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... illustrated in the “ Science of Rhetoric , " where it is used to explain all the ordinary rules of style . 4. Division of this Chapter . The first step in the improvement of style is to choose the right words ; the second , to combine ...
... illustrated in the “ Science of Rhetoric , " where it is used to explain all the ordinary rules of style . 4. Division of this Chapter . The first step in the improvement of style is to choose the right words ; the second , to combine ...
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... illustrated by the story of the Frenchman , who , having fallen into the water , cried out in terror , " I will drown , and nobody shall help me . " The origin of these words is as follows : Shall ( from the Anglo - Saxon sculan , to be ...
... illustrated by the story of the Frenchman , who , having fallen into the water , cried out in terror , " I will drown , and nobody shall help me . " The origin of these words is as follows : Shall ( from the Anglo - Saxon sculan , to be ...
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... illustrated as follows : ( 1 ) Archaic forms of the verb ending in -eth and -est are fre- quently , but erroneously , used in the same sentence with mod- ern forms ; as , " The Moon sendeth [ sends ] to the Earth the light which the Sun ...
... illustrated as follows : ( 1 ) Archaic forms of the verb ending in -eth and -est are fre- quently , but erroneously , used in the same sentence with mod- ern forms ; as , " The Moon sendeth [ sends ] to the Earth the light which the Sun ...
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... illustrated by Dr. Campbell . He says : ' If the medium through which we look at any object is perfectly transparent , our whole attention is fixed on the object ; we are scarcely sensible that STYLE . 53 Clearness The Importance of ...
... illustrated by Dr. Campbell . He says : ' If the medium through which we look at any object is perfectly transparent , our whole attention is fixed on the object ; we are scarcely sensible that STYLE . 53 Clearness The Importance of ...
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... illustrated by Burton , in the following story of Billy Williams , a comic actor , who thus narrates his experience in riding a horse owned by Hamblin , the manager . " So down I goes to the stable with Tom Flynn , and told the man to ...
... illustrated by Burton , in the following story of Billy Williams , a comic actor , who thus narrates his experience in riding a horse owned by Hamblin , the manager . " So down I goes to the stable with Tom Flynn , and told the man to ...
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Page 147 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
Page 148 - Ye Ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge! Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? GOD! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, GOD!
Page 80 - Tis of the wave and not the rock ; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea ! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee...
Page 155 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 147 - The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Page 147 - Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place. Unpractised he to fawn or seek for power, By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour: Far other aims his heart had learned to prize— More skilled to raise the wretched than to rise.
Page 150 - This hour's work Will breed proscriptions ! Look to your hearths, my Lords ! For there, henceforth, shall sit, for household gods, Shapes hot from Tartarus ! — all shames and crimes ! Wan Treachery, with his thirsty dagger drawn : Suspicion, poisoning his brother's cup ; Naked Rebellion, with the torch and axe, Making his wild sport of your blazing Thrones ; Till Anarchy comes down on you like Night, And Massacre seals Rome's eternal grave.
Page 156 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 146 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony.
Page 76 - Eternal Hope ! when yonder spheres sublime Pealed their first notes to sound the march of Time, Thy joyous youth began — but not to fade. — When all the sister planets have...