... far'3 Were rings to shins on those fingers small, They could not add to their grace at all: She would learn to smile and to speak by rule, In the foolish book of Dame Fashion's school; And the world to spoil her would soon combine; Now she's Nobody's D ...

... training of the voice for speak- ?? purposes, apparently so much more easy and so much M.more natural? in this respect, it seemed to he almost he8 enirly neglocted, and hardly even recognised as at all n-cessary. In speaking, the great point to bear in ...

... left His throne To show the Father's love. Up above and down below Softly the echoes come and go. And the dear old pastor speaks again ,God's message to the earth, As angels told the shepherd throng Of Christ the Saviour's birth- Of the battle fought ...

... voice, the least pos- sible addition of soleuinity, is all that the average reader oug(lht to venture on. If more is done- we speak of average men-it becomes a dictation ou the part of the readler to the congregation of what tirey ought to be feeling and ...

... Our heavenly Father guards their state, And watches o'er the sparrow falling. He speaks, and lo ! their food they bring, And flood with song the summer day; He speaks, and lo! they droop the wing, And foll to earth, and pass away. How sweet for me, when ...

... ye by the aged WVith gentle stop zuod slow; They h36vo the bitrthlu of years to betr. And th, tide of their liio id IoV. Speak hindily as ye greet them, e For their worla is dim and cold, And a be~twing look frin~ a yuuthiful heart Is tho suntlight of ...

... ceremonials sometimes suffer through the weather, and the Wagner festival almost cams to grief through a continoutis downpour . To speak of a flood of melody was very suggestive in this instance, as the festi- vities began with Wagner's chorus from The 1eistes ...

... $afiteo. _ =. _ ?? - I I GEMS OF THOUGHT. The body of at sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul. 'To speak to thle purpose, one must speak with a purpose. Manners are liko the happy ways of doing things-[Emor. Dishonesty is thle forsaking of permanent ...

... and was evidently relieved beyond expression when it was time for him to quit the stage. Mr. W. H. Powell had an idea that speaking gruffly might impress the audience with some notions of comicality, so be tried that plan ; and once or twice the ruse, taken ...

... after several years' ectotecsal ealtore, will make her appearance as tire lead- ing donraco. Italian arld Giermaini papere speak highly of this lady's advsntijeatit iri her prafessior. MIISs CONSrANCE BRABANT.-A paragraph respecting this lady, which appearedl ...

... growth of an idea until it becomes predominant. He is not simply an elocutionist, though it would he hard to find one who can speak with better effect. Nor is he a mere actor, though his action is always striking and Illustrative. One special characteristic ...

... fault is that it has introduced a bastard style of so-called opera in which the performers are called upon alternately to speak and sing. The idea of the French provincial manager who, disappointed by a party of vocalists, informed the public that in ...