Modern Eloquence: A Library of the World's Best Spoken Thought, Том 3Ashley Horace Thorndike Modern eloquence corporation, 1928 |
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Стр. xvi
... occasions and measures . An example or two will illustrate this well - known custom . The Iliad , as a war - epic , cannot be expected to furnish instances of social gathering with attendant feasting and speaking . Yet both are found in ...
... occasions and measures . An example or two will illustrate this well - known custom . The Iliad , as a war - epic , cannot be expected to furnish instances of social gathering with attendant feasting and speaking . Yet both are found in ...
Стр. xviii
... reckoned with in the practical worth of any speech , namely , the speaker and the audience , the latter is the lesser on festive occasions . At least it is reduced to its lowest critical power , and xviii LORENZO SEARS.
... reckoned with in the practical worth of any speech , namely , the speaker and the audience , the latter is the lesser on festive occasions . At least it is reduced to its lowest critical power , and xviii LORENZO SEARS.
Стр. xix
... of experience takes pains to discover in advance how large and what sort of a company is coming to- gether , how many and who the other speakers are to be , and what the purpose of the occasion is , if it AFTER - DINNER SPEAKING xix.
... of experience takes pains to discover in advance how large and what sort of a company is coming to- gether , how many and who the other speakers are to be , and what the purpose of the occasion is , if it AFTER - DINNER SPEAKING xix.
Стр. xx
... occasion is , if it has a purpose beyond good cheer , as most festal occasions nowadays have . Such in- quiries are preliminary and prerequisite to any preparation he may wish to make ; and few will be so rash as to make no prep ...
... occasion is , if it has a purpose beyond good cheer , as most festal occasions nowadays have . Such in- quiries are preliminary and prerequisite to any preparation he may wish to make ; and few will be so rash as to make no prep ...
Стр. xxi
... occasions . They do not dignify them by the more formal title of a speech , much less an oration . Accordingly the ... occasion and the purpose of the coming together generally serve the toastmaster or ruler of the feast and one or two ...
... occasions . They do not dignify them by the more formal title of a speech , much less an oration . Accordingly the ... occasion and the purpose of the coming together generally serve the toastmaster or ruler of the feast and one or two ...
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Стр. 200 - Combine ourselves together into a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Стр. 267 - Ireland, king, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken for the glory of GOD, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of GOD and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Стр. xviii - Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
Стр. 322 - Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still, as it were but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Стр. xxvii - HIGH on a throne of royal state, • — which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold...
Стр. 267 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission...
Стр. 168 - To set the Cause above renown, To love the game beyond the prize, To honour while you strike him down The foe that comes with fearless eyes: To count the life of battle good, And dear the land that gave you birth, And dearer yet the brotherhood That binds the brave of all the earth...
Стр. 12 - And the torch that would light them thro' dignity's way, Must be caught from the pile, where their country expires Then blame not the bard, if in pleasure's soft dream, He should try to forget what he never can heal : Oh ! give but a hope — let a vista but gleam Through the gloom of his country, and mark how he'll feel!
Стр. 12 - But though glory be gone, and though hope fade away, Thy name, loved Erin ! shall live in his songs, Not even in the hour when his heart is most gay Will he lose the remembrance of thee and thy wrongs ! The stranger shall hear thy lament on his plains ; The sigh of thy harp shall be sent o'er the deep, Till thy masters themselves, as they rivet thy chains, Shall pause at the song of their captive and weep ! WHILE GAZING ON THE MOON'S LIGHT.
Стр. 205 - Mortals, that would follow me, Love virtue; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.