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... object is the aim of the present series of Exercises . A progression gradually ascending in difficulty and interest has been the principle of construction throughout . Thus , the first lesson may be regarded as a suitable introduction ...
... object is the aim of the present series of Exercises . A progression gradually ascending in difficulty and interest has been the principle of construction throughout . Thus , the first lesson may be regarded as a suitable introduction ...
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... within the short space of eight months , is a sufficient proof of its acknow- ledged adaptation to the object for which it was originally drawn up . CONTENTS . BOOK I. CHAPTER I. Introductory Remarks and Exercises iv PREFACE .
... within the short space of eight months , is a sufficient proof of its acknow- ledged adaptation to the object for which it was originally drawn up . CONTENTS . BOOK I. CHAPTER I. Introductory Remarks and Exercises iv PREFACE .
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... Objects calculated to excite Emotions , 189 ...... 192 SECTION 1. Descriptive Pieces , ... 1. Natural Scenery - Rules and Exercises on , 2. Objects of General Curiosity - Rules and Ex- ercises on , .. ................................. 3 ...
... Objects calculated to excite Emotions , 189 ...... 192 SECTION 1. Descriptive Pieces , ... 1. Natural Scenery - Rules and Exercises on , 2. Objects of General Curiosity - Rules and Ex- ercises on , .. ................................. 3 ...
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... between judgment and imagination may be thus explained ; -judg- ment is occupied in perceiving and comparing differences among objects and notions ; imagination , in discovering PRACTICAL ENGLISH COMPOSITION . [ CH . 1 .
... between judgment and imagination may be thus explained ; -judg- ment is occupied in perceiving and comparing differences among objects and notions ; imagination , in discovering PRACTICAL ENGLISH COMPOSITION . [ CH . 1 .
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Richard Hiley. differences among objects and notions ; imagination , in discovering and tracing the resemblances and analogies between things , with a view of what is beautiful and sublime . - 4. Cause and Effect . A Cause is the power ...
Richard Hiley. differences among objects and notions ; imagination , in discovering and tracing the resemblances and analogies between things , with a view of what is beautiful and sublime . - 4. Cause and Effect . A Cause is the power ...
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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...