Complete RhetoricS. C. Griggs, 1885 - 346 pages |
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... composition . A new 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 ...
... composition . A new 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 ...
Page 62
... of those to be in- structed , pleased , or persuaded , must furnish the guide and law of composition . Upon the immature and illiter- ate , many of the choicest sentiments of an Addison 62 CHAPTER IV METHODS OF EXPRESSION PERSPICUITY.
... of those to be in- structed , pleased , or persuaded , must furnish the guide and law of composition . Upon the immature and illiter- ate , many of the choicest sentiments of an Addison 62 CHAPTER IV METHODS OF EXPRESSION PERSPICUITY.
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... composition should be familiar to the great body of intelligent people in Eng- lish - speaking countries . It should have the sanction ( 1 ) of reputable use , as opposed to what is vulgar , partial , or limited ; ( 2 ) of national use ...
... composition should be familiar to the great body of intelligent people in Eng- lish - speaking countries . It should have the sanction ( 1 ) of reputable use , as opposed to what is vulgar , partial , or limited ; ( 2 ) of national use ...
Page 82
... composition is , that since we think in particulars , not in generals , the more special the terms are , the brighter the picture , and that concrete forms should therefore be used instead of abstract ones when possible . Simplicity of ...
... composition is , that since we think in particulars , not in generals , the more special the terms are , the brighter the picture , and that concrete forms should therefore be used instead of abstract ones when possible . Simplicity of ...
Page 89
... composition was , ' I always try first to understand myself . " ( 2 ) That the most laborious and original thinkers have been the most faithful critics of diction and construction . Rousseau , who had much difficulty in finding words ...
... composition was , ' I always try first to understand myself . " ( 2 ) That the most laborious and original thinkers have been the most faithful critics of diction and construction . Rousseau , who had much difficulty in finding words ...
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Page 46 - I BRING fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams ; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.
Page 142 - A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
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 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 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 ?
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 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 245 - Said then the lost Archangel, 'this the seat That we must change for heav'n, this mournful gloom For that celestial light?
Page 96 - O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers; Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times.
Page 244 - 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 appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured...