Lessons in Elocution and Expressive Reading for Boys; With a Choice Selection of Extracts for Reading and Repetition Annotated for Expression and the Analysis of Sentences, Illustrating a New Theory of Emphasis and Pauses (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...to contend with spirits of Heav'n.' 4To whom the goblin, full of wrath, replied. 'Art thou that traitor Angel, art thou He, Who first broke peace in Heav'n, and faith, till then Unbroken, and in proud, rebellious arms Drew after him the third part of Heav'n's sons, Conjur'd against the Highest, for which both thou And they, outcast from God, are here condemn'd To waste eternal days in woe and pain? And reckon'st thou thyself with spirits of Heav'n, Hell-doom'd and breath'st defiance here, and scorn, Where I reign king, and to enrage thee more, Thy king and lord? 5Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings, Lest with a whip of scorpions I pursue Thy ling'ring, or with one stroke of this dart Strange horror seize thee, and pangs unfelt before.' Milton. Ex. 40. The African Slave Trade. 1. Indignant statement. 2. Abhorrence. 3. Protest. 4. Denunciation. 5. Indignation rising into vehemence. It is now three years since the abominable traffic has ceased to be sanctioned by the law of the land; and, I thank God, I may therefore now indulge in expressing feelings towards it, which delicacy, rather to the law than the traffic, might, before that period, have rendered it proper to suppress. After a long and most unaccountable silence of the law on this head, which seemed to protect, by permitting, or at least by not prohibiting the traffic, it has now spoken out; and the veil which it appeared to interpose being now withdrawn, it is fit to let our indignation fall on those who still dare to trade in human flesh, not merely for the frauds of common smugglers, but for engaging in crimes of the deepest die;--ain crimes always most iniquitous, even when not illegal; but which are now as contrary to law as they have ever been to honesty and justice...