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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... light , and there was light ! " Read , also , portions of the Psalms of David - the book of Job , and the prophecies of Isaiah , and others . These may be referred to again in the chapter on he Poetry of the Bible , which will deserve ...
... light , and there was light ! " Read , also , portions of the Psalms of David - the book of Job , and the prophecies of Isaiah , and others . These may be referred to again in the chapter on he Poetry of the Bible , which will deserve ...
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... light ; and therefore they do what they can to cast a cloud over them , that the bright shining of their virtues may not obscure them . CHAPTER XVII . OF UNITY . Q. What do you mean by the Unity of a sentence ? A. Closeness and ...
... light ; and therefore they do what they can to cast a cloud over them , that the bright shining of their virtues may not obscure them . CHAPTER XVII . OF UNITY . Q. What do you mean by the Unity of a sentence ? A. Closeness and ...
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... light , like an albatross in the spotless horizon The last glimpse you catch of her , she is gloriously entering the narbor , the haven of eternal rest ; yea , you see her like a star , that in the morning of eternity dies into the light ...
... light , like an albatross in the spotless horizon The last glimpse you catch of her , she is gloriously entering the narbor , the haven of eternal rest ; yea , you see her like a star , that in the morning of eternity dies into the light ...
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... light . " " Bad books are 1 ke sailing under false colors in every sea , and delighting in the wreck and conquest of every thing precious . " CHAPTER XXV . OF METAPHOR . Q. What do you understand by a Metaphor ? A. A comparison in which ...
... light . " " Bad books are 1 ke sailing under false colors in every sea , and delighting in the wreck and conquest of every thing precious . " CHAPTER XXV . OF METAPHOR . Q. What do you understand by a Metaphor ? A. A comparison in which ...
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... light of day , we needed not to be informed that he could not discern these other objects . But the person who should call this tautolo- gy would be as devoid of soul as an orang - outang . We can participate in the feelings of the poet ...
... light of day , we needed not to be informed that he could not discern these other objects . But the person who should call this tautolo- gy would be as devoid of soul as an orang - outang . We can participate in the feelings of the poet ...
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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...
Стр. 242 - 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 hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not— his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away...
Стр. 254 - Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
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...
Стр. 218 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Стр. 80 - Return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts : look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Стр. 163 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
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?