Inductive Lessons in RhetoricD.C. Heath & Company, 1900 - 308 páginas |
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... speak well , so the rules and principles of Rhetoric are derived from the writings of those who write well ; and each one of us , if he will think for himself honestly and carefully , may find them in those writings by observant reading ...
... speak well , so the rules and principles of Rhetoric are derived from the writings of those who write well ; and each one of us , if he will think for himself honestly and carefully , may find them in those writings by observant reading ...
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... speaking , that which you use in writing , or that which you understand in reading ? How may they be made more nearly equal ? What duty do we owe our mother tongue in the uses to which we put it ? If words are not used , what becomes of ...
... speaking , that which you use in writing , or that which you understand in reading ? How may they be made more nearly equal ? What duty do we owe our mother tongue in the uses to which we put it ? If words are not used , what becomes of ...
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... speaking and writing . The necessity of a plan in paragraph structure . A view from a window . A street scene . A sunset . A winter scene . A sea view . An old building . Write three connected paragraphs upon a subject of your own ...
... speaking and writing . The necessity of a plan in paragraph structure . A view from a window . A street scene . A sunset . A winter scene . A sea view . An old building . Write three connected paragraphs upon a subject of your own ...
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... speak of the sun as cheerless ? Of the hills as gray ? What does he mean is " darkly circled " ? Why does he speak of it so ? Why does he speak of the light as " sadder " ? Can light be sad or gay ? What is meant by " the waning moon ...
... speak of the sun as cheerless ? Of the hills as gray ? What does he mean is " darkly circled " ? Why does he speak of it so ? Why does he speak of the light as " sadder " ? Can light be sad or gay ? What is meant by " the waning moon ...
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Frances W. Lewis. he has it in mind ? Why does he speak of the cold as " hard , dull , and bitter " ? Has he any comparison in mind there ? What comparison has he in mind when he speaks of the " race of the life - blood " ? Why is it a ...
Frances W. Lewis. he has it in mind ? Why does he speak of the cold as " hard , dull , and bitter " ? Has he any comparison in mind there ? What comparison has he in mind when he speaks of the " race of the life - blood " ? Why is it a ...
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Página 95 - I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming river ; For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever.
Página 248 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Página 127 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Página 247 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honorable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse.
Página 117 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
Página 248 - But yesterday the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world ; now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Página 249 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look ! In this place ran Cassius...
Página 89 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While throng'd the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips — "The foe, they come! they come!" And wild and high the "Cameron's gathering
Página 97 - But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon the earth began...
Página 94 - We could guess it all by yon heifer's lowing: And hark! how clear bold Chanticleer, Warmed with the new wine of the year, Tells all in his lusty crowing ! Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.