A Grammar of Rhetoric and Polite Literature: Comprehending the Principles of Language and Style, the Elements of Taste and Criticism; with Rules for the Study of Composition and Eloquence: Illustrated by Appropriate Examples Selected Chiefly from the British Classics |
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... former illustration , follows the natural order : " Tantam mansuetu- dinem , tam inusitatem inauditamque clementiam , tantumque in sum- ma potestate rerum omnium modum , tacitus nullo modo præterire possum . The object , that which was ...
... former illustration , follows the natural order : " Tantam mansuetu- dinem , tam inusitatem inauditamque clementiam , tantumque in sum- ma potestate rerum omnium modum , tacitus nullo modo præterire possum . The object , that which was ...
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... former , as to su- persede , in most cases , the necessity , and even the propriety , of using the latter ; the palpable relation between the adjective and the sub- stantive , indicated by the invariable agreement of the former with the ...
... former , as to su- persede , in most cases , the necessity , and even the propriety , of using the latter ; the palpable relation between the adjective and the sub- stantive , indicated by the invariable agreement of the former with the ...
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... former class ; the alpha- betical characters , now employed by all Europeans , are signs for words , and belong to the latter class . Illus . Pictures were , undoubtedly , the first essay toward writing . Imitation is natural to man ...
... former class ; the alpha- betical characters , now employed by all Europeans , are signs for words , and belong to the latter class . Illus . Pictures were , undoubtedly , the first essay toward writing . Imitation is natural to man ...
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... former were too enlightened not to know , that one of the principal pleasures an hon- ors attending the possession of knowledge , is to instruct others . 36. As writing advanced , from pictures of visible objects to hieroglyphics , or ...
... former were too enlightened not to know , that one of the principal pleasures an hon- ors attending the possession of knowledge , is to instruct others . 36. As writing advanced , from pictures of visible objects to hieroglyphics , or ...
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... former are , therefore , the essential ingredients , or the columns of language ; the latter are only occasional ingredients , or appendages of these pillars of the fabric . ( Art . 44. ) 48. The first process in the communication of ...
... former are , therefore , the essential ingredients , or the columns of language ; the latter are only occasional ingredients , or appendages of these pillars of the fabric . ( Art . 44. ) 48. The first process in the communication of ...
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Page 168 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Page 172 - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Page 275 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 291 - Where the great Sun begins his state Robed in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight; While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Page 184 - And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Page 132 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. « Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Page 172 - The other shape, If shape it might be called, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 156 - Took it in snuff; and still he smil'd and talk'd ; And, as the soldiers bore dead bodies by, He call'd them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility.
Page 207 - 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: It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice...
Page 165 - Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub, Disporting, till the amorous bird of night Sung spousal, and bid haste the evening star, On his hill-top, to light the bridal lamp.