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... speech , and are therefore not so generally understood . Such words as creed , church , city , school , battle , war , sport , estate , sentence , -words which were engrafted on the language at an early period in its growth , — belong ...
... speech , and are therefore not so generally understood . Such words as creed , church , city , school , battle , war , sport , estate , sentence , -words which were engrafted on the language at an early period in its growth , — belong ...
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... speech which one age allows , are avoided by the next . We are therefore thrown back upon natural sensi- bility as the ultimate standard in matters of taste . And we shall find practically that the best guide to purity of language is ...
... speech which one age allows , are avoided by the next . We are therefore thrown back upon natural sensi- bility as the ultimate standard in matters of taste . And we shall find practically that the best guide to purity of language is ...
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... speech ; as , " I am glad , " answered the bee , " to hear you grant , at least , that I came honestly by my wings and my voice . ” " The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing , and all the trees of the field ...
... speech ; as , " I am glad , " answered the bee , " to hear you grant , at least , that I came honestly by my wings and my voice . ” " The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing , and all the trees of the field ...
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... speech is the same in one flat sound as in another , and the same in one sharp sound as in another . Now , in passing from a sharp to a flat ( or vice versā ) , the amount of strain or effort has to be suddenly changed . ( 3 ...
... speech is the same in one flat sound as in another , and the same in one sharp sound as in another . Now , in passing from a sharp to a flat ( or vice versā ) , the amount of strain or effort has to be suddenly changed . ( 3 ...
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... speech act most freely by passing from one position to another . The immediate repetition of the same sound constrains the voice by keeping the organs in the same position . It resembles the act of making two steps in walking with the ...
... speech act most freely by passing from one position to another . The immediate repetition of the same sound constrains the voice by keeping the organs in the same position . It resembles the act of making two steps in walking with the ...
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Popular passages
Page 109 - Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?" Then out spake Spurius Lartius ; A Ramnian proud was he: "Lo, I will stand at thy right hand, And keep the bridge with thee.
Page 124 - EXEGI monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum. Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam. Usque ego postera Crescam laude recens, dum Capitolium Scandet cum tacita Virgine pontifex.
Page 116 - The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth ; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth...
Page 109 - But the consul's brow was sad And the consul's speech was low, And darkly looked he at the wall And darkly at the foe : " Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down ; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town?
Page 112 - Tiber ! Father Tiber ! To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's arms, Take thou in charge this day !" So he spake, and speaking sheathed The good sword by his side, And, with his harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide.
Page 105 - The lion would not leave her desolate, But with her went along, as a strong guard Of her chaste person, and a faithful mate Of her sad troubles and misfortunes hard ; Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward; And, when she waked, he waited diligent, With humble service to her will prepared : From her fair eyes he took commandement, And ever by her looks conceived her intent.
Page 91 - I HELD it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things.
Page 99 - Then the little Hiawatha Learned of every bird its language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How they built their nests in Summer, Where they hid themselves in Winter, Talked with them whene'er he met them, Called them, "Hiawatha's Chickens." Of all beasts he learned the language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How the beavers built their lodges, Where the squirrels hid their acorns, How the reindeer ran so swiftly, Why the rabbit was so timid, Talked with them whene'er he...
Page 88 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Page 46 - Oh ! what a revolution ! and what a heart must I have, to contemplate without emotion that elevation and that fall ! Little did I dream when she added titles of veneration to those of enthusiastic, distant, respectful love, that she should ever be obliged to carry the sharp antidote against disgrace concealed in that bosom...