Readings, Recitations, and ImpersonationsJournal Printing, 1891 - 257 páginas |
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... don't I see a pretty church - yard over there ? Kiss me father ; kiss me twice , dear father , and lay me down to rest upon that church- yard grass , so soft and green . The Falsetto is used for mimicry , for echoes and for calls that ...
... don't I see a pretty church - yard over there ? Kiss me father ; kiss me twice , dear father , and lay me down to rest upon that church- yard grass , so soft and green . The Falsetto is used for mimicry , for echoes and for calls that ...
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... don't mean to say all the dinner you had ? Well , well , which goose was it ? That one by the fence ; He shall pay for it then ; and since he's no sense To restore what he stole , my poor little man , Do you just take the goose , and ...
... don't mean to say all the dinner you had ? Well , well , which goose was it ? That one by the fence ; He shall pay for it then ; and since he's no sense To restore what he stole , my poor little man , Do you just take the goose , and ...
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... don't e ty , it tan do to muvver ! " And all its aunties say it is , " a pessus itty teeter ! A itty ' ump of ' ovviness , an nuffin tan be feeter ! " Its grandma says , " Of all e pets in all e wairl so wide ; A is'nt one so dood as ...
... don't e ty , it tan do to muvver ! " And all its aunties say it is , " a pessus itty teeter ! A itty ' ump of ' ovviness , an nuffin tan be feeter ! " Its grandma says , " Of all e pets in all e wairl so wide ; A is'nt one so dood as ...
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... clear . He is one of the kind that can't have their minds trammeled . " " It would do him good to be trammeled hard . ” “ Oh , mum , don't speak so of him . " " Are you satisfied with his doin's ? " " AND IMPERSONATIONS . 19.
... clear . He is one of the kind that can't have their minds trammeled . " " It would do him good to be trammeled hard . ” “ Oh , mum , don't speak so of him . " " Are you satisfied with his doin's ? " " AND IMPERSONATIONS . 19.
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... don't love your country . " " What good's it done to the country to hev me all torn to pieces ? Look at my dress ! Look at my bunnit and cape ! Anybody ought to be iron - clad to stand it ! Look at my dishes , " says I. " I guess the ...
... don't love your country . " " What good's it done to the country to hev me all torn to pieces ? Look at my dress ! Look at my bunnit and cape ! Anybody ought to be iron - clad to stand it ! Look at my dishes , " says I. " I guess the ...
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Página xv - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. 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...
Página 173 - Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my where-about, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it.
Página 213 - Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men? As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him: but, as he was ambitious, I slew him: there is tears for his love; joy for his fortune; honour for his valour; and death for his ambition.
Página 212 - Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all freemen?
Página 213 - Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile, that will not love his country ? If any, speak ; for him have I offended. I pause for a reply.
Página 215 - Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No ! Men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued, In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain, — These constitute a State ; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Página xv - 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 xviii - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself and startles at destruction? "Tis the divinity that stirs within us; "Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Página 195 - Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men, the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion, the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker : but he set his foot on the neck of his king.
Página 212 - ... that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.