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... reason is obvious . The command of language is a grand total , resulting from the practice of a life ; a small frac- tion of that total is all that can grow up within the limits of a Course of English Composition . ent . With respect to ...
... reason is obvious . The command of language is a grand total , resulting from the practice of a life ; a small frac- tion of that total is all that can grow up within the limits of a Course of English Composition . ent . With respect to ...
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... reason hay or straw must be given to horses , as well as corn , in order to supply the necessary bulk . Something analogous to this takes place with respect to the generality of minds ; which are incapable of thoroughly digesting and ...
... reason hay or straw must be given to horses , as well as corn , in order to supply the necessary bulk . Something analogous to this takes place with respect to the generality of minds ; which are incapable of thoroughly digesting and ...
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... reason than the flights of imagination , and nothing has been the occasion of more mistakes among philosophers . Men of bright fancies may , in this respect , be compared to those angels whom the Scriptures represent as cov ering their ...
... reason than the flights of imagination , and nothing has been the occasion of more mistakes among philosophers . Men of bright fancies may , in this respect , be compared to those angels whom the Scriptures represent as cov ering their ...
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... reason . " eye thou mayest behold . " " The little fields made green By husbandry of many thrifty years . " " With easy Kindred ideas are thus brought closer together ; as , idle and bed . Thrifty years is vigorous by condensation . We ...
... reason . " eye thou mayest behold . " " The little fields made green By husbandry of many thrifty years . " " With easy Kindred ideas are thus brought closer together ; as , idle and bed . Thrifty years is vigorous by condensation . We ...
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... reason ; this the soul delights . Talent from sober judgment takes its birth , And reconciles the pinion to the earth ; Genius unsettles with desires the mind , Contented not till earth be left behind . Talent , the sunshine on a ...
... reason ; this the soul delights . Talent from sober judgment takes its birth , And reconciles the pinion to the earth ; Genius unsettles with desires the mind , Contented not till earth be left behind . Talent , the sunshine on a ...
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abstract alliterations Antithesis arrangement balanced bay color beauty brevity called character circumstances clause comparison composition concrete concrete Extract connection consonants contrast degradation degree Demosthenes described effect emotion English epigram example excitement exposition expression facts figure genius give given harmony Hence History human humor hyperbole Iliad illustration implies impression instances iteration kind language ludicrous meaning melody ment metaphor method metonymy mind mode moral mountains narrative nation nature noun nuendo objects obverse orator pain paragraph pathos Pearl Coast person personification phatic Plato pleasure Pleonasm poet poetic poetry political politics of Poland predicate principle proposition reference rivers sense sentence sentiment simile sions Socrates sometimes sound statement strength style sublime subordinate suggest syllables Synecdoche tautologies tence tender feeling things thou thought tion Transferred Epithet truth variety verb vowels writer