Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism: With Copious Practical Exercises and Examples, for the Use of Common Schools and AcademiesHarper & Brothers, 1862 - 333 Seiten |
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... understand by speech or language ? A. Those sounds of the voice by which we express our thoughts or ideas . Q. What is supposed to have been the origin of language ? A. It is supposed by some to be the fruit of human invention ; but the ...
... understand by speech or language ? A. Those sounds of the voice by which we express our thoughts or ideas . Q. What is supposed to have been the origin of language ? A. It is supposed by some to be the fruit of human invention ; but the ...
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... understand by the term composition as ap- plied to language ? A. The clear , accurate , and forcible expression of our thoughts and opinions in writing . Q. Is the term ever employed in any other sense A. It is frequently used in ...
... understand by the term composition as ap- plied to language ? A. The clear , accurate , and forcible expression of our thoughts and opinions in writing . Q. Is the term ever employed in any other sense A. It is frequently used in ...
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... understand by beauty ? A. An assemblage of properties which renders cer- tain objects of perception highly agreeable ... understanding , to repress criminal thoughts , and to cherish good af- fections ; as every one must lose it ...
... understand by beauty ? A. An assemblage of properties which renders cer- tain objects of perception highly agreeable ... understanding , to repress criminal thoughts , and to cherish good af- fections ; as every one must lose it ...
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... understand by Style as applied to writing ? A. The particular manner in which a writer o speaker expresses his thoughts by means of language . Q. From what is the word style derived ? A. From the Latin word stylus , a pointed steel in ...
... understand by Style as applied to writing ? A. The particular manner in which a writer o speaker expresses his thoughts by means of language . Q. From what is the word style derived ? A. From the Latin word stylus , a pointed steel in ...
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... understanding are more preferable than those or the senses . 13. Eve was the fairest of all her daughters . 14. I can not tell who has befriended me , unless it is him from whom I nave received so many favors . 15. The confession is ...
... understanding are more preferable than those or the senses . 13. Eve was the fairest of all her daughters . 14. I can not tell who has befriended me , unless it is him from whom I nave received so many favors . 15. The confession is ...
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Seite 243 - And there was mounting in hot haste; the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Seite 242 - And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him— he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not— his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away...
Seite 254 - Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Seite 243 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs, Which ne'er might be repeated...
Seite 218 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Seite 80 - Return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts : look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Seite 163 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Seite 216 - whispers through the trees': If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep': The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with 'sleep'. Then, at the last and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.
Seite 242 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low : And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Seite 211 - What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater?