The Principles of RhetoricAmerican Book Company, 1895 - 431 páginas |
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... speech or of composi- tion . " A distinguished British scholar of the last cen- tury said he had known but three of his countrymen who spoke their native language with uniform gram- matical accuracy , and the observation of most persons ...
... speech or of composi- tion . " A distinguished British scholar of the last cen- tury said he had known but three of his countrymen who spoke their native language with uniform gram- matical accuracy , and the observation of most persons ...
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... speech and vigor to the best writing , indicates " an atrophy of mind " akin to that of which Landor speaks . Pell - mell , topsy - turvy , helter - skelter , hurly - burly , hocus- pocus , hodge - podge , harum - scarum , namby - pamby ...
... speech and vigor to the best writing , indicates " an atrophy of mind " akin to that of which Landor speaks . Pell - mell , topsy - turvy , helter - skelter , hurly - burly , hocus- pocus , hodge - podge , harum - scarum , namby - pamby ...
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... speech , but whether it is antiquated for that particular purpose for which it is employed . A diction that is antiquated for common speech and common prose , may very well not be antiquated for poetry or certain special kinds of prose ...
... speech , but whether it is antiquated for that particular purpose for which it is employed . A diction that is antiquated for common speech and common prose , may very well not be antiquated for poetry or certain special kinds of prose ...
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... speech equally favored by good use , helpful as they may be in keeping both archaisms and vulgarisms out of the language , there can be supreme . no appeal to them in a case once decided . In such a case , the protests of scholars and ...
... speech equally favored by good use , helpful as they may be in keeping both archaisms and vulgarisms out of the language , there can be supreme . no appeal to them in a case once decided . In such a case , the protests of scholars and ...
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... speech , which is the consent of the learned ; as custom of life , which is the consent of the good . " 1 " In words , as fashions , the same rule will hold ; Alike fantastic , if too new , or old ; Be not the first by whom the new are ...
... speech , which is the consent of the learned ; as custom of life , which is the consent of the good . " 1 " In words , as fashions , the same rule will hold ; Alike fantastic , if too new , or old ; Be not the first by whom the new are ...
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Página 61 - The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Página 164 - Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Página 162 - Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock ; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not ; for it was founded upon a rock.
Página 190 - The question with me is not whether you have a right to render your people miserable, but whether it is not your interest to make them happy. It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do, but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
Página 163 - Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought ? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Página 152 - At her feet he bowed he fell, he lay down at her feet he bowed, he fell where he bowed, there he fell down dead...
Página 78 - I thought the writing excellent, and wished if possible to imitate it. With this view I took some of the papers, and making short hints of the sentiments in each sentence, laid them by a few days, and then, without looking at the book, tried to complete the papers again, by expressing each hinted sentiment at length, and as fully as it had been expressed before, in any suitable words that should come to hand.
Página 113 - Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Página 255 - Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again!
Página 152 - Of old hast THOU laid the foundation of the earth : And the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but THOU shalt endure : Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; As a vesture shalt THOU change them, and they shall be changed : But THOU art the same, And thy years shall have no end.