Complete RhetoricS. C. Griggs, 1885 - 346 páginas |
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... seen in afford- ing a greater number of higher and more indisputable truths , — the utility of another in determining the faculties to a higher energy , and consequently to a higher education . — Sir William Hamilton . From these ...
... seen in afford- ing a greater number of higher and more indisputable truths , — the utility of another in determining the faculties to a higher energy , and consequently to a higher education . — Sir William Hamilton . From these ...
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... seen that , while the words may , for the most part , be used in their established significations , the thought may be turned , or the form of the sentence may be varied from the common usage for purposes of vivacity and emphasis ...
... seen that , while the words may , for the most part , be used in their established significations , the thought may be turned , or the form of the sentence may be varied from the common usage for purposes of vivacity and emphasis ...
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... seen , the points to be noticed in all metaphors are : 1 The literal signification of the term . 2. The figurative , or derivative meaning of the term . 1 Metaphor is from two Greek words , meaning to carry beyond or to transfer . Hence ...
... seen , the points to be noticed in all metaphors are : 1 The literal signification of the term . 2. The figurative , or derivative meaning of the term . 1 Metaphor is from two Greek words , meaning to carry beyond or to transfer . Hence ...
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... seen , 1 From the Greek , meaning a turning from . The speaker turns suddenly from the current of thought , and , instead of speaking of an object , addresses it or some other object . L. Nor heard of Anna since that fatal hour . My 36 ...
... seen , 1 From the Greek , meaning a turning from . The speaker turns suddenly from the current of thought , and , instead of speaking of an object , addresses it or some other object . L. Nor heard of Anna since that fatal hour . My 36 ...
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... seen in the words ' towers , ' ' palaces , ' ' temples ' - this last the abode of gods . These images are succeeded by the ' globe itself , ' and this by one of more vital interest to us -'all which it inherit . ' These shall dissolve ...
... seen in the words ' towers , ' ' palaces , ' ' temples ' - this last the abode of gods . These images are succeeded by the ' globe itself , ' and this by one of more vital interest to us -'all which it inherit . ' These shall dissolve ...
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Página 46 - I BRING fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams ; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.
Página 142 - A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
Página 182 - Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions, Setting endeavour in continual motion; To which is fixed, as an aim or butt, Obedience: for so work the honey-bees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom.
Página 238 - Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth...
Página 324 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide, ' Doth God exact day-labor, light denied ?
Página 4 - Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter, Nature be, His art doth give the fashion.
Página 97 - Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy ; Blood and destruction shall be so in use, And dreadful objects so familiar, That mothers shall but smile when they behold Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war ; All pity choked with custom of fell deeds : And Caesar's spirit ranging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry
Página 245 - Said then the lost Archangel, 'this the seat That we must change for heav'n, this mournful gloom For that celestial light?
Página 96 - O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers; Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times.
Página 244 - Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured...