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... effect . In other words , rhetoric has requirements of its own . It takes the thoughts thus grammatically and logically approved , and so clothes them , so arranges them , as to make the product pleasing , forceful , effective . The ...
... effect . In other words , rhetoric has requirements of its own . It takes the thoughts thus grammatically and logically approved , and so clothes them , so arranges them , as to make the product pleasing , forceful , effective . The ...
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... effect his freely chosen ends . To exercise the imagination and improve the taste , with their attendant happy effects on life , by bringing into view the chief beauties that ought to be imitated and the leading defects that ought to be ...
... effect his freely chosen ends . To exercise the imagination and improve the taste , with their attendant happy effects on life , by bringing into view the chief beauties that ought to be imitated and the leading defects that ought to be ...
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... effect is to fatigue by the difficulty of perceiving clearly the connection of the several parts , and of taking in the whole at one view . The second , requir- ing less attention , and easier to understand , always suits a brisk and ...
... effect is to fatigue by the difficulty of perceiving clearly the connection of the several parts , and of taking in the whole at one view . The second , requir- ing less attention , and easier to understand , always suits a brisk and ...
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... . When Virgil calls the two Scipios ' two thunderbolts of war , ' he seeks to show the military prowess of his heroes by a com- parison with the sudden , irresistible effect of a shaft 2 METHODS OF EXPRESSION 17 FIGURES .
... . When Virgil calls the two Scipios ' two thunderbolts of war , ' he seeks to show the military prowess of his heroes by a com- parison with the sudden , irresistible effect of a shaft 2 METHODS OF EXPRESSION 17 FIGURES .
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... effect of a stupid essay and the ma- terial effect of a blunt instrument , we may speak of the essay as being dull - using the word in an extended or changed sense . ' A deep stream ' is literal . A deep thinker ' is figurative ...
... effect of a stupid essay and the ma- terial effect of a blunt instrument , we may speak of the essay as being dull - using the word in an extended or changed sense . ' A deep stream ' is literal . A deep thinker ' is figurative ...
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Page 61 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Page 46 - I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun.
Page 324 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide, ' Doth God exact day-labor, light denied ?
Page 179 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low : And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 182 - Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions, Setting endeavour in continual motion; To which is fixed, as an aim or butt, Obedience: for so work the honey-bees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom.
Page 238 - Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth...
Page 4 - Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter, Nature be, His art doth give the fashion.
Page 86 - Christ) which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit...
Page 96 - O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood! Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,— Which, like dumb mouths do ope their ruby lips To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue...
Page 142 - A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.