The elocutionist, a collection of pieces in prose and verse [by various authors, ed.] by J.S. KnowlesJames Sheridan Knowles 1825 |
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Page xv
... kind of test will show the propriety of taking in the examples , under the head of the inverted period , and that of the concessive member - which is quite as inseparable , in sense , from the subsequent part of the sentence , as the ...
... kind of test will show the propriety of taking in the examples , under the head of the inverted period , and that of the concessive member - which is quite as inseparable , in sense , from the subsequent part of the sentence , as the ...
Page xvi
... kind of misery ' , if fame were all the garland that crowned her . To all the charms of beauty , and the utmost elegance of external form , Mary added those accomplishments which render their impression irresistible . Cæsar was ...
... kind of misery ' , if fame were all the garland that crowned her . To all the charms of beauty , and the utmost elegance of external form , Mary added those accomplishments which render their impression irresistible . Cæsar was ...
Page xix
... kind of men Caledonia has reserved for her defence ' . Note 1. When an assertion gives rise to a ques- tion , the assertion is delivered in the louder tone ; ( 1 ) —when a question gives rise to an assertion , the question is the more ...
... kind of men Caledonia has reserved for her defence ' . Note 1. When an assertion gives rise to a ques- tion , the assertion is delivered in the louder tone ; ( 1 ) —when a question gives rise to an assertion , the question is the more ...
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... kind of possession ; they love the world and all that it produces ; they love life and all its advantages ; not because it gives them pleasure , but because they have known it long . Goldsmith . wwwww On Grieving for the Dead . We ...
... kind of possession ; they love the world and all that it produces ; they love life and all its advantages ; not because it gives them pleasure , but because they have known it long . Goldsmith . wwwww On Grieving for the Dead . We ...
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... kind is magnifi- cently amplified in the following passage of Isaiah ( chap . xliv . 24 , 27 , 28 ) . " Thus saith the Lord , thy Redeemer , and he that formed thee from the womb ; I am the Lord that maketh all things , that stretcheth ...
... kind is magnifi- cently amplified in the following passage of Isaiah ( chap . xliv . 24 , 27 , 28 ) . " Thus saith the Lord , thy Redeemer , and he that formed thee from the womb ; I am the Lord that maketh all things , that stretcheth ...
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