English Composition and Rhetoric, Part 2Longmans, Green & Company, 1892 - English language |
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... thou , sad virgin , for thy ravish'd hair . All this is mock hyperbole . The kind of comparison here intended is real and not figurative , and is so much the more effective . It is remarked by Mr. Theodore Watts ( Poetry , ' Ency ...
... thou , sad virgin , for thy ravish'd hair . All this is mock hyperbole . The kind of comparison here intended is real and not figurative , and is so much the more effective . It is remarked by Mr. Theodore Watts ( Poetry , ' Ency ...
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... The dreams of Pindus , and the Aonian maids , Delight no more - 0 thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire !. Here at once the words ' nymph , ' and Interest arising from Associations, Bearings of Suggestiveness,
... The dreams of Pindus , and the Aonian maids , Delight no more - 0 thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire !. Here at once the words ' nymph , ' and Interest arising from Associations, Bearings of Suggestiveness,
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... thou wouldst die , Our much - enlightened master , Israel's prop . Eximious Jochanan Ben Sabbathai ? The phraseology here is a study of diction . The terms ' morn , ' ' deemed , ' ' black sort , ' are usually reserved for poetry . The ...
... thou wouldst die , Our much - enlightened master , Israel's prop . Eximious Jochanan Ben Sabbathai ? The phraseology here is a study of diction . The terms ' morn , ' ' deemed , ' ' black sort , ' are usually reserved for poetry . The ...
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... thou goddess heavenly bright , Profuse of bliss and pregnant with delight , Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign , And smiling Plenty leads thy wanton train : Eased of her load , Subjection grows more light , And Poverty looks ...
... thou goddess heavenly bright , Profuse of bliss and pregnant with delight , Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign , And smiling Plenty leads thy wanton train : Eased of her load , Subjection grows more light , And Poverty looks ...
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... Thou dost preserve the Stars from wrong ; For ex- And the most ancient Heavens through Thee are fresh and strong . In Ossian , Personification is often used with insufficient basis of resemblance : as - ' Rise , Moon , thou daughter of ...
... Thou dost preserve the Stars from wrong ; For ex- And the most ancient Heavens through Thee are fresh and strong . In Ossian , Personification is often used with insufficient basis of resemblance : as - ' Rise , Moon , thou daughter of ...
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