Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism: With Copious Practical Exercises and Examples, for the Use of Common Schools and Academies |
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... called out of his study to an adjoining apartment . A little dog , named Diamond , the constant but in- curious attendant of his master's researches , happened to be left among the papers , and threw down a lighted candle , which ...
... called out of his study to an adjoining apartment . A little dog , named Diamond , the constant but in- curious attendant of his master's researches , happened to be left among the papers , and threw down a lighted candle , which ...
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... called for drink . It was immediately brought to him ; but as he was putting the vessel to his mouth , a poor wounded soldier , who happened at that instant to be carried past him , looked up to it with wistful eyes . The gallant and ...
... called for drink . It was immediately brought to him ; but as he was putting the vessel to his mouth , a poor wounded soldier , who happened at that instant to be carried past him , looked up to it with wistful eyes . The gallant and ...
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... called alphabetic writing , and , next to rea- son and speech , is one of the greatest blessings that mankind possess . Q. Is any thing known with certainty respecting the origin of alphabetic writing ? A. The remoteness of its origin ...
... called alphabetic writing , and , next to rea- son and speech , is one of the greatest blessings that mankind possess . Q. Is any thing known with certainty respecting the origin of alphabetic writing ? A. The remoteness of its origin ...
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... called papyrus , which was prepared from a reed of the same name , that grew in great abundance on the banks of the Nile Q. Were not the skins of animals often used for writing upon ? A. Yes ; and it is said to have been during a great ...
... called papyrus , which was prepared from a reed of the same name , that grew in great abundance on the banks of the Nile Q. Were not the skins of animals often used for writing upon ? A. Yes ; and it is said to have been during a great ...
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... called boustrophedon , because it resembled the turning of oxen at the end of the ridges in the op- eration of ploughing . CHAPTER IV . OF THE SCARCITY OF BOOKS IN FORMER TIMES . Q. Were books always as abundant as they are at present ...
... called boustrophedon , because it resembled the turning of oxen at the end of the ridges in the op- eration of ploughing . CHAPTER IV . OF THE SCARCITY OF BOOKS IN FORMER TIMES . Q. Were books always as abundant as they are at present ...
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Page 243 - 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...
Page 242 - 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 hail'd the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not— his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away...
Page 254 - Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Page 243 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs, Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 218 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Page 80 - Return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts : look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Page 163 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 216 - whispers through the trees': If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep': The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with 'sleep'. Then, at the last and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.
Page 242 - 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.
Page 211 - What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater?