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... nature and sentiment demand . In respect to those principles of modulation , in which the power of delivery so essentially consists , we should always remember too , that , as no theory of the passions can teach a man to be pathetic ...
... nature and sentiment demand . In respect to those principles of modulation , in which the power of delivery so essentially consists , we should always remember too , that , as no theory of the passions can teach a man to be pathetic ...
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... nature Expression of countenance Attitude and mien · 112 114 118 • 120 125 128 · 133 • 138 144 146 ib . · ib . . 148 · 151 152 · ib . 155 SECT . 2 . Action considered as significant from custom . PART II . Faults of Rhetorical Action ...
... nature Expression of countenance Attitude and mien · 112 114 118 • 120 125 128 · 133 • 138 144 146 ib . · ib . . 148 · 151 152 · ib . 155 SECT . 2 . Action considered as significant from custom . PART II . Faults of Rhetorical Action ...
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... natural , -to be in earnest , you mean . and you have given him an excellent direction indeed , but how to apply it to the case in hand , is the difficulty . He is more rapid perhaps , or more loud , for this admoni- tion , but under ...
... natural , -to be in earnest , you mean . and you have given him an excellent direction indeed , but how to apply it to the case in hand , is the difficulty . He is more rapid perhaps , or more loud , for this admoni- tion , but under ...
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... nature , they are instinc- tively right ; so that scarcely a man in a million uses ar- tificial tones in conversation . And this one fact , I remark in passing , furnishes a standing canon to the learner in el- ocution . In contending ...
... nature , they are instinc- tively right ; so that scarcely a man in a million uses ar- tificial tones in conversation . And this one fact , I remark in passing , furnishes a standing canon to the learner in el- ocution . In contending ...
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... nature of the case . When the structure is hypothetical , and yet the sense is such , and so far formed as to admit emphasis , the falling slide prevails , thus : And though I have the gift of prophecy , and understand all mysteries ...
... nature of the case . When the structure is hypothetical , and yet the sense is such , and so far formed as to admit emphasis , the falling slide prevails , thus : And though I have the gift of prophecy , and understand all mysteries ...
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Page 270 - And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Page 254 - But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. 29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. 30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. 31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father?
Page 252 - So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very 'sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
Page 180 - For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment...
Page 252 - And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Page 251 - And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid ; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
Page 331 - Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and humour'd thus Comes at the last and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king...
Page 255 - Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Page 252 - 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 193 - Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed ; and I was afraid and went and hid thy talent in the earth : lo there thou hast that is thine.