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... things " that awaits him in the au- thors themselves . NEW YORK , March , 1880 . WILLIAM SWINTON . * ** In the preparation of the " Notes , " I have to acknowledge in- debtedness to the Clarendon Press series of British classics , to ...
... things " that awaits him in the au- thors themselves . NEW YORK , March , 1880 . WILLIAM SWINTON . * ** In the preparation of the " Notes , " I have to acknowledge in- debtedness to the Clarendon Press series of British classics , to ...
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... Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme . " - MILTON . On the other hand , “ prose ” is often used to denote what is dull and commonplace , without regard to whether the com- position is metrical or non - metrical . 5. Classification ...
... Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme . " - MILTON . On the other hand , “ prose ” is often used to denote what is dull and commonplace , without regard to whether the com- position is metrical or non - metrical . 5. Classification ...
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... thing to another , as- " Him , like the working bee in blossom dust , Blanched with his mill they found . ” — TENNYSON , 20. The metaphor is a comparison implied in the lan- guage used . It transfers a word from the object to which it ...
... thing to another , as- " Him , like the working bee in blossom dust , Blanched with his mill they found . ” — TENNYSON , 20. The metaphor is a comparison implied in the lan- guage used . It transfers a word from the object to which it ...
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... thing is de- scribed by the name of another thing having to the thing described the relation of cause , effect , adjunct , or accom- paniment . Thus : 1. Cause for effect , as " the savage desolation of war , " where the cause of the ...
... thing is de- scribed by the name of another thing having to the thing described the relation of cause , effect , adjunct , or accom- paniment . Thus : 1. Cause for effect , as " the savage desolation of war , " where the cause of the ...
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... thing that differs from its original meaning only in degree , and not in kind ; while a metonymy is a figure in which a word is used to express a thing differing from its original in kind . Hence metonymies are somewhat bolder than ...
... thing that differs from its original meaning only in degree , and not in kind ; while a metonymy is a figure in which a word is used to express a thing differing from its original in kind . Hence metonymies are somewhat bolder than ...
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Page 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!
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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
Page 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.