The Elements of RhetoricHarper & Brothers, 1878 - 564 pages |
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... sense . The popular idea , though often exaggerated , nevertheless contains the truth ; and it is from this that the materials for a proper definition of rhetoric may best be gath- ered . From this we see that the term rhetoric has now ...
... sense . The popular idea , though often exaggerated , nevertheless contains the truth ; and it is from this that the materials for a proper definition of rhetoric may best be gath- ered . From this we see that the term rhetoric has now ...
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... sense of habitual native dignity , which prevents that upstart insolence almost inevitably adhering to and disgracing those who are the first acquirers of any distinction . By this means our liberty becomes a noble freedom . It carries ...
... sense of habitual native dignity , which prevents that upstart insolence almost inevitably adhering to and disgracing those who are the first acquirers of any distinction . By this means our liberty becomes a noble freedom . It carries ...
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... sense of duty in England . I will not say that of our country . But that his conduct inspired public life with a purer and more masculine tone , I cannot doubt . His career rebukes restless vanity , and reprimands the irregular ...
... sense of duty in England . I will not say that of our country . But that his conduct inspired public life with a purer and more masculine tone , I cannot doubt . His career rebukes restless vanity , and reprimands the irregular ...
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... sense , as , " ' tis , " " ' twas , " " ' twere . " Another class may be found in words which have changed their signifi- cation , in which case it is the meanings and not the words that are obsolete . Thus " admirable " once meant ...
... sense , as , " ' tis , " " ' twas , " " ' twere . " Another class may be found in words which have changed their signifi- cation , in which case it is the meanings and not the words that are obsolete . Thus " admirable " once meant ...
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... sense no objection can be made ; the fault is when they are introduced into general literature . To intermingle with one's English such words as " maestro , " " impresario , " " fiasco , " is as bad a piece of affectation and as ...
... sense no objection can be made ; the fault is when they are introduced into general literature . To intermingle with one's English such words as " maestro , " " impresario , " " fiasco , " is as bad a piece of affectation and as ...
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Page 188 - tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely. That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Page 403 - Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold : Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
Page 222 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 164 - While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, — for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that in my day, at least, that curtain may not rise!
Page 107 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 163 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 213 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple. Who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter ? Her confuting is the best and surest suppressing.
Page 389 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Page 199 - Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments...
Page 97 - That, chang'd thro' all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth, as in th' ethereal frame ; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze; Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the 'trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...