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... leading thought , which must be so expressed as to be at once evident to the reader . The strongest part of the thought , or that which forms the result , should , in general , be placed the last in the sentence . The subordinate ...
... leading thought , which must be so expressed as to be at once evident to the reader . The strongest part of the thought , or that which forms the result , should , in general , be placed the last in the sentence . The subordinate ...
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... leading to the same purpose . We shall now subjoin a passage constructed according to the rule , in which the train of thought suggested by each sentence is carried out in the one following ; - 1. Flattery is false praise ; and is ...
... leading to the same purpose . We shall now subjoin a passage constructed according to the rule , in which the train of thought suggested by each sentence is carried out in the one following ; - 1. Flattery is false praise ; and is ...
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... leading idea with some diversity of circumstances . Thus , puerile and childish are the same in signification ; but conceal and dis- semble , while they both agree in expressing " hiding the object " from our view , yet differ in this ...
... leading idea with some diversity of circumstances . Thus , puerile and childish are the same in signification ; but conceal and dis- semble , while they both agree in expressing " hiding the object " from our view , yet differ in this ...
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... leading particulars of something that we have seen , heard , or read , detailed in a regular order . - 77. Narratives may be regarded either as Simple or Complex . In a Simple Narrative , the prin- cipal events or incidents only are ...
... leading particulars of something that we have seen , heard , or read , detailed in a regular order . - 77. Narratives may be regarded either as Simple or Complex . In a Simple Narrative , the prin- cipal events or incidents only are ...
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... leading facts in JOSEPH . 1. Joseph - his father and mother . the history of Gen. 35th chap . 2. How regarded and treated by his Gen. 37. 39 . brethren . 3. Why imprisoned - what treatment did he receive . 4. By what means liberated ...
... leading facts in JOSEPH . 1. Joseph - his father and mother . the history of Gen. 35th chap . 2. How regarded and treated by his Gen. 37. 39 . brethren . 3. Why imprisoned - what treatment did he receive . 4. By what means liberated ...
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Página 167 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Página 163 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please — How often have I loiter'd o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene...
Página 160 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Página 164 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was, to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Página 156 - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid Nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore...
Página 187 - In my distress I called upon the LORD: and cried unto my God. He heard my voice out of his temple: and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Página 59 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Página 49 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Página 133 - Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Página 160 - Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down to the rosy west ; but kindly still Compensating...