Specimens of NarrationWilliam Tenney Brewster H. Holt, 1895 - 209 стор. |
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... young lady of her sister , who was proceeding with my wife to Lisbon . They both set out together in a post - chaise for London . 5 Soon after their departure , our cabin , where my wife and I were sitting together , was visited by two ...
... young lady of her sister , who was proceeding with my wife to Lisbon . They both set out together in a post - chaise for London . 5 Soon after their departure , our cabin , where my wife and I were sitting together , was visited by two ...
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... young Cubbon , and it was easy to see that 20 the boy was troubled in his mind . He must be held innocent for everything that followed . Kitty was pale and nervous , and looked long at the bracelet . Barr - Saggott was gorgeously ...
... young Cubbon , and it was easy to see that 20 the boy was troubled in his mind . He must be held innocent for everything that followed . Kitty was pale and nervous , and looked long at the bracelet . Barr - Saggott was gorgeously ...
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... Young Cubbon on the left turned white , and his Devil prompted Barr - Saggott to smile . Now horses used to shy when Barr - Saggott smiled . Kitty saw that smile . She looked to her left - front , gave an 15 almost imperceptible nod to ...
... Young Cubbon on the left turned white , and his Devil prompted Barr - Saggott to smile . Now horses used to shy when Barr - Saggott smiled . Kitty saw that smile . She looked to her left - front , gave an 15 almost imperceptible nod to ...
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... young to 15 preach ; " no casting up or down of the eyelids , no compression of the lips , no attitude of the arms , that said , " But you must think of me as a saint . " She held no book in her ungloved hands , but let them hang down ...
... young to 15 preach ; " no casting up or down of the eyelids , no compression of the lips , no attitude of the arms , that said , " But you must think of me as a saint . " She held no book in her ungloved hands , but let them hang down ...
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... . Meredith's use of short , jerky sentences throughout the scene , and especially in the last paragraph , greatly aids the fresh- ness and vigor of the movement . The creature was very small , evidently quite young . 32 GEORGE MEREDITH .
... . Meredith's use of short , jerky sentences throughout the scene , and especially in the last paragraph , greatly aids the fresh- ness and vigor of the movement . The creature was very small , evidently quite young . 32 GEORGE MEREDITH .
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Сторінка 157 - I ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life...
Сторінка 158 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept.
Сторінка 159 - What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ? What thou seest, says he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now...
Сторінка 159 - I see, said I, a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it. The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason...
Сторінка 158 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Сторінка 163 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Сторінка 160 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it; and upon...
Сторінка 158 - I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Сторінка 162 - Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I, saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
Сторінка 160 - Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred.