The lady's reader: with rules for a good style of reading aloudGeorge Vandenhoff 1862 |
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... earth exposed he lies . So this short pause , or comma - rest , should have place before propositions marking points of divi- sion of sense in a sentence ; that is , when they govern a whole clause , but not when they occur in the body ...
... earth exposed he lies . So this short pause , or comma - rest , should have place before propositions marking points of divi- sion of sense in a sentence ; that is , when they govern a whole clause , but not when they occur in the body ...
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... and olive are fairest of fruit , And the voice of the nightingale never is mute ; Where the tints of the earth and the hues of the sky , * Gul , the rose . In colour though varied , in beauty may vie , 78 THE LADY'S READER .
... and olive are fairest of fruit , And the voice of the nightingale never is mute ; Where the tints of the earth and the hues of the sky , * Gul , the rose . In colour though varied , in beauty may vie , 78 THE LADY'S READER .
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... , for all the world ! Bless me ! what's became of the spirit ? As I am a living soul , I thought I saw him sink into the earth ! " - " Indeed , you saw right , " answered Jones . " Well , well , " cries Partridge , " 112 THE LADY'S READER .
... , for all the world ! Bless me ! what's became of the spirit ? As I am a living soul , I thought I saw him sink into the earth ! " - " Indeed , you saw right , " answered Jones . " Well , well , " cries Partridge , " 112 THE LADY'S READER .
Página 139
... earth . The banquet hath its hour , Its feverish hour of mirth , and song , and wine ; There comes a day for grief's o'erwhelming power , Youth and the opening rose May look like things too A time for softer tears - but all are thine ...
... earth . The banquet hath its hour , Its feverish hour of mirth , and song , and wine ; There comes a day for grief's o'erwhelming power , Youth and the opening rose May look like things too A time for softer tears - but all are thine ...
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... earth , in air , or on the sea ; Whether on water , o'er the waves to glide , Or , upon land to roll , revolve , or slide ; Whether to whirl or jar , to strike or ring , Whether it be a piston or a spring , Wheel , pulley , tube ...
... earth , in air , or on the sea ; Whether on water , o'er the waves to glide , Or , upon land to roll , revolve , or slide ; Whether to whirl or jar , to strike or ring , Whether it be a piston or a spring , Wheel , pulley , tube ...
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The Lady's Reader: With Rules for a Good Style of Reading Aloud George Vandenhoff Sin vista previa disponible - 2019 |
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Términos y frases comunes
accent articulation ascending cadence Auld Robin Gray Bayard Taylor beauty beneath blessed breath bright called charms cheer Christopher Anstey cloth cried dear descending diphthongal DUKE E. G. Squier earth Edition Elocution elocutionary Enid eyes fat boy father Fcap Gabriel Grub Gaffer Gray Geraint give goblin grace grave hand happy Harrison Weir hear heart heaven Henry Ward Beecher honour Illustrations John Brown Juliana king light look lord Mabel Vaughan marked mercy middle pause mother Necessary emphasis never night Number o'er old lady Partridge Pickwick pitch poet poor Post 8vo pronominal phrase pronunciation prose pupil Queen reader reading aloud replied rhythm sceptred sense sentence smile soul speaking speech style SUB-TONICS sweet syllables thee thou thought tion toast tone tonic sound utterance verse voice Wardle WASHINGTON IRVING wife wine word young
Pasajes populares
Página 189 - O men with Sisters dear ! O men with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! Stitch - stitch - stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt.
Página 107 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set - but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!
Página 198 - A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears...
Página 189 - With fingers weary and worn. With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags. Plying her needle and thread — .stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt ; And still, with a voice of dolorous pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich!— She sang this
Página 175 - Here woman reigns : the mother, daughter, wife, Strew with fresh flowers the narrow way of life ! In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fire-side pleasures gambol at her feet. Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found? " Art thou a man — a patriot ? look around, O thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy home.
Página 197 - And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Página 174 - A land of beauty, virtue, valor, truth, Time-tutored age and love-exalted youth: The wandering mariner, whose eye explores The wealthiest isles, the most enchanting shores, Views not a realm so bountiful and fair, Nor breathes the spirit of a purer air ; In every clime the...
Página 200 - I saw the blue Rhine sweep along — I heard, or seemed to hear. The German songs we used to sing, in chorus sweet and clear; And down the pleasant river, and up the slanting hill, The echoing chorus sounded, through the evening calm and still; And her glad blue eyes were on me as we passed with friendly talk Down many a path beloved of...
Página 199 - Tell my sister not to weep for me, and sob with drooping head, When the troops come marching home again with glad and gallant tread, But to look upon them proudly, with a calm and steadfast eye, For her brother was a soldier, too, and not afraid to die.
Página 134 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand ; "Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain. They call us' to deliver Their land from error's chain.