The First-[sixth] Reader: Of the United States Series; Embracing, in Brief, the Principles of Rhetoric, Criticism, Eloquence, and Oratory, as Applied to Both Prose and Poetry. The Whole Adapted to Elocutionary Instruction, Cartea 5Harper & brothers, 1872 |
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Pagina iii
... figures of speech ; qualities of style , etc. ( See the Notes , and Elementary Treatise . ) It is believed that this feature of the work — introduced in a very elementary way , and without at all in- terfering with the main design of ...
... figures of speech ; qualities of style , etc. ( See the Notes , and Elementary Treatise . ) It is believed that this feature of the work — introduced in a very elementary way , and without at all in- terfering with the main design of ...
Pagina vii
... figures of speech , " the different kinds of style , and their aims and objects ; also the various passions , emotions , sentiments , and feelings , to which all emotional writings are addressed , or which they are calculated to portray ...
... figures of speech , " the different kinds of style , and their aims and objects ; also the various passions , emotions , sentiments , and feelings , to which all emotional writings are addressed , or which they are calculated to portray ...
Pagina x
... figures of speech . So when the sun is spoken of as " the powerful king of day , " this is figurative language ... figure of speech by which we liken one thing to another for the purpose of presenting a subject in a more impressive ...
... figures of speech . So when the sun is spoken of as " the powerful king of day , " this is figurative language ... figure of speech by which we liken one thing to another for the purpose of presenting a subject in a more impressive ...
Pagina xi
... figure of speech in which one object is described in such a manner as to represent another , as when , in the 80th Psalm , verses 8-15 , a vine is described in such a manner as to represent the people of Is- rael . Fables or parables ...
... figure of speech in which one object is described in such a manner as to represent another , as when , in the 80th Psalm , verses 8-15 , a vine is described in such a manner as to represent the people of Is- rael . Fables or parables ...
Pagina xii
... figures of speech which distinguish different writers , the style of a writer may be bold , nervous , stiff , abrupt , weak or feeble , simple , affected , pure or chaste , florid , concise , diffuse , bom- bastic , etc. A Bold style is ...
... figures of speech which distinguish different writers , the style of a writer may be bold , nervous , stiff , abrupt , weak or feeble , simple , affected , pure or chaste , florid , concise , diffuse , bom- bastic , etc. A Bold style is ...
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Pagina xx - ... as unknown, and yet well known ; as dying, and behold, we live ; as chastened, and not killed ; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing ; as poor, yet making many rich ; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Pagina 127 - But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants which owed him an hundred pence, and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Pagina xxii - I would not live alway; I ask not to stay Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way; The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here Are enough for life's woes, full enough for its cheer. 2 I would not live alway...
Pagina 151 - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears; while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says.
Pagina 236 - The bird in his cage pursued me into my room; I sat down close to my table, and leaning my head upon my hand, I began to figure to myself the miseries of confinement. I was in a right frame for it, and so I gave full scope to my imagination. I was going to begin with the millions of my fellow-creatures, born to no inheritance but slavery: but finding, however affecting the picture was, that I could not bring it near me, and that the multitude of sad groups in it did but distract me — — I took...
Pagina 152 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
Pagina 275 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left...
Pagina 43 - So the merry brown thrush sings away in the tree, To you and to me, to you and to me; And he sings all the day, little girl, little boy, "O, the world's running over with joy! But long it won't be, Don't you know? don't you see? Unless we are as good as can be?
Pagina 239 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers, whence are thy beams O sun, thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale sinks in the western wave; but thou thyself movest alone. Who can be a companion of thy course?
Pagina 261 - They saw the vault covered, and the stone fixed down. Then, when the dusk of evening had come on, and not a sound disturbed the sacred stillness of the place — when the bright moon poured in her light on tomb and monument, on pillar, wall, and arch, and most of all (it seemed to them) upon her quiet grave...