Complete RhetoricS. C. Griggs, 1885 - 346 páginas |
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... pleasures of which we are susceptible . Now , I may state , though I cannot at present attempt to prove , that human perfection and human happiness coincide , and thus constitute , in reality , but a single end . For as , on the one ...
... pleasures of which we are susceptible . Now , I may state , though I cannot at present attempt to prove , that human perfection and human happiness coincide , and thus constitute , in reality , but a single end . For as , on the one ...
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... pleasure is the concomitant of activity ; its degree being in proportion as that activity is spontaneously intense , its prolongation in proportion as that activity is spontaneously continued ; whereas , pain arises either from a ...
... pleasure is the concomitant of activity ; its degree being in proportion as that activity is spontaneously intense , its prolongation in proportion as that activity is spontaneously continued ; whereas , pain arises either from a ...
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... pleasures of which we are susceptible . Now , I may state , though I cannot at present attempt to prove , that human perfection and human happiness coincide , and thus constitute , in reality , but a single end . For as , on the one ...
... pleasures of which we are susceptible . Now , I may state , though I cannot at present attempt to prove , that human perfection and human happiness coincide , and thus constitute , in reality , but a single end . For as , on the one ...
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... pleasure at first , soon palls ; and we must have something stronger , else the result is weariness . The principle involved is wide - reaching , and of great practical value to the composer -it applies not only to the sen- tence but to ...
... pleasure at first , soon palls ; and we must have something stronger , else the result is weariness . The principle involved is wide - reaching , and of great practical value to the composer -it applies not only to the sen- tence but to ...
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... Pleasure . Again , figures may be employed not to explain or enforce a thought , but to adorn it , though it may be doubted whether a thought can ever be adorned without also being rendered more effective for the pur- pose in hand . As ...
... Pleasure . Again , figures may be employed not to explain or enforce a thought , but to adorn it , though it may be doubted whether a thought can ever be adorned without also being rendered more effective for the pur- pose in hand . As ...
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Página 61 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
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 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 179 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low : And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
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 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 86 - Christ) which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit...
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. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood! Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,— Which, like dumb mouths do ope their ruby lips To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue...
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.