A Text-book on RhetoricMaynard, Merrill, & Company, 1896 |
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... death alone can break into the case , and silence at last the clicking of the terrible escapement carried so long beneath our wrinkled foreheads . 13. Young trees must be planted in our older states , or the water in many of our streams ...
... death alone can break into the case , and silence at last the clicking of the terrible escapement carried so long beneath our wrinkled foreheads . 13. Young trees must be planted in our older states , or the water in many of our streams ...
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... death . 19. That force is indestructible and eternal was first recognized in India . 20. The belief of some is , that hospitality is largely a matter of latitude . 21. Wallace's discovery of the military value of the stout peasant ...
... death . 19. That force is indestructible and eternal was first recognized in India . 20. The belief of some is , that hospitality is largely a matter of latitude . 21. Wallace's discovery of the military value of the stout peasant ...
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... death . 4. Many people fail , because they neglect their business . 5. Trains should be run that travellers may be accommodated . 6. If we keep to the golden mean in everything , we shall at least avoid danger . 7. Queen Mary was ...
... death . 4. Many people fail , because they neglect their business . 5. Trains should be run that travellers may be accommodated . 6. If we keep to the golden mean in everything , we shall at least avoid danger . 7. Queen Mary was ...
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... Death , though it delays its visit long , will certainly knock at every door . 8. Dark clothes are warm in summer , because they absorb the rays of the sun . 9. The only criticism made upon Washington is , that he was not intellectually ...
... Death , though it delays its visit long , will certainly knock at every door . 8. Dark clothes are warm in summer , because they absorb the rays of the sun . 9. The only criticism made upon Washington is , that he was not intellectually ...
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... native city , that he understood why the Spar- tans were so ready to remain on the battle - field , as a Spartan death was less formidable than a Spartan dinner . 2. Agesilaus the Great , hearing one praise an orator 50 Invention .
... native city , that he understood why the Spar- tans were so ready to remain on the battle - field , as a Spartan death was less formidable than a Spartan dinner . 2. Agesilaus the Great , hearing one praise an orator 50 Invention .
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Сторінка 296 - That feelingly persuade me what I am.' Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head ; And this our life exempt from public haunt Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones and good in everything.
Сторінка 137 - You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry 'Hold, hold!
Сторінка 318 - Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low, Each like a corpse within its grave, until Thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow Her clarion o'er the dreaming earth, and fill...
Сторінка 305 - There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
Сторінка 200 - I sift the snow on the mountains below, And their great pines groan aghast ; And all the night 'tis my pillow white, While I sleep in the arms of the blast.
Сторінка 320 - If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear ; If I were a swift cloud to fly with thee ; A wave to pant beneath thy power, and share The impulse of thy strength, only less free Than thou, O uncontrollable...
Сторінка 306 - Ye blessed Creatures, I have heard the call Ye to each other make; I see The heavens laugh with you in your jubilee ; My heart is at your festival, My head hath its coronal, The fulness of your bliss, I feel — I feel it all.
Сторінка 294 - Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Сторінка 307 - On every side, In a thousand valleys far and wide, Fresh flowers ; while the sun shines warm, And the Babe leaps up on his Mother's arm...
Сторінка 310 - We in thought will join your throng, Ye that pipe and ye that play, Ye that through your hearts to-day Feel the gladness of the May...