Figures of Elocution exemplified; or, Directions for reading and reciting such figures of speech as most frequently occur in the best writings, etcAuthor, 1820 - 76 pages |
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... o'er our mind , - Sees the first wish to better hopes inclined ; - Marks the young dawn of every virtuous aim , And fans the smoking flax into a flame BARBAULD . Yet taught by these , -confess th ' Almighty just ; - And , where you can ...
... o'er our mind , - Sees the first wish to better hopes inclined ; - Marks the young dawn of every virtuous aim , And fans the smoking flax into a flame BARBAULD . Yet taught by these , -confess th ' Almighty just ; - And , where you can ...
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... o'er herself , desired : No arts essay'd , but not to be admired . Passion and pride were to her soul unknown , Convinced that virtue only is our own . So unaffected , so composed a mind ; So firm , yet soft ; so strong , yet so refined ...
... o'er herself , desired : No arts essay'd , but not to be admired . Passion and pride were to her soul unknown , Convinced that virtue only is our own . So unaffected , so composed a mind ; So firm , yet soft ; so strong , yet so refined ...
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... o'er the pool , The playful children just let loose from school , The watch - dog's voice that bay'd the whisper- ing wind , And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind . These all in sweet confusion sought the shade , And fill'd each ...
... o'er the pool , The playful children just let loose from school , The watch - dog's voice that bay'd the whisper- ing wind , And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind . These all in sweet confusion sought the shade , And fill'd each ...
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... o'er a slumb'ring world.— Silence , -how dead , and darkness , -how profound ! Nor eye , nor list'ning ear , an object finds : - Creation sleeps . - Tis as the gen'ral pulse Of life stood still ; -and nature made a pause , - An awful ...
... o'er a slumb'ring world.— Silence , -how dead , and darkness , -how profound ! Nor eye , nor list'ning ear , an object finds : - Creation sleeps . - Tis as the gen'ral pulse Of life stood still ; -and nature made a pause , - An awful ...
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... o'er creation ! -while aloft More than astonishment ! -if more can be ! Far other firmament than e'er was seen , - Than e'er was thought by man ! far other stars ! Stars animate , that govern these of fire ; - Far other suns ! —A sun O ...
... o'er creation ! -while aloft More than astonishment ! -if more can be ! Far other firmament than e'er was seen , - Than e'er was thought by man ! far other stars ! Stars animate , that govern these of fire ; - Far other suns ! —A sun O ...
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