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Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesAbsalom accent Ahimaaz answer arms art thou behold blood Brutus cadence character Christ Christian Cicero circumflex common dark dead death delivery denote distinction earth elocution eloquence emotion emphasis emphatic emphatic series eternal example expressed falling inflection falling slide father fault feeling fire give gospel grave habits hand hath hear heard heart heaven Iago idolatry important Jehovah Jesus Joab king language live look Lord Macd manner mark meaning Michael Cassio mind mountain nature never night o'er open vowels orator passion pause phatic principles Psalm reader remarks requires rhetorical rising inflection rising slide rule sense sentence sentiment servant sleep soul sound speak speaker spirit stress syllable taste tears Tell thee thine things thou hast thought throne tion tones truth turn unto utterance voice words Popular passagesPage 237 - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated... Page 255 - And when Peter was come to himself, he said ; Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. Page 253 - 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? But if we shall say, Of men ; we fear the people ; for all hold John as a prophet. 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. 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. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. Page 251 - 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 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 227 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under His feet. And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind. Page 194 - Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. Page 317 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, 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. Page 353 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. Bibliographic information
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