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... periods hurry in and hurry off in quick and profitless succession ; each indeed for the moment of its stay pre- vents the pain of vacancy , while it indulges the love of sloth ; but all together they leave the mistress of the house ...
... periods hurry in and hurry off in quick and profitless succession ; each indeed for the moment of its stay pre- vents the pain of vacancy , while it indulges the love of sloth ; but all together they leave the mistress of the house ...
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... period , which signifies circuit . Thus the opening sen- tence of Paradise Lost , if stopped at Heavenly Muse , ' would be periodic ; continued to ' rhyme , ' it becomes loose , several pauses being possible without incomplete- ness ...
... period , which signifies circuit . Thus the opening sen- tence of Paradise Lost , if stopped at Heavenly Muse , ' would be periodic ; continued to ' rhyme , ' it becomes loose , several pauses being possible without incomplete- ness ...
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... period is nevertheless more susceptible of vivacity and force ; the loose sentence is apt , as it were , to languish ... periods best suits the dignity of the historian , the political writer , and the philosopher . The other man- ner ...
... period is nevertheless more susceptible of vivacity and force ; the loose sentence is apt , as it were , to languish ... periods best suits the dignity of the historian , the political writer , and the philosopher . The other man- ner ...
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... period , objection- able because including a tiresome number of preliminary parts , the reader is referred to the preceding passage from Mr. Choate . The following are examples of the inter- mediate sort , neither wholly periodic nor ...
... period , objection- able because including a tiresome number of preliminary parts , the reader is referred to the preceding passage from Mr. Choate . The following are examples of the inter- mediate sort , neither wholly periodic nor ...
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... period , imita- tion of the dialect of that period is often an effectual means of securing the truth of resemblance . Mimesis . Similar to the preceding . It consists in mimicking the mode of spelling or dialect peculiar to individuals ...
... period , imita- tion of the dialect of that period is often an effectual means of securing the truth of resemblance . Mimesis . Similar to the preceding . It consists in mimicking the mode of spelling or dialect peculiar to individuals ...
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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.