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Page 44
... truth of the delineation , and the power and skill with which the whole picture is drawn . The words marked in italics are the main features the materials of the description and their grouping contributes power- fully to deepen the ...
... truth of the delineation , and the power and skill with which the whole picture is drawn . The words marked in italics are the main features the materials of the description and their grouping contributes power- fully to deepen the ...
Page 62
... truth of that proposition , and never presume to violate it . The last sentence puts me in mind to tell you that I have ordered my volume to your door . My bookseller is the most dilatory of all his fraternity ; it is more than a month ...
... truth of that proposition , and never presume to violate it . The last sentence puts me in mind to tell you that I have ordered my volume to your door . My bookseller is the most dilatory of all his fraternity ; it is more than a month ...
Page 84
... truth that " two and two make four , " or that " two straight lines cannot enclose a space , " & c . But there are many other conclusions of a different nature , and which , though true , may require explanation or illustration , and ...
... truth that " two and two make four , " or that " two straight lines cannot enclose a space , " & c . But there are many other conclusions of a different nature , and which , though true , may require explanation or illustration , and ...
Page 88
... truth . 18. A government should be careful to reward merit . 19. Nothing is more odious than a proud spirit . 20. The amiable gain many friends . III . EXPLANATION . A general assertion may be frequently 88 ENGLISH STYLE .
... truth . 18. A government should be careful to reward merit . 19. Nothing is more odious than a proud spirit . 20. The amiable gain many friends . III . EXPLANATION . A general assertion may be frequently 88 ENGLISH STYLE .
Page 92
... truth of the statement was proved by the effect ; here the effect will appear in the given proposition , and we shall endeavour to show the cause that produced this effect . For example , if we state that some one has an amiable ...
... truth of the statement was proved by the effect ; here the effect will appear in the given proposition , and we shall endeavour to show the cause that produced this effect . For example , if we state that some one has an amiable ...
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Page 232 - My duty towards God, is to believe in him, to fear him, and to love him with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul, and with all my strength; to worship him, to give him thanks, to put my whole trust in him, to call upon him, to honour his holy Name and his Word, and to serve him truly all the days of my life.
Page 254 - As bees In spring-time, when the Sun with Taurus rides, Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters; they among fresh dews and flowers Fly to and fro, or on the smoothed plank, The suburb of their straw-built citadel, New rubbed with balm, expatiate, and confer Their state affairs: so thick the aery crowd Swarmed and were straitened; till, the signal given, Behold a wonder!
Page 332 - ... rubbish and clear obstructions from the paths through which learning and genius press forward to conquest and glory, without bestowing a smile on the humble drudge that facilitates their progress. Every other author may aspire to praise ; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach, and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few.
Page 317 - ... comfort : here a shepherd's boy piping, as though he should never be old ; there a young shepherdess knitting, and withal singing, and it seemed that her voice comforted her hands to work, and her hands kept time to her voice-music.
Page 161 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Page 334 - Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. All the horrors of war before known or heard of, were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple.
Page 318 - As the great eye of heaven, shined bright, And made a sunshine in the shady place: Did never mortal eye behold such heavenly grace. It fortuned...
Page 316 - There were hills which garnished their proud heights with stately trees : humble valleys whose base estate seemed comforted with the refreshing of silver rivers; meadows enamelled with all sorts of eye-pleasing flowers ; thickets, which being lined with most pleasant shade were witnessed so to, by the cheerful disposition of many well-tuned birds ; each pasture stored with sheep feeding with sober security, while the pretty lambs with bleating oratory craved the...
Page 223 - Homer was the greater genius, Virgil the better artist. In one we most admire the man, in the other the work. Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding impetuosity, Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion, Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence.
Page 325 - ... prayer was broken, and his thoughts were troubled, and his words went up towards a cloud, and his thoughts pulled them back again and made them without intention...