The Practice of Elocution, Or A Course of Exercises for Acquiring the Several Requisites of a Good Delivery |
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Página 82 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
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Página 60 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Página 116 - 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.
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| Título | The Practice of Elocution, Or A Course of Exercises for Acquiring the Several Requisites of a Good Delivery |
| Autor | Benjamin Humphrey Smart |
| Edición | 2 |
| Editor | J. Richardson, 1826 |
| Procedencia del original | Princeton University |
| Digitalizado | 21 Mar 2008 |
| N.º de páginas | 213 páginas |
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