Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism: With Copious Practical Exercises and Examples : for the Use of Common Schools and AcademiesHarper & Brothers, 1852 - 352 Seiten |
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... 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 humar invention ; but the more common opinion is , that it was a ...
... 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 humar invention ; but the more common opinion is , that it was a ...
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... sounds of the human voice . Q. What name is given to this method of preserving and trans- mitting thought ? A. It is called alphabetic writing , and , next to rea- son and speech , is one of the greatest blessings that mankind possess ...
... sounds of the human voice . Q. What name is given to this method of preserving and trans- mitting thought ? A. It is called alphabetic writing , and , next to rea- son and speech , is one of the greatest blessings that mankind possess ...
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... sounds by the ear ; we also perceive that certain combinations of sound have harmony , and that others are dissonant . This power of perceiving harmony , called in common language a musical ear , is another secondary sense , which the ...
... sounds by the ear ; we also perceive that certain combinations of sound have harmony , and that others are dissonant . This power of perceiving harmony , called in common language a musical ear , is another secondary sense , which the ...
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... sounds which supply the ever - changing pleasures of the eye and the ear . Q. How is this sense of the beautiful to be improved ? A. " It would seem , " says Professor Hadduck , " that the sense of beauty of which we are made ca- pable ...
... sounds which supply the ever - changing pleasures of the eye and the ear . Q. How is this sense of the beautiful to be improved ? A. " It would seem , " says Professor Hadduck , " that the sense of beauty of which we are made ca- pable ...
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... gives peculiar grace to composition ? A. A smooth and easy flow of the words and mem- bers of sentences , and a freedom from all harshness of sound Q. What quality of style does this constitute ? A. PART II . 71 HARMONY .
... gives peculiar grace to composition ? A. A smooth and easy flow of the words and mem- bers of sentences , and a freedom from all harshness of sound Q. What quality of style does this constitute ? A. PART II . 71 HARMONY .
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Seite 253 - 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 228 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Seite 264 - 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 226 - His soul, proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way; Yet simple Nature to his hope has given, Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heaven; Some safer world in depth of woods embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste, 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...
Seite 86 - 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 264 - MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Seite 231 - Father of light and life, Thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself ! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Seite 252 - No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet— But hark!— that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than> before! Arm! Arm! it is— it is— the cannon's opening roar!
Seite 80 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all: And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Seite 268 - And, oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle.