A Grammar of Rhetoric and Polite Literature: Comprehending the Principles of Language and Style; the Elements of Taste and Criticism; with Rules for the Study of Composition and Eloquence ...A. H. Maltby, 1820 - 345 من الصفحات |
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... period , the young student is most likely to enter with vigour upon the study of a branch of education , which has been deemed essential , in our public seminaries , to form the mind for engaging in the active con- cerns of life . It is ...
... period , the young student is most likely to enter with vigour upon the study of a branch of education , which has been deemed essential , in our public seminaries , to form the mind for engaging in the active con- cerns of life . It is ...
الصفحة viii
... PERIODS . CHAPTER I. - Of the Nature of Sentences and Periods Simple Sentences Complex Sentences Short sentences The full Period CHAPTER II . - Of the Errors to he avoided in the Structure of Sentences , and the arrangement of Single ...
... PERIODS . CHAPTER I. - Of the Nature of Sentences and Periods Simple Sentences Complex Sentences Short sentences The full Period CHAPTER II . - Of the Errors to he avoided in the Structure of Sentences , and the arrangement of Single ...
الصفحة ix
... Periods How a melodious Structure is formed The Distribution of the several Members The close or cadence of the whole Sentence A falling off at the end always injurious PAGE 106 ibid 107 ibid 108 110 112 113 ibid 114 ibid 115 ibid 116 ...
... Periods How a melodious Structure is formed The Distribution of the several Members The close or cadence of the whole Sentence A falling off at the end always injurious PAGE 106 ibid 107 ibid 108 110 112 113 ibid 114 ibid 115 ibid 116 ...
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... periods was artfully regulated by the superior refinement of their ear . 2. The sounds of speech and music are regulated by different scales , both in point of length and elevation . In point of length , the sounds of speech are only ...
... periods was artfully regulated by the superior refinement of their ear . 2. The sounds of speech and music are regulated by different scales , both in point of length and elevation . In point of length , the sounds of speech are only ...
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... periods , " he asserts , " is owing to the neglect of rhythm . " Corol . 1. Therefore the melody of a language is a proof of no- thing but of the fine ear of the people who use it , ( Illus . Art . 11. ) ; other evidence is necessary to ...
... periods , " he asserts , " is owing to the neglect of rhythm . " Corol . 1. Therefore the melody of a language is a proof of no- thing but of the fine ear of the people who use it , ( Illus . Art . 11. ) ; other evidence is necessary to ...
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الصفحة 199 - Should such a man, too fond to rule alone. Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
الصفحة 184 - tis slander; Whose edge is sharper than the sword; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states. Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
الصفحة 175 - fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?
الصفحة 162 - The music of Carryl was, like the ." memory of joys that are past, pleasant and
الصفحة 138 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild...
الصفحة 133 - With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone ; The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground.
الصفحة 326 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
الصفحة 307 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
الصفحة 119 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
الصفحة 307 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...