Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism: With Copious Practical Exercises and Examples. For the Use of Common Schools and Academies. Including, Also, a Succinct History of the English Language, and of British and American Literatrue from the Earliest to the Present Times. On the Basis of the Recent Works of Alexander Reid and Robert Connel; with Large Additions from Other SourcesHarper & brothers, 1844 - 306 páginas |
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... meaning of the writer to the reader ; to show the relation which the various parts bear to each other ; to unite such as ought to be connected , and to keep apart such as have no mutual dependance . The same words , by means of ...
... meaning of the writer to the reader ; to show the relation which the various parts bear to each other ; to unite such as ought to be connected , and to keep apart such as have no mutual dependance . The same words , by means of ...
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... means of becoming peaceful and happy . 6. By observing truth you will command esteem . SECTION II . SIMPLE SENTENCES . Sentences are either simple or complex . A simple sentence contains only one proposition . A complex PART 1 ...
... means of becoming peaceful and happy . 6. By observing truth you will command esteem . SECTION II . SIMPLE SENTENCES . Sentences are either simple or complex . A simple sentence contains only one proposition . A complex PART 1 ...
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... meaning and harmony of the sentences require : EXAMPLE . A solitary blessing few can find ; Our joys with those we love ... mean to inform you of the fact ? Surely not ; for every one knows it as well as he does . He means to communicate ...
... meaning and harmony of the sentences require : EXAMPLE . A solitary blessing few can find ; Our joys with those we love ... mean to inform you of the fact ? Surely not ; for every one knows it as well as he does . He means to communicate ...
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... means ; improvers of cotton - manu- factures ; influence upon comfort , habits , and civilization of mankind . 3. Who are our neighbors : in a literal sense ; in the Scriptural sense ; who taught us this ; in what parable ; what gave ...
... means ; improvers of cotton - manu- factures ; influence upon comfort , habits , and civilization of mankind . 3. Who are our neighbors : in a literal sense ; in the Scriptural sense ; who taught us this ; in what parable ; what gave ...
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... enjoy the power of speech before they yould attempt giving permanency to their thoughts by means of writing . D [ For able arguments to show that Adam at his STYLE -II FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PRELIMINARY CHAPTERS Of Language, and its Origin.
... enjoy the power of speech before they yould attempt giving permanency to their thoughts by means of writing . D [ For able arguments to show that Adam at his STYLE -II FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PRELIMINARY CHAPTERS Of Language, and its Origin.
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adjective adverbs Æneid allegory American ancient beauty Bible blank verse called CHAPTER character chiefly clause composition correct criticism dear eating and drinking elegant employed English language excellence EXERCISES express feelings figurative language figures of speech following sentences genius give an example grammatical happy harmony heart Henry Kirke White human ideas improvement jects kind lady Latin learning letters literary literature live manner mean ment metaphor metonymy mind Mount Ebal nature never North American Review noun o'er object occasion orator original passions person perspicuity placed pleasure poem poet poetry principal prose reader remarks Saxon scholars SECTION sense sentiments soul sound speak species speech style sublime syllables synecdoche taste teacher temper tence thee thing thou thought tion Trochee trope truth verb verse virtue wall of China words writing written young
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Página 228 - Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth
Página 217 - Farewell, happy fields, Where joy forever dwells! Hail horrors, hail Infernal world! and thou, profoundest hell, Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of
Página 264 - MILTON ! them shouldst 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
Página 210 - eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modem instances, And so he plays his part: the sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hoee well saved, a world too wide
Página 268 - with health, and peace, and sweet content; And oh, may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion weak and vile ; Then however crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand, a wall of fire, around their much-loved isle." The kindness of his heart may be seen in the
Página 252 - unrevenged ? Arise, ye Goths ! and glut your ire'. WATERLOO. There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily, and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, And all went merry as a marriage-bell;
Página 229 - woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven— 0 how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven 1
Página 226 - In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes; Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of
Página 253 - pounng forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder, peal on peal afar; And near the beat of the alarming drum Housed up the soldier ere the morning star; While throng'd the citizens with terror dumb,
Página 228 - air. ***** Fair laughs the morn and soft the zephyr blows. While, proudly riding o'er the azure realm, In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, Youth on the prow and Pleasure at the helm; That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his