Practice Book by Leland Powers
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Do put your accents in the proper spot;
Don't--let me beg you--don't say 'How?' for 'What?' And when you stick on conversation's burrs, Don't strew the pathway with those dreadful urs." * * * * * 3. "To be, or not to be; that is the question:-- Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune; Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep,-- No more:" * * * * * 4. "I should say sincerity, a deep, great, genuine sincerity, is the first characteristic of all men in any way heroic. Not the sincerity that calls itself sincere; that is ... oftenest self-conceit mainly. The great man's sincerity is of the kind he cannot speak of, is not conscious of." * * * * * 5. "_Brutus_. Get me a taper in my study, Lucius. _Lucius_. I will, my lord. (_Exit_.) _Brutus_. It must be by his death: and for my part, I know no cause to spurn at him, But for the general. He would be crown'd:-- |
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