Studies in English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and American Authorship, from Shakespeare to the Present Time ... : for Use in High and Normal Schools, Academies, Seminaries, EtcHarper & Bros., 1886 - 638 páginas |
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... Narration includes within itself more departments of litera- ture than any other kind of composition . Thus objective narration appears ( a ) in ordinary external history and bi- ography , ( b ) in prose fiction , ( DEFINITIONS . xiii.
... Narration includes within itself more departments of litera- ture than any other kind of composition . Thus objective narration appears ( a ) in ordinary external history and bi- ography , ( b ) in prose fiction , ( DEFINITIONS . xiii.
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... appears ( a ) in philosophi- cal history and biography , ( 6 ) in the novel of character , ( c ) in the modern ( as contrasted with ancient ) epic , as Dante's Di- vine Comedy , ( d ) in dramatic literature , ( e ) in lyric poetry , as ...
... appears ( a ) in philosophi- cal history and biography , ( 6 ) in the novel of character , ( c ) in the modern ( as contrasted with ancient ) epic , as Dante's Di- vine Comedy , ( d ) in dramatic literature , ( e ) in lyric poetry , as ...
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... appear to write very long sentences , which are really only a union of short ones in one long loose sentence . Other writers ( as Macaulay ) are in the habit of breaking up loose sentences into their constituent parts and punctuating ...
... appear to write very long sentences , which are really only a union of short ones in one long loose sentence . Other writers ( as Macaulay ) are in the habit of breaking up loose sentences into their constituent parts and punctuating ...
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... appears to me . 120. dear abide it : that is , will suffer dearly for it . LITERARY ANALYSIS . - IIO . My heart . speech ? ( See Def . 84. ) 127. so poor so poor as . 137. commons , the people , the plebe- ians . ... in the coffin , etc ...
... appears to me . 120. dear abide it : that is , will suffer dearly for it . LITERARY ANALYSIS . - IIO . My heart . speech ? ( See Def . 84. ) 127. so poor so poor as . 137. commons , the people , the plebe- ians . ... in the coffin , etc ...
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... blest . might be expected . Shylock 144. shows , symbolizes . adopts her words , but in a more 150. show , appear . 125 130 135 140 145 150 When mercy seasons justice . Therefore , Jew , Though 22 SHAKESPEARE . chant of Venice.
... blest . might be expected . Shylock 144. shows , symbolizes . adopts her words , but in a more 150. show , appear . 125 130 135 140 145 150 When mercy seasons justice . Therefore , Jew , Though 22 SHAKESPEARE . chant of Venice.
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Abbey Absalom and Achitophel Addison Analyze this sentence Anglo-Saxon Antony Aurelian behold Brutus Cæsar called death divine doth Dryden Duke Edward the Confessor England English Essay etymology expression figure of speech give glory grace grammatically Greek hand hath hear heart heaven honorable Hudibras humor INTRODUCTION.-The Julius Cæsar kind of sentence king knight L'Allegro language learned LITERARY ANALYSIS living look Lord manner Mark Antony meaning metaphor metaphysical poets Milton mind modern nature never noble noun o'er Observe Odenathus paragraph phrase Pindar pleasure pleonasm poem poet poetry Point Pope Portia praise pride prose rhetorically Roger de Coverley Roman scene sense Shakespeare Shylock Sir Roger sometimes soul sound speak spirit stanza style Supply the ellipsis sweet thee things Third Citizen thou thought tion tomb verb walk whole words writing Zenobia
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Página 349 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Página 206 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Página 304 - The clouds that gather round the setting sun Do take a sober coloring from an eye That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality ; Another race hath been, and other palms are won, Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys and fears, To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Página 16 - But here's a parchment with the seal of Caesar; I found it in his closet; 'tis his will: Let but the commons hear this testament — Which pardon me, I do not mean to read — And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds And dip their napkins in his sacred blood, Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, ' Bequeathing it as a rich legacy Unto their issue.
Página 521 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Página 296 - There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
Página 14 - Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honorable man.
Página 249 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Página 292 - For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that — That sense and worth o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a' that, and a' that, It's coming yet, for a
Página 417 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods, rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.