Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism: With Copious Practical Exercises and Examples, for the Use of Common Schools and AcademiesHarper & Brothers, 1862 - Всего страниц: 333 |
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... causes and . consequences , connected with this subject , will be found im- bodied in this brief detail , and the different characters of the English language and literature , at different periods . carefully pointed out " The present ...
... causes and . consequences , connected with this subject , will be found im- bodied in this brief detail , and the different characters of the English language and literature , at different periods . carefully pointed out " The present ...
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... caused it to be buried in great obscurity , and many have even doubt- ed its being a human invention .- ( See Dr. Spring's Lectures . ) Q. What alphabet is supposed to be the most ancient ? A. The Hebrew , or Samaritan , which is ...
... caused it to be buried in great obscurity , and many have even doubt- ed its being a human invention .- ( See Dr. Spring's Lectures . ) Q. What alphabet is supposed to be the most ancient ? A. The Hebrew , or Samaritan , which is ...
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... cause of such uncertainty ? A. It probably is , that the inventor in this case , as in many others , has been frequently confounded with the improver . What benefits has the invention of printing produced ? A. It has multiplied books ...
... cause of such uncertainty ? A. It probably is , that the inventor in this case , as in many others , has been frequently confounded with the improver . What benefits has the invention of printing produced ? A. It has multiplied books ...
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... cause of this great loss 7. By proper reflection , we . may be taught to mend what is erroneous and defective CHAPTER XIV . OF PRECISION . Q. What do you mean by the term Precision ? A. The using of no more words to convey our mean- ing ...
... cause of this great loss 7. By proper reflection , we . may be taught to mend what is erroneous and defective CHAPTER XIV . OF PRECISION . Q. What do you mean by the term Precision ? A. The using of no more words to convey our mean- ing ...
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... cause superior and exterior to itself ; but ( to continue the simile ) both are capa- ble of doing the greatest mischief after the cause which first set them in motion has ceased to act . " " The beauties and sublimities of nature are ...
... cause superior and exterior to itself ; but ( to continue the simile ) both are capa- ble of doing the greatest mischief after the cause which first set them in motion has ceased to act . " " The beauties and sublimities of nature are ...
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Стр. 243 - And there was mounting in hot haste; the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
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Стр. 243 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs, Which ne'er might be repeated...
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Стр. 216 - whispers through the trees': If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep': The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with 'sleep'. Then, at the last and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.
Стр. 242 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low : And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Стр. 211 - What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater?