Elocution; Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of Reading and Speaking; and Designed for the Development and Cultivation of Both Body and Mind ... Illustrated by Two Or Three Hundred Choice Anecdotes; Three Thousand Oratorical and Poetical Readings; Five Thousand Proverbs, Maxims and Laconics, and Several Hundred Elegant EngravingsMorton & Griswold, 1845 - 368 oldal |
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56. oldal
... virtue , and abhor vice . 13. Good counsel has no price . Anecdote . Matrimony . A father , wish- ing to dissuade his daughter from all thoughts of matrimony , quoted the words : " She who marries , doeth well ; but she who marries not ...
... virtue , and abhor vice . 13. Good counsel has no price . Anecdote . Matrimony . A father , wish- ing to dissuade his daughter from all thoughts of matrimony , quoted the words : " She who marries , doeth well ; but she who marries not ...
59. oldal
... virtue never received a more illus- trious manifestation . ' Howard , " said the orator , was a man , who traversed foreign countries , not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces , or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate ...
... virtue never received a more illus- trious manifestation . ' Howard , " said the orator , was a man , who traversed foreign countries , not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces , or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate ...
60. oldal
... Virtue is the only true nobility . 4. To bless , is to be bless'd . 5. Pleasures - are rendered bitter , by being abused . 6. Quarrels- would not last long , if the faults all lay on one side . 7. True merit - is dependent , neither on ...
... Virtue is the only true nobility . 4. To bless , is to be bless'd . 5. Pleasures - are rendered bitter , by being abused . 6. Quarrels- would not last long , if the faults all lay on one side . 7. True merit - is dependent , neither on ...
63. oldal
... Virtue- Stands like the sun , and all , which rolls around , Drinks life , and light , and glory - from her aspect . lead a life of dissipation ; and if society re- fuse to take care of him , in his minority , he will force it to notice ...
... Virtue- Stands like the sun , and all , which rolls around , Drinks life , and light , and glory - from her aspect . lead a life of dissipation ; and if society re- fuse to take care of him , in his minority , he will force it to notice ...
64. oldal
... Virtue - is the best , and safest helmet we can wear . 10. Against the fickleness of fortune , oppose a bold heart . 11 . Never profess - what you do not practice . 12 . Treat every one with kindness . that has kept time - from eternity ...
... Virtue - is the best , and safest helmet we can wear . 10. Against the fickleness of fortune , oppose a bold heart . 11 . Never profess - what you do not practice . 12 . Treat every one with kindness . that has kept time - from eternity ...
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