‘And if I,’ said she, ‘am young in years, I am old in sorrow; but even if trouble should fail to kill me before vice destroys him, think, if he reached but fifty years or so, would you wait twenty or fifteen—in vague uncertainty and suspense—through all the prime of youth and manhood—and marry at last a woman faded and worn as I shall be—without ever having seen me from this day to that?—You would not,’ she continued, interrupting my earnest protestations of unfailing constancy,—‘or if you would, you should not.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

When Paoli assumed the command, he found all things in confusion: he formed a democratical government, of which he was chosen chief: restored the authority of the laws; established a university; and took such measures, both for repressing abuses and moulding the rising generation, that, if France had not interfered, upon its wicked and detestable principle of usurpation, Corsica might at this day have been as free, and flourishing and happy a commonwealth as any of the Grecian states in the days of their prosperity.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

A FOREST WALK Hester Prynne remained constant in her resolve to make known to Mr. Dimmesdale, at whatever risk of present pain or ulterior consequences, the true character of the man who had crept into his intimacy.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

[643] they shall oversee that no prowling officer, under colour of authority, shall insult over his inferiors, as so many wild beasts, oppress, domineer, flea, grind, or trample on, be partial or corrupt, but that there be aequabile jus , justice equally done, live as friends and brethren together; and which [644] Sesellius would have and so much desires in his kingdom of France, a diapason and sweet harmony of kings, princes, nobles, and plebeians so mutually tied and involved in love, as well as laws and authority, as that they never disagree, insult, or encroach one upon another.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

May it please your Royal Highness: We, his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada, in Provincial Parliament assembled, impressed with a lively sense of the firm, upright, and liberal administration of Francis Gore, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor of this Province, as well as of his unceasing attention to the individual and general interests of the Colony during his absence, have unanimously passed a bill to appropriate the sum of three thousand pounds, to enable him to purchase a service of plate, commemorative of our gratitude.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

She was not so constantly gay, but had her moods of thought, which Clifford, on the whole, liked better than her former phase of unmingled cheerfulness; because now she understood him better and more delicately, and sometimes even interpreted him to himself.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

PUBLISHERS Copyright 1915 THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO F. ARTHUR METCALF FELLOW-WORKER AND FRIEND Table of Contents THINGS TO THINK OF FIRST—A FOREWORD CHAPTER I—ACQUIRING CONFIDENCE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE CHAPTER II—THE SIN OF MONOTONY CHAPTER III—EFFICIENCY THROUGH EMPHASIS AND SUBORDINATION CHAPTER IV—EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PITCH CHAPTER V—EFFICIENCY THROUGH CHANGE OF PACE CHAPTER VI—PAUSE AND POWER CHAPTER VII—EFFICIENCY THROUGH INFLECTION CHAPTER VIII—CONCENTRATION IN DELIVERY CHAPTER IX—FORCE CHAPTER X—FEELING AND ENTHUSIASM CHAPTER XI—FLUENCY THROUGH PREPARATION CHAPTER XII—THE VOICE CHAPTER XIII—VOICE CHARM CHAPTER XIV—DISTINCTNESS AND PRECISION OF UTTERANCE CHAPTER XV—THE TRUTH ABOUT GESTURE CHAPTER XVI—METHODS OF DELIVERY CHAPTER XVII—THOUGHT AND RESERVE POWER CHAPTER XVIII—SUBJECT AND PREPARATION CHAPTER XIX—INFLUENCING BY EXPOSITION CHAPTER XX—INFLUENCING BY DESCRIPTION CHAPTER XXI—INFLUENCING BY NARRATION CHAPTER XXII—INFLUENCING BY SUGGESTION CHAPTER XXIII—INFLUENCING BY ARGUMENT CHAPTER XXIV—INFLUENCING BY PERSUASION CHAPTER XXV—INFLUENCING THE CROWD CHAPTER XXVI—RIDING THE WINGED HORSE CHAPTER XXVII—GROWING A VOCABULARY CHAPTER XXVIII—MEMORY TRAINING CHAPTER XXIX—RIGHT THINKING AND PERSONALITY CHAPTER XXX—AFTER-DINNER AND OTHER OCCASIONAL SPEAKING CHAPTER XXXI—MAKING CONVERSATION EFFECTIVE APPENDIX A—FIFTY QUESTIONS FOR DEBATE APPENDIX B—THIRTY THEMES FOR SPEECHES, WITH SOURCE-REFERENCES APPENDIX C—SUGGESTIVE SUBJECTS FOR SPEECHES; HINTS FOR TREATMENT APPENDIX D—SPEECHES FOR STUDY AND PRACTISE GENERAL INDEX THINGS TO THINK OF FIRST A FOREWORD The efficiency of a book is like that of a man, in one important respect: its attitude toward its subject is the first source of its power.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

