Complete RhetoricS. C. Griggs, 1885 - 346 pages |
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... interest to us all which it inherit . ' These ' shall dissolve , ' and , to complete the climax , shall vanish as utterly as the base- less fabric of a dream . This figure owes its effect to the peculiar constitution of the mind . We ...
... interest to us all which it inherit . ' These ' shall dissolve , ' and , to complete the climax , shall vanish as utterly as the base- less fabric of a dream . This figure owes its effect to the peculiar constitution of the mind . We ...
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... interest is imparted to the subject by suddenly turning the flow of narrative out of its course , as if to demand an answer . Exclamation . - Exclamation is the expression of emotion : O unexpected stroke , worse than death ! -Milton ...
... interest is imparted to the subject by suddenly turning the flow of narrative out of its course , as if to demand an answer . Exclamation . - Exclamation is the expression of emotion : O unexpected stroke , worse than death ! -Milton ...
Page 61
... interest in nothing but in the gravel that fills his mouth . He holds a glass before the eyes of the most beautiful , and makes them see therein their deformity and rottenness , and they acknowledge it . O eloquent , just , and mighty ...
... interest in nothing but in the gravel that fills his mouth . He holds a glass before the eyes of the most beautiful , and makes them see therein their deformity and rottenness , and they acknowledge it . O eloquent , just , and mighty ...
Page 89
... interest , and which the author has submitted to his criticism . ' ( 4 ) That a negligent or slovenly habit of utterance begets an indolent habit of thought . EXERCISES . Criticise and amend : 1. Who can he take after ? -Sheridan . 2 ...
... interest , and which the author has submitted to his criticism . ' ( 4 ) That a negligent or slovenly habit of utterance begets an indolent habit of thought . EXERCISES . Criticise and amend : 1. Who can he take after ? -Sheridan . 2 ...
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... interest of the question that I cannot but implore I cannot but adjure the House to come to it with the utmost calmness the utmost coolness the utmost deliberation . ' Each man- ner is here significant of the real state of the writer's ...
... interest of the question that I cannot but implore I cannot but adjure the House to come to it with the utmost calmness the utmost coolness the utmost deliberation . ' Each man- ner is here significant of the real state of the writer's ...
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Page 238 - Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth...
Page 182 - Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions, Setting endeavour in continual motion; To which is fixed, as an aim or butt, Obedience: for so work the honey-bees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom.
Page 86 - Gentiles, if ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward : how that by revelation He made known unto me the mystery (as I wrote afore in few words, whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ...
Page 243 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; The hair of my flesh stood up.
Page 96 - Over thy wounds now do I prophesy (Which like dumb mouths do ope their ruby lips, To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue) A curse shall light upon the limbs of men; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
Page 4 - Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter, Nature be, His art doth give the fashion.
Page 179 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low : And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 97 - Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy ; Blood and destruction shall be so in use, And dreadful objects so familiar, That mothers shall but smile when they behold Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war ; All pity choked with custom of fell deeds : And Caesar's spirit ranging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry
Page 238 - Made for our searching : yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon, Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon For simple sheep ; and such are daffodils With the green world they live in...
Page 324 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide, ' Doth God exact day-labor, light denied ?