Studies in English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and American Authorship, from Shakespeare to the Present Time .[..]Harper, 1896 |
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... give our speech that richness and variety which so eminently characterize it . The following hexameters , by William Wetmore Story , poet and sculptor , present a striking description of the various elements which contribute to the ...
... give our speech that richness and variety which so eminently characterize it . The following hexameters , by William Wetmore Story , poet and sculptor , present a striking description of the various elements which contribute to the ...
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... . Therefore it is that I praise thee and never can cease from re- joicing , Thinking that good stout English is mine and my ancestor's tongue ; Give me its varying music , the flow of its xxxii STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE .
... . Therefore it is that I praise thee and never can cease from re- joicing , Thinking that good stout English is mine and my ancestor's tongue ; Give me its varying music , the flow of its xxxii STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE .
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... Give me its varying music , the flow of its free modulation , I will not covet the full roll of the glorious Greek , Luscious and feeble Italian , Latin so formal and stately , French with its nasal lisp , nor German inverted and harsh ...
... Give me its varying music , the flow of its free modulation , I will not covet the full roll of the glorious Greek , Luscious and feeble Italian , Latin so formal and stately , French with its nasal lisp , nor German inverted and harsh ...
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... give me audience , * friends.— Cassius , go you into the other street , And part the numbers.— Those that will hear me speak , let ' em stay here ; Those that will follow Cassius , go with him ; And public reasons shall be rendered Of ...
... give me audience , * friends.— Cassius , go you into the other street , And part the numbers.— Those that will hear me speak , let ' em stay here ; Those that will follow Cassius , go with him ; And public reasons shall be rendered Of ...
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... Give him a statue with his ancestors . Third Citizen . Let him be Cæsar . Fourth Citizen . Shall be crowned in Brutus . Cæsar's better parts First Citizen . We'll bring him to his house with shouts and 45 50 clamors . Brutus . My ...
... Give him a statue with his ancestors . Third Citizen . Let him be Cæsar . Fourth Citizen . Shall be crowned in Brutus . Cæsar's better parts First Citizen . We'll bring him to his house with shouts and 45 50 clamors . Brutus . My ...
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