Figures of Elocution exemplified; or, Directions for reading and reciting such figures of speech as most frequently occur in the best writings, etcAuthor, 1826 - 76 pages |
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... breast . If Trim had not trusted more to his hat - than his head he had made nothing at all of it . Complaisance renders a superior amiable- an equal agreeable — and an inferior acceptable . An angry man , who suppresses his passions ...
... breast . If Trim had not trusted more to his hat - than his head he had made nothing at all of it . Complaisance renders a superior amiable- an equal agreeable — and an inferior acceptable . An angry man , who suppresses his passions ...
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... breast ne'er learned to glow For others ' good , -or melt at others ' woe . EMPHASIS Is a force , stress or energy in the expression of sentences , or parts of sentences . Words printed in Italics are emphatic . EXAMPLES . There is a ...
... breast ne'er learned to glow For others ' good , -or melt at others ' woe . EMPHASIS Is a force , stress or energy in the expression of sentences , or parts of sentences . Words printed in Italics are emphatic . EXAMPLES . There is a ...
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... Remorse , the fatal egg by pleasure laid In every bosom where her nest is made , Hatched by the beams of truth , denies him rest , And proves a raging scorpion in his breast . No pleasure ? Are domestic comforts fled ? Are all 24.
... Remorse , the fatal egg by pleasure laid In every bosom where her nest is made , Hatched by the beams of truth , denies him rest , And proves a raging scorpion in his breast . No pleasure ? Are domestic comforts fled ? Are all 24.
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... breast ? " I will restore thy daughter again to life , ' ( said the eastern sage , to a prince who grieved immoderately for the loss of a beloved child , ) — 66 provided thou art able to engrave on her tomb , the names of three persons ...
... breast ? " I will restore thy daughter again to life , ' ( said the eastern sage , to a prince who grieved immoderately for the loss of a beloved child , ) — 66 provided thou art able to engrave on her tomb , the names of three persons ...
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... breast Bleeds in his country's woundlings . — Oh thou can'st not ! O save me from the tumult of the soul ! - From the wild beasts within ! -For circling sands , ' - When the swift whirlwinds whelms them o'er the lands ; - The roaring ...
... breast Bleeds in his country's woundlings . — Oh thou can'st not ! O save me from the tumult of the soul ! - From the wild beasts within ! -For circling sands , ' - When the swift whirlwinds whelms them o'er the lands ; - The roaring ...
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admire adorn Altamont Antithesis Art thou Asia Minor behold blazing BOERHAAVE breast breath Caius Verres COWPER cries cruelty curse delights deserve dread earth eternal ev'ry EXAMPLES eyes falls Fathers fear feel fire flax flow'ry foreign hands thy glory glow gold golden grace happy hear heart heaven HERVEY honour'd hope horrors hour immortal infamous death infamy innocence justice lord mankind mercy MESSIAH mind mortal mountains murder nature ness never o'er once passion peace pleasing pleasure poor POPE pow'r prætor pride prince privilege of Roman proud punishment reading or reciting religion rising inflection Roman citizen ruin sacred scene sceptre scourge shade shew Sicilian Sicily sight skies slave SLAVERY solemn sons sorrows soul stars sweet tear tempest thee thine thing thou thought tion TOMBS tone of voice tortures venom Verres virtue weep Whitsuntide wisdom wise young РОРЕ