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... English order of construction , " give me fruit ; " but accord- ing to the Latin order , " fruit give me ; " for this plain reason , that his attention was wholly directed towards fruit , the desired object . This was the exciting idea ...
... English order of construction , " give me fruit ; " but accord- ing to the Latin order , " fruit give me ; " for this plain reason , that his attention was wholly directed towards fruit , the desired object . This was the exciting idea ...
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... English writer , paying a compliment to a great man , would say thus : " It is impossible for me to pass over in silence such remarkable mildness , such singular and un- heard of clemency , and such unusual moderation in the exercise of ...
... English writer , paying a compliment to a great man , would say thus : " It is impossible for me to pass over in silence such remarkable mildness , such singular and un- heard of clemency , and such unusual moderation in the exercise of ...
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... English , the next ; and the French , the least of all . It is proper , however , to observe , that there is one circum- stance in the structure of all the modern tongues , which , of necessity , limits their arrangement , in a great ...
... English , the next ; and the French , the least of all . It is proper , however , to observe , that there is one circum- stance in the structure of all the modern tongues , which , of necessity , limits their arrangement , in a great ...
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... English grammar in particular . A minute discussion of the niceties of language would carry us too far from other objects , which demand our atten- tion in this work . But we propose to give a general view of the chief principles ...
... English grammar in particular . A minute discussion of the niceties of language would carry us too far from other objects , which demand our atten- tion in this work . But we propose to give a general view of the chief principles ...
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... English , we have two articles , a and the ; a is more general ; the , more definite . A is much the same with one , and marks only any one individual of a species ; as , a lion , a king . The , which possesses more properly the force ...
... English , we have two articles , a and the ; a is more general ; the , more definite . A is much the same with one , and marks only any one individual of a species ; as , a lion , a king . The , which possesses more properly the force ...
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Page 302 - I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach Light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm...
Page 305 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
Page 305 - Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
Page 32 - Commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than Archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 103 - I shall detain you no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hill-side, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.
Page 301 - Than those of age ; thy forehead wrapt in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way ; I love thee, all unlovely as thou seemest, And dreaded as thou art.
Page 170 - Our imagination loves to be filled with an object, or to grasp at any thing that is too big for its capacity. We are flung into a pleasing astonishment at such unbounded views, and feel a delightful stillness and amazement in the soul at the apprehension of them.
Page 308 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 125 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Page 101 - And when we look upon their machines, Homer seems like his own Jupiter, in his terrors, shaking Olympus, scattering the lightnings, and firing the heavens; Virgil, like the same power, in his benevolence, counselling with the gods, laying plans for empires, and ordering his whole creation.