Lectures on Mental and Moral CultureA.S. Barnes & Company, 1869 - 319 páginas |
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... expressing my sentiments . It is true that I am very young , and it may appear presumptuous in me to address so many distinguished men ; but during the last three years I have paid intense attention to our political troubles . I see ...
... expressing my sentiments . It is true that I am very young , and it may appear presumptuous in me to address so many distinguished men ; but during the last three years I have paid intense attention to our political troubles . I see ...
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... expressing the profound conceptions of Plato , the most accurate and exact rules of Aristotle , the re- sistless eloquence of Demosthenes , the playful fancies of Anacreon , and the liquid strains of Pindar . The art of printing among ...
... expressing the profound conceptions of Plato , the most accurate and exact rules of Aristotle , the re- sistless eloquence of Demosthenes , the playful fancies of Anacreon , and the liquid strains of Pindar . The art of printing among ...
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... expression of his opinions . We are therefore , like the Greeks , as a people , liable to be de- ceived by him who has a false heart and a persuasive tongue . In many respects the prospects before our nation are flattering . It occupies ...
... expression of his opinions . We are therefore , like the Greeks , as a people , liable to be de- ceived by him who has a false heart and a persuasive tongue . In many respects the prospects before our nation are flattering . It occupies ...
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... expression before the elements of expression have been corrected . A class in al- most any academy or college , will illustrate the variety of habits to which they have been accus- tomed . A sentence of ten words may not be prop- erly ...
... expression before the elements of expression have been corrected . A class in al- most any academy or college , will illustrate the variety of habits to which they have been accus- tomed . A sentence of ten words may not be prop- erly ...
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... learn these is upon the play - ground . During a single intermission , a company of lads will give expression to almost every variety of pitch and inflection known to elo- Tones in the class . Night soliloquy in Venice . VOCAL CULTURE .
... learn these is upon the play - ground . During a single intermission , a company of lads will give expression to almost every variety of pitch and inflection known to elo- Tones in the class . Night soliloquy in Venice . VOCAL CULTURE .
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Página 149 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Página 318 - 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...
Página 150 - I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man That love my friend, and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him. For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech To stir men's blood.
Página 145 - cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer; "why, I could act as well as he myself. I am sure if I had seen a ghost I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did.
Página 279 - For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 284 - Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you " ? This was the doctrine of Lao-tsze.
Página 109 - Sir, you may destroy this little institution ; it is weak; it is in your hands ! I know it is one of the lesser lights in the literary horizon of our country. You may put it out. But, if you do so, you must carry through your work! You must extinguish, one after another, all those greater lights of science which, for more than a century, have thrown their radiance over our land!
Página 111 - I know not how others may feel,' (glancing at the opponents of the College before him,) ' but, for myself, when I see my Alma Mater surrounded, like Caesar in the senatehouse, by those who are reiterating stab upon stab, I would not, for this right hand, have her turn to me, and say, Et tu quoque mi fili ! And thou too, my son !'
Página 145 - ... any man, that is, any good man, that had such a mother, would have done exactly the same. I know you are only joking with me; but indeed, madam, though I...
Página 279 - And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other ; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.