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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... his pupils fluency of expression , to make them do orally what they are required to do in writing in the two preceding sections . PART II . ON STYLE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE . CHAPTER 36 ARRANGEMENT OF SENTENCES . [ PART 1 .
... his pupils fluency of expression , to make them do orally what they are required to do in writing in the two preceding sections . PART II . ON STYLE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE . CHAPTER 36 ARRANGEMENT OF SENTENCES . [ PART 1 .
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... CHAPTER I. OF LANGUAGE , AND ITS ORIGIN . Q. By what is man chiefly distinguished from the brute crea tion ? A. By his powers of reflection and reason , and his great susceptibility of improvement . Q. On what do these mainly depend ? A ...
... CHAPTER I. OF LANGUAGE , AND ITS ORIGIN . Q. By what is man chiefly distinguished from the brute crea tion ? A. By his powers of reflection and reason , and his great susceptibility of improvement . Q. On what do these mainly depend ? A ...
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... CHAPTER II . OF ALPHABETIC WRITING . Q. What is the simplest and most effectual means of preserv ing our thoughts ? A. The adoption of certain signs to represent the various sounds of the human voice . Q. What name is given to this ...
... CHAPTER II . OF ALPHABETIC WRITING . Q. What is the simplest and most effectual means of preserv ing our thoughts ? A. The adoption of certain signs to represent the various sounds of the human voice . Q. What name is given to this ...
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... CHAPTER III . OF THE MATERIALS ANCIENTLY USED IN WRITING , ETC. Q. What was for some time the peculiar character of writing ? A. It was for a long time a species of engraving and was executed chiefly on pillars and tablets of stone . Q ...
... CHAPTER III . OF THE MATERIALS ANCIENTLY USED IN WRITING , ETC. Q. What was for some time the peculiar character of writing ? A. It was for a long time a species of engraving and was executed chiefly on pillars and tablets of stone . Q ...
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... CHAPTER IV . OF THE SCARCITY OF BOOKS IN FORMER TIMES . Q. Were books always as abundant as they are at present ? A. Far from it ; for , at no very remote period , they were so scarce as to be in the hands of only the wealthy and the ...
... CHAPTER IV . OF THE SCARCITY OF BOOKS IN FORMER TIMES . Q. Were books always as abundant as they are at present ? A. Far from it ; for , at no very remote period , they were so scarce as to be in the hands of only the wealthy and the ...
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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?