The Philosophy of RhetoricT. Tegg, 1841 - 396 Seiten |
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... preposition on , as , " The house was founded on a rock ; " in the metaphorical application , it is often better with in , as in this sen- tence , " They maintained , that dominion is founded in grace . " Both sentences would be badly ...
... preposition on , as , " The house was founded on a rock ; " in the metaphorical application , it is often better with in , as in this sen- tence , " They maintained , that dominion is founded in grace . " Both sentences would be badly ...
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... preposition to- ward and towards , and the adverbs forward and forwards , backward and backwards , the two forms are used indiscriminately . But as the first form in all these is also an adjective , it is better to confine the particles ...
... preposition to- ward and towards , and the adverbs forward and forwards , backward and backwards , the two forms are used indiscriminately . But as the first form in all these is also an adjective , it is better to confine the particles ...
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... preposition , the former alone is analogical , there being no such word in the language as abouts . The same holds ... preposition ; consequently nowise , which is an adverb of the same order , ought analogically to be written in one ...
... preposition , the former alone is analogical , there being no such word in the language as abouts . The same holds ... preposition ; consequently nowise , which is an adverb of the same order , ought analogically to be written in one ...
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... preposition indiscriminately . Thus we say either accept or accept of , admit or admit of , approve or approve of ; in like manner address or address to , attain or attain to . In such instances it will hold , I suppose , pretty ...
... preposition indiscriminately . Thus we say either accept or accept of , admit or admit of , approve or approve of ; in like manner address or address to , attain or attain to . In such instances it will hold , I suppose , pretty ...
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... preposition is necessary to one of them , as , " I address myself to my judges . " They ad- dressed their vows to ... preposition sub , where the sub is followed by an s , unless when the original word compounded with the preposition ...
... preposition is necessary to one of them , as , " I address myself to my judges . " They ad- dressed their vows to ... preposition sub , where the sub is followed by an s , unless when the original word compounded with the preposition ...
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Seite 341 - Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer ; thy name is from everlasting.
Seite 341 - I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Seite 196 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
Seite 284 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell, Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Seite 22 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Seite 27 - She said ; then raging to Sir Plume' repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume, of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...
Seite 37 - I may therefore conclude, that the passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly...
Seite 183 - We next went to the school of languages, where three professors sat in consultation upon improving that of their own country. The first project was to shorten discourse by cutting polysyllables into one, and leaving out verbs and participles, because in reality all things imaginable are but nouns.
Seite 309 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Seite 377 - Pr'ythee, lead me in: There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny ; 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own.