Under date of York U. C., Sept., 30, 1815, we read the following particulars in the Gazette of the day:—"Arrived on Monday last the 25th instant, His Excellency Francis Gore, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Upper Canada, to reassume the reins of government.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

And, while contemplating the scene of our earliest political conflicts, the scene of our earliest known state pageants in these parts, with their modest means and appliances, our minds intuitively recur to a period farther removed still, when under even yet more primitive conditions the Parliament of Upper Canada assembled at Newark, just across the Lake.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

He far surpassed all others by using this "lofty intelligence and power of universal consummation," as the divine Plato calls it; [17] in addition to his natural advantages, adorning his oratory with apt illustrations drawn from physical science.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

But, after the peace of Utrecht, conceding Gibraltar to England, and which more than compensated us for the loss of Tangier, the influence of France in Morocco began to wane, and the trade of this empire was absorbed by the British during the 18th century.
— from Travels in Morocco, Volume 2. by James Richardson

As the subject unfolded itself, he saw how the perturbations of Uranus could be fully explained by the existence of an exterior planet, and at length he had ascertained, not alone the orbit of this outer body, but he was even able to indicate the part of the heavens in which the unknown globe must be sought.
— from The Story of the Heavens by Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball

At first, indeed, indigo and woad were employed together in dyeing; then came the plan of using certain chemicals in place of woad, which injured the wool and destroyed the quality of cloths; so that in Thuringia orders were issued by the Government prohibiting the employment of indigo.
— from A Book of Cornwall by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

Amersfoort (ä′merz-fōrt), a town in Holland, province of Utrecht, communicating by the Eem with the Zuider-Zee; manufactures woollen goods, tobacco, glass, and silk yarn.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

John paused for an instant at his own cabin to extract from his suitcase the particular outrage upon conventional headgear (it was a deerstalker of Lovat tweed) that he had evolved for this voyage; and presently he was sitting in the barber shop, wondering at first why anybody should be expected to buy any of the miscellaneous articles exposed for sale at such enhanced prices on every hook and in every nook of the little saloon, and soon afterward seriously considering the advantage of a pair of rope-soled shoes upon a heeling deck.
— from Poor Relations by Compton MacKenzie

When Gammon and Polly met they talked no longer of Lord Polperro or Uncle Clover, but of words.
— from The Town Traveller by George Gissing

At two in the morning they routed us out of bed—another piece of unwarranted cruelty—another stupid effort of our dragoman to get ahead of a rival.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

Interesting scenes these of pathos and pleasantry—a combination of soft glances and affectionate fervent assurances; alternate embraces (that were apparently received with reluctance, but actually with delight, and proffers of pieces of calico and beads and other trinkets (received both apparently and actually with extreme satisfaction) as souvenirs of happy days that were past), and pledges of unalterable constancy and bright hope in days that were yet to come.
— from Snowflakes and Sunbeams; Or, The Young Fur-traders: A Tale of the Far North by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

"If," said Lord Durham, "the population of Upper Canada is rightly estimated at four hundred thousand, the English inhabitants of Lower Canada at one hundred and fifty thousand, and the French at four hundred and fifty thousand, the union of the [Pg 83] two provinces would not only give a clear English majority, but one which would be increased every year by the influence of English emigration, and I have little doubt that the French, when once placed by the legitimate course of events in a minority, would abandon their vain hopes of nationality."
— from George Brown by John Lewis