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... knowledge of principles enables us to do almost everything more effectively than without such knowledge , and this especially applies to composition . ( 3 ) The study of Rhetoric qualifies us to criticise and enjoy the finest ...
... knowledge of principles enables us to do almost everything more effectively than without such knowledge , and this especially applies to composition . ( 3 ) The study of Rhetoric qualifies us to criticise and enjoy the finest ...
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... knowledge . 4. Relation of the Subject to the Writer . A subject may be very interesting in itself and yet not suited to the writer who has chosen it . Hence we have some rules on this point . ( 1 ) The writer must be interested in his ...
... knowledge . 4. Relation of the Subject to the Writer . A subject may be very interesting in itself and yet not suited to the writer who has chosen it . Hence we have some rules on this point . ( 1 ) The writer must be interested in his ...
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... knowledge has originated with himself and what portion has been derived from books and conversation , and his regard for his own attainments will very much lessen . But originality in literature does not consist in an absolute creation ...
... knowledge has originated with himself and what portion has been derived from books and conversation , and his regard for his own attainments will very much lessen . But originality in literature does not consist in an absolute creation ...
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... knowledge . It has been well said , that invention in art does not consist in finding out something new , but in finding a new value in something old . 2. The Sources of Materials . Where are we to look for these materials ? The sources ...
... knowledge . It has been well said , that invention in art does not consist in finding out something new , but in finding a new value in something old . 2. The Sources of Materials . Where are we to look for these materials ? The sources ...
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... Knowledge obtained by one's self is always more clear , fresh , and interest- ing than if obtained at second hand . Do not go to Homer for a sunrise , when you can see one every morn- ing . After observing , reflect . Try to remember ...
... Knowledge obtained by one's self is always more clear , fresh , and interest- ing than if obtained at second hand . Do not go to Homer for a sunrise , when you can see one every morn- ing . After observing , reflect . Try to remember ...
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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...