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... light , " " that spirit which gleams from the eyes of a new - born babe , " " the crimson sunset , " " the golden sunshine " ) may please us , just because we are accustomed to react in certain ways to such language . But when we prick ...
... light , " " that spirit which gleams from the eyes of a new - born babe , " " the crimson sunset , " " the golden sunshine " ) may please us , just because we are accustomed to react in certain ways to such language . But when we prick ...
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... light came streaming in , and fell upon them , locked together . " How fast the river runs , between its green banks and the rushes , Floy ! But it's so very near the sea . I hear the waves ! They always said so ! " Presently he told ...
... light came streaming in , and fell upon them , locked together . " How fast the river runs , between its green banks and the rushes , Floy ! But it's so very near the sea . I hear the waves ! They always said so ! " Presently he told ...
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... light : the sun shall be darkened in his going forth , and the moon shall not cause her light to shine . And I will punish the world for their evil , and the wicked for their iniquity ; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to ...
... light : the sun shall be darkened in his going forth , and the moon shall not cause her light to shine . And I will punish the world for their evil , and the wicked for their iniquity ; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to ...
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Diction | 55 |
Other Determinants of Tone | 130 |
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