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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... thought or sentiment that is uttered ; for it is this har- mony which constitutes propriety . As far as possible , let there be a correspondence between the style of action and the strain of thought . Where the thought flows on calmly ...
... thought or sentiment that is uttered ; for it is this har- mony which constitutes propriety . As far as possible , let there be a correspondence between the style of action and the strain of thought . Where the thought flows on calmly ...
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... thought that they discovered the indebtedness of these writers to the poetry of the Old Testament . But how much more sublime is Isaiah than Milton ! How much more enkindling than Danté , is David ! How much more picturesque than Homer ...
... thought that they discovered the indebtedness of these writers to the poetry of the Old Testament . But how much more sublime is Isaiah than Milton ! How much more enkindling than Danté , is David ! How much more picturesque than Homer ...
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... thought and feeling within itself , and no one peculiar bias or exclusive excellence , more than another . He was just like any other man , but that he was like all other men . He was the least of an egotist that it was possible to be ...
... thought and feeling within itself , and no one peculiar bias or exclusive excellence , more than another . He was just like any other man , but that he was like all other men . He was the least of an egotist that it was possible to be ...
Contents
PART I | 13 |
The Hour of Prayer | 15 |
Character of Napoleon Bonaparte | 20 |
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