3. Gloster. Stay you that bear the corse and set it down. Gloster. Villains, set down the corse; or by Saint Paul, Gentleman. My lord, stand back and let the coffin pass. Or, by Saint Paul, I'll strike thee to my foot, And spurn upon thee beggar, for thy boldness. "Richard III." SHAKESPEARE. 4. I'll have my bond; I will not hear thee speak: I'll have no speaking. I will have my bond. "Merchant of Venice." SHAKESPEARE. 5. Antony. Villains! you did not so, when your vile daggers Hacked one another in the sides of Cæsar! You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds, And bowed like bondmen, kissing Cæsar's feet; Whilst damned Casca, like a cur, behind, Struck Cæsar on the neck.-O you flatterers! "Julius Cæsar." SHAKESPEARE. FALSETTO 1. There was silence for a little while; then an old man replied in a thin, trembling voice, "Nicholas Vedder! why he's been dead and gone these eighteen years." "Rip Van Winkle." WASHINGTON IRVING. 2. Yes, it is worth talking of: try to put me down. You fly into try to speak, you won't hear me. But that's how you always a rage, and then, if I only That's how you men always will have the talk to yourselves: a poor woman isn't allowed to get a word in. "The Caudle Lectures." DOUGLAS JERROLD. 3. "No," said the wife; "the barn is high, And if you slip, and fall, and die How will my living be secured? 1. "Jo, my poor fellow!" ORAL "I hear you, sir, in the dark, but I'm a gropin'—a gropin'; let me catch hold of your hand." "Jo, can you say what I say?" "I'll say anything as you say, sir, for I knows it's good." "OUR FATHER.” "Our Father. That's very good, sir." "WHICH ART IN HEAVEN." "Art in Heaven.-Is the light a comin', sir?" "It is close at hand. HALLOWED BE THY NAME." "Hallowed be-thy-name." DICKENS. WHISPER 1. Hark! I hear the bugles of the enemy! They are on their march along the bank of the river. We must retreat instantly, or be cut off from our boats. I see the head of their column already rising over the height. Our only safety is in the screen of this hedge. Keep close to it; be silent; and stoop as you run. For the boats! Forward! 2. All heaven and earth are still,-tho not in sleep, Where not a beam, nor air, nor leaf is lost, Of that which is of all Creator and Defence. BYRON. 3. Soldiers! You are now within a few steps of the enemy's outpost. Our scouts report them as slumbering in parties around their watch-fires, and utterly unprepared for our approach. A swift and noiseless advance around that projecting rock, and we are upon them, we capture them without the possibility of resistance.-One disorderly noise or motion may leave us at the mercy of their advanced guard. Let every man keep the strictest silence, under pain of instant death. PITCH Pitch has reference to the key of the voice, and its degrees run through the entire compass. It is divided into Middle, Low, Very Low, High and Very High. MIDDLE 1. The very law which molds a tear, "On a Tear." SAMUEL ROGERS. 2. For rising to eminence in any intellectual pursuit, there is not a rule of more essential importance than that of doing one thing at a time; avoiding distracting and desultory occupations, and keeping a leading object habitually before the mind, as one in which it can at all times find an interesting resource when necessary avocations allow the thoughts to recur to it. If, along with this habit, there be cultivated the practise of constantly writing such views as arise, we perhaps describe that state of mental discipline by which talents of a very moderate order may be applied in a conspicuous and useful manner to any subject to which they are devoted. Such writing need not be made at first with any great attention to method, but merely put aside for future consideration, and in this manner the different departments of a subject will develop and arrange themselves as they advance, in a manner equally pleasing and wonderful. "Qualities of a Well Regulated Mind." ABERCROMBIE. 3. To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony. "My Symphony." WILLIAM HENRY CHANNING. 4. Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts; the line between failure and success is so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success. As the tide goes clear out, so it comes clear in. In business, sometimes, prospects may seem darkest when really they are on the turn. A little more patience, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own weakness of purpose. LOW 1. It thunders! Sons of dust, in reverence bow! I hear thy awful voice,-alarmed, afraid, 2. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, "Macbeth." SHAKESPEARE. 3. In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face, the hair of my flesh stood up; it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof; an image was before mine eyes; there was silence, and I heard a voice saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God! Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? VERY LOW 1. 'Tis midnight's holy hour, and silence now The still and pulseless world. Hark! on the winds Of the departed year. "The Closing Year." GEORGE D. PRENTICE. |