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THE ART OF SPEAKING

... ultimate In ill success. The moment they try to speak, all tlseir asfeelings, thoughts, facts, and purposes, either crowd to the tongue or fly altogether, and leave it d.utterly bankrupt of words. Those who can speak r asdo 'not often hring credit on the gift ...

POETRY

... Lord, oh speak ! thy servant bears: For I'm thy Servant, and B'll still be so: Speak words of Comfort in my willing Ears; And since my Tongue is in thy praises slow, And since that thino all Rhetorick exceeds, Speak thou in words, but let me speak in deeds ...

POETRY

... POETRY. SPEAK NOT HARSHLY. Speak not harshly: much of care Every hnunan heart must bear; Enough of shadows sadly play Aronnd the very sunniest way; Enough of sorrows darkly lie Veiled withiD the merriest eye. By the childhoods gushing tears By the griefs ...

POETRY

... the serf to-day dare stand these Islemen of the West ? Speak ! from your bristling sides, ye ships, as Nelson spoke before- Speak ! whilst the world is waiting for your thunder burst of yore; Speak !r whilst your Islemen stand besides each hot and smoking ...

POETRY

... the love we bore him, tl That we loved him long and well. Let it speak of kindliest nature, vI Of the large, yet subtle mind, Of a heart all overflowing With affection for his kind. J, Speak of honour-trust-and frankness, W Of a hand preventing need, pi ...

MUSTAPHA

... gold intent, Regards no human woo; Speak, man, and know thy destiny, For hence I now must go. Say, wilt thou rather drink, steal, kill? The drunkard's heaven is wine, Robbers love gold, and murderers blood- Speak, what choice shall be thine V Now Mustapha ...

SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS

... LL.D., which he now held. (Applause.) For many years he had been known as a literary man, but he did r not stand there to speak of him in that character-he spoke s of hins more particularly as the first writer of the day. (Ap- plause.) He was sure he ...

POETRY

... yield ye even nowv- Speak but a single name- Salvation lies not but with Rome; Why die in raging flame? Then out spoke aged Latimer:- I tarry by the stake, Not trusting to my own weak heart, But for the Saviour's sake. n1ly speak of life or death to ...

POETRY

... yield ye even nowv- Speak but a single name- Salvation lies lnot-but with Rome; Why die in raging flame? Then out spoke aged Latimor:- I tarry by the stake Not trusting to my own weak heart, But for the Saviour's sake. Why speak of life or death to ...

LITERATURE

... centenary meetings were held in every town and village, and oratory and eloquence, prose and verse, rai down the streets, Eo to speak, like a mighty torrent. In various parts of Eng land and Ireland, in the British Colonies, and in the United States of America ...

THE THEATRE

... We do not at all intend to compare- him to the higher class of tragedians. He is entirely a physical actor, if we may so speak. His best acting I is when he is acting naturally-a fine free graceful manner, with 5 manly vigour, and all the physical a ...

POETRY

... thee, vwhen on tho shore is dlying The Slll's last ray: I think of thee, when autumn woods are sighing At close of day. I speak of thee, when in the summer bower I sit alone; I hear thy voice, when at the ihidnight hour The wind O.akes moau. I thin]k ...