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... expression , which is very often omitted in reading books , is made a prominent topic , and such principles have been presented , and examples selected , as it is thought , cannot fail to show how much beauty and force may be given to ...
... expression , which is very often omitted in reading books , is made a prominent topic , and such principles have been presented , and examples selected , as it is thought , cannot fail to show how much beauty and force may be given to ...
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... expression , adapted to the sentiment of the language which is read . — The correct reading of poetry is so important an attainment - indeed so elegant an accomplishment , and so frequently neglected , or if attended to , so imperfectly ...
... expression , adapted to the sentiment of the language which is read . — The correct reading of poetry is so important an attainment - indeed so elegant an accomplishment , and so frequently neglected , or if attended to , so imperfectly ...
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... expression . It is recommended to the pupil to make himself fa- miliar with this subject , by carefully consulting those works in which it is critically treated , and by observing the usage of the best readers and speakers . CHAPTER III ...
... expression . It is recommended to the pupil to make himself fa- miliar with this subject , by carefully consulting those works in which it is critically treated , and by observing the usage of the best readers and speakers . CHAPTER III ...
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... expression of a picture , and the composition of a discourse ; are to some persons , matters of little or no interest . The mild warmth of spring , the merry song of birds , and the sweet perfume of flowers , conspire to regale the ...
... expression of a picture , and the composition of a discourse ; are to some persons , matters of little or no interest . The mild warmth of spring , the merry song of birds , and the sweet perfume of flowers , conspire to regale the ...
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... expression of tender emotions generally inclines the voice to a gentle , upward slide . EXAMPLES . Is your father well , the old man of whom ye spáke ? Is he yet alive ? Jesus saith unto her , Máry . My Mother ! when I learned that thou ...
... expression of tender emotions generally inclines the voice to a gentle , upward slide . EXAMPLES . Is your father well , the old man of whom ye spáke ? Is he yet alive ? Jesus saith unto her , Máry . My Mother ! when I learned that thou ...
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Anapestic arms Aurelian beautiful behold beneath bosom breeze bright Cćsar Calais circumflex clouds dark dead death deep earth Elymas eternal Exercise falling inflection feel feet fire flowers forest friends gaze Give an example glory grave Greece Hafed hand happiness hath hear heart heaven Herculaneum hōly honor hour human hundred Illustrate Rule Julius Cćsar Kilauea king labor land LESSON light live look mighty mind mountains nature Naxos never night numbers o'er ocean passed pause phatic Phocis Pliny the Younger Pompeii requires the falling rising rocks roll Rolla Roman Rome round scene Scotland shine shore silence smile soul sound spirit splendor stalactites stars storm stream sublime syllables Tarpeian rock tears tempest temple thee things thou thousand thunder tion trees virtue voice waters wave wave danced wild wind wooded crater words
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Page 29 - I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes ? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is?
Page 54 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or milky way...
Page 35 - You have done that you should be sorry for. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, For I am arm'd so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.
Page 361 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak ; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger ? Will it be the next week, or the next year...
Page 360 - No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all ; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action.
Page 361 - Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love?
Page 24 - Some Books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; That is, some Books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some Books also may be read by deputy...
Page 305 - Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a respectable nation, I resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with diffidence. A diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task, which however was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the supreme Power of the Union, and the patronage of Heaven.
Page 361 - Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope.
Page 40 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied, that of Pope is cautious and uniform; Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind, Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.