Specimens of NarrationWilliam Tenney Brewster H. Holt, 1895 - 209 стор. |
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... fire , or the sinking of the Elbe , such as he might pick up in a daily paper , and let him plot the details in various ways , just as the writer who would attain flexibility of style must study all ways of expressing a given idea and ...
... fire , or the sinking of the Elbe , such as he might pick up in a daily paper , and let him plot the details in various ways , just as the writer who would attain flexibility of style must study all ways of expressing a given idea and ...
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... mocked their agonies , raved , 30 prayed , blasphemed , implored the guards to fire among Dante , Inferno , xxxiii . 1 them . The gaolers in the mean time held lights 6 THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY . Sir Walter Scott: From Ivanhoe,
... mocked their agonies , raved , 30 prayed , blasphemed , implored the guards to fire among Dante , Inferno , xxxiii . 1 them . The gaolers in the mean time held lights 6 THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY . Sir Walter Scott: From Ivanhoe,
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... fire to sight and feeling . No haze spread around . The valleys were 25 clear , defined to the shadows of their verges ; the dis- tances sharply distinct , and with the colours of day but slightly softened . Richard beheld a roe moving ...
... fire to sight and feeling . No haze spread around . The valleys were 25 clear , defined to the shadows of their verges ; the dis- tances sharply distinct , and with the colours of day but slightly softened . Richard beheld a roe moving ...
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... fire . the country at the foot of the hills to the bounding Rhine gleam , quiver , extinguished . Then there were 30 pauses ; and the lightning seemed as the eye of heaven , and the thunder as the tongue of heaven , each alter- nately ...
... fire . the country at the foot of the hills to the bounding Rhine gleam , quiver , extinguished . Then there were 30 pauses ; and the lightning seemed as the eye of heaven , and the thunder as the tongue of heaven , each alter- nately ...
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... fire set it ; ΙΟ Now it shines in the hand of Alan Breck . Their eyes were many and bright , Swift were they to behold , Many the hands they guided : The sword was alone . 15 The dun deer troop over the hill , They are many , the hill ...
... fire set it ; ΙΟ Now it shines in the hand of Alan Breck . Their eyes were many and bright , Swift were they to behold , Many the hands they guided : The sword was alone . 15 The dun deer troop over the hill , They are many , the hill ...
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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.