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... called a pompous or mouthing manner : and gives an artificial affect . ed air to reading , which detracts greatly both from its agree- ableness , and its impression . : Sheridan and Walker have published Dictionaries , for as ...
... called a pompous or mouthing manner : and gives an artificial affect . ed air to reading , which detracts greatly both from its agree- ableness , and its impression . : Sheridan and Walker have published Dictionaries , for as ...
Page xiv
... called , affect sentences , para . graphs , and sometimes even the whole of a discourse . To show the use and necessity of tones , we need only ob- serve , that the mind , in communicating its ideas , is in a con- stant state of ...
... called , affect sentences , para . graphs , and sometimes even the whole of a discourse . To show the use and necessity of tones , we need only ob- serve , that the mind , in communicating its ideas , is in a con- stant state of ...
Page xix
... called the cæsural pause , may fall , in English heroic verse , after the 4th , 5th , 6th , or 7th syllable in the line . Where the verse is so constructed , that this cæsural pause coincides with the slightest pause or division in the ...
... called the cæsural pause , may fall , in English heroic verse , after the 4th , 5th , 6th , or 7th syllable in the line . Where the verse is so constructed , that this cæsural pause coincides with the slightest pause or division in the ...
Page xx
... called demi - cæsures , which require very slight pauses ; and which the reader should manage with Judgment , or he will be apt to fall into an affected sing - song mode of pronouncing verses of this kind . The following lines exemplify ...
... called demi - cæsures , which require very slight pauses ; and which the reader should manage with Judgment , or he will be apt to fall into an affected sing - song mode of pronouncing verses of this kind . The following lines exemplify ...
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... called for drink . immediately brought to him : but as he was putting the vessel to his mouth , a poor wounded soldier , who happened at that instant to be carried by him , looked up to it with wishful eyes . The gallant and generous ...
... called for drink . immediately brought to him : but as he was putting the vessel to his mouth , a poor wounded soldier , who happened at that instant to be carried by him , looked up to it with wishful eyes . The gallant and generous ...
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Page 203 - want spectators, God want praise} Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep. All these .with ceaseless praise his works behold, Both day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill, or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each- to others* note,
Page 31 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink. He that planted the ear, shall he not hear ? He that formed the eye, shall he not see ? I have been young, and now I am old ; yet have I never
Page 228 - dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea,. I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh ! solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face f Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 239 - Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, .And spread the truth from pole to pole. What tho' in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball 1
Page 202 - obey ; so God ordains. With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike, Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads
Page 190 - obey ; so God ordains. With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike, Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun "When first on this delightful land he spreads
Page 234 - Fountains, and ye that warble as ye flow ^Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise* Join voices all ye living souls ; ye birds, That singing up to heaven's gate ascend, Bear on your wings, and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk
Page 67 - far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full, and deny thee ; and" say, who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal ; and take