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LECTURE ON THE ART OF DELIVERY

... remarking that there were few situations in which a man could be placed inorecinbarrassing thian that of being called upon to speak on the propriety of speech-there was somietliig in his posi- tion which generated remark and exposel to severity. , lle preceeded ...

POETRY

... hor ago; Hi And baby or lady to call ber, Wore something to puzzle a sage ! co Hier walk is far better than dancing6 to Stie speaks as another might sing; ou And tll by an innocent eliancin of Like InuIbkinis and birds is the sp:riag. fol Ulnskill'd inl ...

POETRY

... POETRY. LOVE IN NATURE. Nature is full of love-yea, all things speak Of it, from the bright host of stars that, night By night, like an embattled army, march Around the world, down to the meanest flower That seents the morning wind. Sometimes it darts ...

ORIGINAL POETRY

... ignorant past, Young labour wan passive and weak, And in spite of his temples and pyramids vast, None deignled of lis mecrits to speak; For thc sword of tho slayer was then of more worth Than thic tool of an nrtizan's trade, When destruction nlone could inherit ...

Literature

... as possible from all comiment upon tbem. Like most Frenchmen M. Fleury sympathises strongly with . the Stuart family. lie speaks of Jamee 1H. rather more as a martyr than we are in the habit of considering him, and his Jacobite :principles show themselves ...

Literature

... very pleasant for cold respectability to be spoken of thus ;-but our author does not stop a to consult her feelings. ie, speaks to this age in the spirit of the old prophets-boldly proclaiming God's etilial truths, Avhlether men will hear or whether ...

Literature

... mindlof ±ke-zoutscnb born, sceptic, .however ?? errivr of e dre -vent him from admitting it. Tbe datsbf seir of the extracts speak trumqpet-tongued against ourgver nors, who must have been well .aware f -th9 e corrup- tion prevailing in. their . offices ...

LITERATURE

... displayed an amount of moral heroism quite equal to that of their south- ern sisters. Helen Stark, after bidding farewell and speaking words of encouragement to a tenderly beloved husband, who was himself on the way to the scaffold, tore her infant' from her ...

DUNEDIN HALL CONCERTS

... nmusement-(cathnsiastic clhecring, on the subsiding of which, a voice called for another cheer). Dr Guthrie ?? is some gentleman speaking iu the gallely, I would say to him, M My good friend, one at a timc-(laughter). I remembetr when I was a boy at college ...

TO AN ITALIAN BEGGAR-BOY

... of woman born- Did human mother's breast Nourish thee, thing forlorn? Hath any love carest Thine infant cheek; Didst ever speak, Or hear, the name of father blest? No, no, it cannot be I Thou art the birth of Want- Thy sire was Misery, Thy mother Famrine ...

LITERATURE

... volume, that no form of spelling, according to English pronunciation, will ever enable any one to speak the French language correctly. The proper method of speaking French would be much beter and more satisfactorily acquired by a few short lessons from the ...

EXTRACTS FROM NEW BOOKS

... lady 7 She tried to speak once-twice-thrice-but could not. A flood of tears saved her from choking. Nejib had now come up. W'all'lah ! how came you by this Woman, son of a karmal !- He is our servant, sobbed the lady. Speak !-speak I say, son -of Sheitan ...