Aids to English Composition: Prepared for Students of All Grades, Embracing Specimens and Examples of School and College Exercises [etc.]Harper & brothers, 1849 - Всего страниц: 429 |
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... thought will flow in rich and rapid currents . Rules and suggestions , however , are not wholly useless . They encourage the diffi- dent , and give confidence to those whose want of conversance with ap . proved models renders it ...
... thought will flow in rich and rapid currents . Rules and suggestions , however , are not wholly useless . They encourage the diffi- dent , and give confidence to those whose want of conversance with ap . proved models renders it ...
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... thought , on reading and observation , and an attentive study of the meaning and the force of language . The proper preparation for its suc cessful performance should be laid in a diligent attention to the rules of grammar , a thorough ...
... thought , on reading and observation , and an attentive study of the meaning and the force of language . The proper preparation for its suc cessful performance should be laid in a diligent attention to the rules of grammar , a thorough ...
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... thoughts and ideas arise as it were spontaneously . For the first exercise in composition , therefore , it is pro- posed that the student be required to enumerate the parts of some visible object , according to the following Example . A ...
... thoughts and ideas arise as it were spontaneously . For the first exercise in composition , therefore , it is pro- posed that the student be required to enumerate the parts of some visible object , according to the following Example . A ...
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... thought , and thereby to preserve what would proba- bly soon be lost , if intrusted to the memory alone . What is once written can be read , or preserved for future information , and thereby we can learn what our friends who are absent ...
... thought , and thereby to preserve what would proba- bly soon be lost , if intrusted to the memory alone . What is once written can be read , or preserved for future information , and thereby we can learn what our friends who are absent ...
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... thought it very dull , Sir ; I scarcely met with a single per son . I would much rather have gone along the turnpike road . Tutor . Why , if seeing men and horses was your object , you would , indeed , have been better entertained , on ...
... thought it very dull , Sir ; I scarcely met with a single per son . I would much rather have gone along the turnpike road . Tutor . Why , if seeing men and horses was your object , you would , indeed , have been better entertained , on ...
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Стр. 291 - For thee, who, mindful of the unhonored da Dost in these lines their artless tale relate If, chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply, some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
Стр. 26 - in Every Clime Adored, by Saint, by savage, and By sage, Jehovah, jove, or lord thou great first cause, least understood, •who All my Sense Confined (confinedst), to Know But This, That thon Art good . and That myself Am Blind. yet Gavest me In this Dark Estate, &c. the language of Manv of the
Стр. 26 - why did Ton Not Arrive sooner? were you necessarily Detained? daughter of faith, Awake! Arise! Illume the Dread Unknown, The chaos of The tomb. the lord My pasture Shall Prepare, and Feed Me With A shepherd's care. father of all in Every
Стр. 144 - 3d. Thy blood is cold ; thou hast no speculation In those eyes which thou dost stare with. Hence, horrible shadow; unreal mockery, hence! LHI. CLIMAX. Climax consists in an artful exaggeration of all the circumstances of some object or action, which we wish to place in a strong light. It operates by a gradual
Стр. 397 - But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing." 1. In respect to its orign, — divine, — bears its marks, — it is interesting to contemplate nature, — but much more revelation, — the noblest gift of God to man. — II. In its nature, — its theory of doctrines, — its code of moral
Стр. 400 - is Providence alone secures, 261. Still where rosy pleasure leads See a kindred gnef pursue, Behind the steps that misery treads Approaching comforts view. 263. Know then this truth, enough for man to know, Virtue alone is happiness below. In every change, both mine and yours. 265. Knowledge and plenty vie with each other. 264. Prayer ardent opens heaven.
Стр. 291 - This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned;— On some fond breast the parting soul relies; Some pious drops the closing eye requires; Even from the tomb the voice of Nature cries • Even in our ashes live their wonted
Стр. 291 - The place of fame and elegy supply; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful
Стр. 168 - Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds ; But animated nature sweeter still, To soothe and satisfy the human ear. Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one The live-long night. Nor these alone, whose notes Nice fingered art must emulate in vain; But cawing rooks, and kites that swim sublime, In still repeated circles, screaming loud: The
Стр. 370 - is a strong ass, couching down between two burdens; and he saw that rest was good, and the land, that it was pleasant, and he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant to tribute." But these seasons of patient sufferance do not always last. And long periods of torpid quiescence are succeeded by awful