The Canadian Elocutionist by Anna Kelsey Howard
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page 89 of 532 (16%)
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Eternity is _long_`. If they _return_`. Forgive us our _sins_`. Depart _thou_`. 2. What' though the field be lost`? All` is not` lost`: the unconquerable will`, And stud`y of revenge`, immor`tal hate`, And cour`age nev`er to submit` or yield`. 3. And be thou instruc`ted, oh, Jeru`salem', lest my soul depart` from thee; lest I make thee' des`olate, a land not' inhab`ited. If the members of a concluding series are not emphatic, they all take the rising inflection except the _last_, which takes the falling inflection; but if emphatic, they all take the falling inflection except the _last_ but _one_, which takes the rising inflection. The dew is dried up', the star is shot', the flight is past', the man forgot`. He tried each art', reproved each dull delay', allured to brighter worlds' |
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