A School Manual of English Composition: For Advanced Grammar Grades, and for High Schools, Academies, EtcHarper, 1884 - 113 pages |
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... Poetry has the same aim with Christianity . 2. Scarcely had he uttered the fatal word , than the fairy disappeared . 3. We should always be ready to assist such poor persons who are unable to obtain a livelihood . 4. I find great ...
... Poetry has the same aim with Christianity . 2. Scarcely had he uttered the fatal word , than the fairy disappeared . 3. We should always be ready to assist such poor persons who are unable to obtain a livelihood . 4. I find great ...
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... poetry from Dry- den , whom , whenever an opportunity presented itself , he praised through the whole period of his existence with a liberality which never varied ; and perhaps his character may receive some illus- tration , if a ...
... poetry from Dry- den , whom , whenever an opportunity presented itself , he praised through the whole period of his existence with a liberality which never varied ; and perhaps his character may receive some illus- tration , if a ...
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... poets that are sown By nature , men endowed with highest gifts , The vision and the faculty divine ; Yet wanting the ... poetry . A number of lines forming a division of a poem constitutes a stanza : this usually consists of groups of ...
... poets that are sown By nature , men endowed with highest gifts , The vision and the faculty divine ; Yet wanting the ... poetry . A number of lines forming a division of a poem constitutes a stanza : this usually consists of groups of ...
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... bird , They to their grassy couch , these to their nests , • Were slunk , all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung .-- Milton . II . RHYTHM AND POETIC FEET . I. - RHYTHM 86 ENGLISH COMPOSITION .
... bird , They to their grassy couch , these to their nests , • Were slunk , all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung .-- Milton . II . RHYTHM AND POETIC FEET . I. - RHYTHM 86 ENGLISH COMPOSITION .
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... POETIC FEET . I. - RHYTHM . 87. Rhythm is the recurrence of stress , or accent , at reg- ular intervals of duration . It is from rhythm that English verse derives its character . I. There is an essential difference between English and ...
... POETIC FEET . I. - RHYTHM . 87. Rhythm is the recurrence of stress , or accent , at reg- ular intervals of duration . It is from rhythm that English verse derives its character . I. There is an essential difference between English and ...
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Page 84 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Page 81 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the souL...
Page 88 - The blackbird amid leafy trees, The lark above the hill, Let loose their carols when they please, Are quiet when they will. With Nature never do they wage A foolish strife ; they see A happy youth, and their old age Is beautiful and free.
Page 69 - OF Man's first disobedience and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse ! that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos.
Page 31 - HAVING often received an invitation from my friend Sir Roger de Coverley, to pass away a month with him in the country, I last week accompanied him thither, and am settled with him for some time at his countryhouse, where I intend to form several of my ensuing speculations. Sir Roger...
Page 107 - Ward has no heart, they say ; but I deny it : He has a heart, and gets his speeches by it ! Satire (Latin satira, a mixture).
Page 40 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Page 105 - I love the language, that soft bastard Latin, Which melts like kisses from a female mouth, And sounds as if it should be writ on satin, With syllables which breathe of the sweet South, And gentle liquids gliding all so pat in, That not a single accent seems uncouth, Like our harsh northern whistling, grunting guttural, , Which we're obliged to hiss, and spit. and sputter alL...
Page 74 - He can converse with a picture and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession.
Page 92 - No sooner had the Almighty ceased, but all The multitude of angels, with a shout Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy...