The Writer: Being One of a Series of Handbooks Upon Practical Expression, a Correlation of the Principles of Elocution and Rhetoric Applied to Every Detail of English CompositionSilver, Burdett, 1893 - 203 Seiten |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
accented adjective adverb Alliteration applied arrangement Assonance beautiful breath bright Cæsar character clause compared connection considered CORRESPONDING to Elocutionary death dishonored divisions Dryden earth Elocution Elocutionary effects expression eyes fact fall feeling feet George Eliot give Greek heaven Homer idea Idem Iliad illustration imitative indicated inflection instance Introduction J. G. Holland Julius Cæsar language less look means ment merely metaphor methods Metonymy Milton mind mountains movement nature night Notice noun object Paradise Lost paragraph person phrases pitch poetic poetry Pope preposition principle produced pronoun prose reason reference of form relevancy repetition represent Rhetoric rhythm rising sense sentence series of words Shakespear Simile single words sometimes soul sound speech style suggested sweet syllables tence Tennyson termed thing thou thought thunder tion Toussaint L'Ouverture transitive verb truth verb Victor Hugo West Canada creek wind writing
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 19 - I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three ; " Good speed ! " cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew; " Speed ! " echoed the wall to us galloping through ; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast. Not a word to each other ; we kept the great pace Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing...
Seite 75 - Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Seite 76 - 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. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Seite 86 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Seite 161 - Who is here so base, that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak ; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended. I pause for a reply.
Seite 103 - The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, » As a feather is wafted downward From an Eagle in his flight I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist. And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me That my soul cannot resist; A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain. And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain.
Seite 150 - The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story ; The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory.
Seite 164 - he said, and pointed toward the land, 'This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon.' In the afternoon they came unto a land In which it seemed always afternoon. All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream. Full-faced above the valley stood the moon ; And like a downward smoke, the slender stream Along the cliff to fall and pause and fall did seem. A land of streams ! some, like a downward smoke, Slow-dropping veils of thinnest lawn, did go ; And some...
Seite 110 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. — The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
Seite 21 - Prick'd from the lazy finger of a maid : Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut, Made by the joiner squirrel, or old grub, Time out of mind the fairies' coach-makers. And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers...