The Rhetorical Reader Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...Gould and Newman, 1839 |
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... connexion ; and then extends to cases in which they are used separately ; the whole being marked in a continued series of rules , for convenient reference . Both Inflections together RULE I. When the disjunctive or connects 23 INFLECTIONS .
... connexion ; and then extends to cases in which they are used separately ; the whole being marked in a continued series of rules , for convenient reference . Both Inflections together RULE I. When the disjunctive or connects 23 INFLECTIONS .
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... continued but a short time at once . When this experiment is finished , it may be renewed on other words , as arm , charge , hope ; the ultimate aim being in each case , to accustom the voice to notes high and low , loud and long . When ...
... continued but a short time at once . When this experiment is finished , it may be renewed on other words , as arm , charge , hope ; the ultimate aim being in each case , to accustom the voice to notes high and low , loud and long . When ...
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... his right hand , then his left , and then both . This order was continued through the discourse ; so that these three gestures , whatever might ness . be the sentiment , returned , with nearly 72 GESTURE . Benevolence of.
... his right hand , then his left , and then both . This order was continued through the discourse ; so that these three gestures , whatever might ness . be the sentiment , returned , with nearly 72 GESTURE . Benevolence of.
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... . 15 And they said unto her , Thou art mād . But she constantly affirmed that it was even so . Then said they , It is his āngel . 16 But Peter continued knocking . And when they had opened the 134 ( Ex . 32 EXERCISES ON MODULATION .
... . 15 And they said unto her , Thou art mād . But she constantly affirmed that it was even so . Then said they , It is his āngel . 16 But Peter continued knocking . And when they had opened the 134 ( Ex . 32 EXERCISES ON MODULATION .
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Ebenezer Porter. Peter continued knocking . And when they had opened the door , and saw him , they were astonished . 17 But he beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace , de- clared unto them how the Lord had brought him out ...
Ebenezer Porter. Peter continued knocking . And when they had opened the door , and saw him , they were astonished . 17 But he beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace , de- clared unto them how the Lord had brought him out ...
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Page 112 - And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven : and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man, coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. — And he shall send his angels, with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Page 65 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent!
Page 126 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 131 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold and his wife* and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down> and worshipped him, saying Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 289 - The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace! peace!
Page 130 - And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
Page 120 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 288 - Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Page 120 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array...
Page 133 - The baptism of John, whence was it ? from heaven, or of men ? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven ; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? 26 But if we shall say, Of men ; we fear the people ; for all hold John as a prophet. 27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.