Specimens of NarrationWilliam Tenney Brewster H. Holt, 1895 - 209 стор. |
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... better illustrated than in the opening words of Pride and Prejudice , “ It is a truth universally acknowl- edged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife ; and in no narrative of fact better than in ...
... better illustrated than in the opening words of Pride and Prejudice , “ It is a truth universally acknowl- edged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife ; and in no narrative of fact better than in ...
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... better to conceal his own knowledge of the subject - for the au- thor is , ipso facto , omniscient - the narrator tells the Minor devices . 19 Cf. for example , p . 49 of this volume . 20 Montcalm and Wolfe , Chapter XXVII . tale ...
... better to conceal his own knowledge of the subject - for the au- thor is , ipso facto , omniscient - the narrator tells the Minor devices . 19 Cf. for example , p . 49 of this volume . 20 Montcalm and Wolfe , Chapter XXVII . tale ...
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... if life were more or less life , or novels better or worse novels for being separated by the boundary lines of the British Empire , or for pacing the deck of a frigate . and geography and the analogy of science . Only we INTRODUCTION . XXV.
... if life were more or less life , or novels better or worse novels for being separated by the boundary lines of the British Empire , or for pacing the deck of a frigate . and geography and the analogy of science . Only we INTRODUCTION . XXV.
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... , were forty of his squadrons . Here was a village that the Frenchmen had burned , the wood being , in fact , a better shelter and easier of guard than any village . 24 Before these two villages and the French lines ran a SETTING:
... , were forty of his squadrons . Here was a village that the Frenchmen had burned , the wood being , in fact , a better shelter and easier of guard than any village . 24 Before these two villages and the French lines ran a SETTING:
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... better of their assailants in the attack which followed , killing or maiming more than half of them ; whereby Captain Hoseason was disabled . 25 from prosecuting his voyage , and came to terms with Alan , agreeing to land him on a part ...
... better of their assailants in the attack which followed , killing or maiming more than half of them ; whereby Captain Hoseason was disabled . 25 from prosecuting his voyage , and came to terms with Alan , agreeing to land him on a part ...
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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 - 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," said 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," said he, "this sea that is thus bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it." "I see a bridge," said I, "standing in the midst of the tide.
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.
Сторінка 158 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and' qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.