Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism: With Copious Practical Exercises and Examples : for the Use of Common Schools and Academies |
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... feelings . Let EXERCISES be drawn from the poetry in the latter part of this volume . Almost every one whom you meet by the way begins PART 35 I. 1. ] ARRANGEMENT OF SENTENCES , Variety of Arrangement (continued) Expression of Ideas.
... feelings . Let EXERCISES be drawn from the poetry in the latter part of this volume . Almost every one whom you meet by the way begins PART 35 I. 1. ] ARRANGEMENT OF SENTENCES , Variety of Arrangement (continued) Expression of Ideas.
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... feelings which the fineness of the weather ex- cites . [ EXERCISFS may be selected by the teacher from this work . ] SECTION V. EXPRESSION OF IDEAS . Let the pupil write from the following hints , ex- pressing the ideas in sentences of ...
... feelings which the fineness of the weather ex- cites . [ EXERCISFS may be selected by the teacher from this work . ] SECTION V. EXPRESSION OF IDEAS . Let the pupil write from the following hints , ex- pressing the ideas in sentences of ...
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... feelings , and make them , as it were , our own ; and so receive from them some degree of that pain or pleas- ure which they would bring along with them if they were really our own . Without this moral sensibility our 44 [ PART II . TASTE .
... feelings , and make them , as it were , our own ; and so receive from them some degree of that pain or pleas- ure which they would bring along with them if they were really our own . Without this moral sensibility our 44 [ PART II . TASTE .
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... founded on feeling , and is more a gift of nature : correctness depends principally upon cultivation , and is more allied to reason and judgment . Q. Is taste ever employed upon any thing besides language PART IL ] 45 TASTE .
... founded on feeling , and is more a gift of nature : correctness depends principally upon cultivation , and is more allied to reason and judgment . Q. Is taste ever employed upon any thing besides language PART IL ] 45 TASTE .
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... feeling of sublimity chiefly depend ? A. On a perception of immense extent , whether of space , duration , or numbers , and of great power and energy . Q. Can you give an example of objects remarkable for 46 PART II . BEAUTY AND SUBLIMITY .
... feeling of sublimity chiefly depend ? A. On a perception of immense extent , whether of space , duration , or numbers , and of great power and energy . Q. Can you give an example of objects remarkable for 46 PART II . BEAUTY AND SUBLIMITY .
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Page 253 - 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 228 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Page 264 - 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 226 - His soul, proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way; Yet simple Nature to his hope has given, Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heaven; Some safer world in depth of woods embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste, 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...
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Page 264 - MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 231 - Father of light and life, Thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself ! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Page 252 - No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet— But hark!— that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than> before! Arm! Arm! it is— it is— the cannon's opening roar!
Page 80 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all: And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 268 - And, oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle.