McGuffey's Newly Revised Rhetorical Guide: Or, Fifth Reader of the Eclectic Series. Containing Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: with Copious Rules and Rhetorical Exercises |
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... mountain summit , and beholds , as far as the eye can reach , a forest robe , flowing in all the varieties of graceful undulations , over declivity after declivity , as though the fabulous river of the skies were pouring its azure waves ...
... mountain summit , and beholds , as far as the eye can reach , a forest robe , flowing in all the varieties of graceful undulations , over declivity after declivity , as though the fabulous river of the skies were pouring its azure waves ...
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... mountain at length appeared to lose itself in the clouds . As I was gazing on these things with aston- ishment , my good genius suddenly appeared : - " The mountain before thee , " said he , " is the Hill of Science . On the top is the ...
... mountain at length appeared to lose itself in the clouds . As I was gazing on these things with aston- ishment , my good genius suddenly appeared : - " The mountain before thee , " said he , " is the Hill of Science . On the top is the ...
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... mountain , where the air was always pure and exhil arating , the path shaded with laurels and other evergreens , and the + effulgence , which beamed from the face of the goddess , seemed to shed a glory round her votaries . " Happy ...
... mountain , where the air was always pure and exhil arating , the path shaded with laurels and other evergreens , and the + effulgence , which beamed from the face of the goddess , seemed to shed a glory round her votaries . " Happy ...
Contents
PART I | 13 |
The Hour of Prayer | 15 |
Character of Napoleon Bonaparte | 20 |
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