child ...
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... duties to the living . WASHINGTON IRVING . 14. THE DESTINY OF AMERICA . We are We stand the latest , and , if we fail , probably the last , exper- iment of self - government by the people . We have begun it under circumstances of the ...
... duties to the living . WASHINGTON IRVING . 14. THE DESTINY OF AMERICA . We are We stand the latest , and , if we fail , probably the last , exper- iment of self - government by the people . We have begun it under circumstances of the ...
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... duties of pure patriotism - beings who , forever keeping their own selfish aims in view , decide all public measures by their presumed influence on their aggrandizement - judge me by the venal rule which they prescribe to themselves . I ...
... duties of pure patriotism - beings who , forever keeping their own selfish aims in view , decide all public measures by their presumed influence on their aggrandizement - judge me by the venal rule which they prescribe to themselves . I ...
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Página 359 - 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.
Página 361 - When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Página 305 - And children coming home from school Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
Página 281 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Página 290 - Tis not the balm, the sceptre, and the ball, The sword, the mace, the crown imperial, The intertissued robe of gold and pearl, The farced title running 'fore the King...
Página 287 - And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
Página 279 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Página 277 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats ; For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.
Página 279 - Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee; Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour...
Página 43 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.