The Vestibule of Eloquence: Original Articles Oratorical and Poetical, Intended as Exercises in Recitation, at the Institution, Bedford Place, Russell Squareauthor, 1810 - 32 sivua |
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Sivu 49
... virtue retrieved , for awhile , the lustre and reputation of her arms , and restored the sinking state to a portion of its former grandeur ; Elocution had its share of the glory of this achieve- ment . Under these circumstances , it was ...
... virtue retrieved , for awhile , the lustre and reputation of her arms , and restored the sinking state to a portion of its former grandeur ; Elocution had its share of the glory of this achieve- ment . Under these circumstances , it was ...
Sivu 53
... Virtue , all combined . It is true , indeed , that , in the records of modern heroism , the instances of Oratorical accomplishment are not equally conspicuous . But this has not arisen from any conviction , that the energies of ...
... Virtue , all combined . It is true , indeed , that , in the records of modern heroism , the instances of Oratorical accomplishment are not equally conspicuous . But this has not arisen from any conviction , that the energies of ...
Sivu 55
... virtue without a stain . A hero whose power was all beneficence , and all whose dispensa- tions were blessings ; -who fought only to vindicate ; and conquered , only to benefit - even those whose ag- gressions had forced him to unsheath ...
... virtue without a stain . A hero whose power was all beneficence , and all whose dispensa- tions were blessings ; -who fought only to vindicate ; and conquered , only to benefit - even those whose ag- gressions had forced him to unsheath ...
Sivu 68
... Virtue no more in chains is bound , " Nor Vice with Glory's laurel crown'd , " Beneath a partial Star ! " For honest Toil the fruitage grows , " The harvest bends , the vintage glows , " And , while the general Pæän flows , " Astrea ...
... Virtue no more in chains is bound , " Nor Vice with Glory's laurel crown'd , " Beneath a partial Star ! " For honest Toil the fruitage grows , " The harvest bends , the vintage glows , " And , while the general Pæän flows , " Astrea ...
Sivu 69
... Virtues reign , And Freedom lift her voice . No : but to bid the ravag'd World , From every social comfort hurl'd , Fall prostrate at his Feet ; To loose , more fierce , the Dogs of War ; Doubly to scythe the Iron Car , And urge the ...
... Virtues reign , And Freedom lift her voice . No : but to bid the ravag'd World , From every social comfort hurl'd , Fall prostrate at his Feet ; To loose , more fierce , the Dogs of War ; Doubly to scythe the Iron Car , And urge the ...
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Sivu 2 - Who call'st thyself perchance the master there, Or study swept, or nicely dusted coat, Or usual 'tendance ; — ask not, indiscreet, Thy stockings mended, though the yawning rents Gape wide as Erebus ; nor hope to find Some snug recess impervious...
Sivu 1 - Or drowning flies, or shoe lost in the mire By little whimpering boy, with rueful face ; Come, Muse, and sing the dreaded Washing-Day. Ye who beneath the yoke of wedlock bend, With bowed soul, full well ye ken the day Which week, smooth sliding after week, brings on Too soon ;— for to that day nor peace belongs Nor comfort ;— ere the first gray streak of dawn, The red-arm'd washers come and chase repose.
Sivu 3 - That day shall eat ; nor, though the husband try, Mending what can't be helped, to kindle mirth From cheer deficient, shall his consort's brow Clear up propitious : the unlucky guest In silence dines, and early slinks away.
Sivu 4 - ... to wash, to rinse, to wring, To fold, and starch, and clap, and iron, and plait. Then would I sit me down, and ponder much Why washings were. Sometimes through hollow bowl Of pipe amused we blew, and sent aloft 80 The floating bubbles; little dreaming then To see, Montgolfier, thy silken ball Ride buoyant through the clouds — so near approach The sports of children and the toils of men.
Sivu 2 - Shall mar thy musings, as the wet cold sheet Flaps in thy face abrupt. Woe to the friend Whose evil stars have urged him forth to claim On such a day the hospitable rites; Looks, blank at best, and stinted courtesy, Shall he receive; vainly he feeds...