The Elements of Reading and OratoryD. Appleton, 1850 - 352 Seiten |
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... death hath no more dominion over him . The parts of No. 1 , 2 and 3 , are properly separated by the colon , because the connective and is understood . In No. 4 , 5 and 6 , namely is understood . The colon is therefore correctly used ...
... death hath no more dominion over him . The parts of No. 1 , 2 and 3 , are properly separated by the colon , because the connective and is understood . In No. 4 , 5 and 6 , namely is understood . The colon is therefore correctly used ...
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... Death ! great proprietor of all ! ' tis thine To tread out empires and to quench the stars . 2. Why is it that to man have been given passions which he can- not tame ; and which sink him below the brute ! and why is it that a few ...
... Death ! great proprietor of all ! ' tis thine To tread out empires and to quench the stars . 2. Why is it that to man have been given passions which he can- not tame ; and which sink him below the brute ! and why is it that a few ...
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... death ! Examples of the improper use of the Rhetorical Pause . 1. Thus , without any innovation - without altering or abolishing any thing but pernicious novelties , introduced for the encourage- ment of sloth and idleness - by ...
... death ! Examples of the improper use of the Rhetorical Pause . 1. Thus , without any innovation - without altering or abolishing any thing but pernicious novelties , introduced for the encourage- ment of sloth and idleness - by ...
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... death . The first of these sentences is perfect loose , and demands partial close on man ; i . e . a fall of the voice at that point of the sentence indicating complete sense : the second is equivocal , and may receive the bend at soul ...
... death . The first of these sentences is perfect loose , and demands partial close on man ; i . e . a fall of the voice at that point of the sentence indicating complete sense : the second is equivocal , and may receive the bend at soul ...
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... death been opened unto thee ? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death ? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season ? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons ? Are we formed with a passionate longing for immortality ...
... death been opened unto thee ? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death ? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season ? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons ? Are we formed with a passionate longing for immortality ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
3d FORM accent alphabetical Art thou Balt beauty beginning black crows blessed Cæsar character Christ circumflex Classif colon comma compact sentence compound sentence connected correlative words expressed death decl definite interrogative delivered delivery diphthong double compact earth elocution emphasis emphatic words employed English language Examples exclamation exclamatory sentences falling slide father followed fragmentary give glory hand happy hath heard heart heaven honor imperfect sense indefinite indirect interrogative interrogative sentences kind land liberty look loose sentence Lord lower sweep mind mixed sentence nature o'er parenthesis partial close passions pause peace perfect close phatic preceding proposition punctuation relative pronouns Rule semi-interrogative semicolon Sent simple sentence single compact soul sound speak spirit syllable tence thee thing thought tion triphthong truth understood unto verbs virtue voice vowel
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 98 - Liberty first and Union afterwards'; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable...
Seite 163 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun,— the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods— rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Seite 338 - And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore. Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came ; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame; Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear; They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Seite 35 - Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners...
Seite 180 - With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Seite 252 - For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward ; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation ; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him...
Seite 133 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why ? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere 'scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Seite 116 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object — this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
Seite 183 - When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony and shroud and pall And breathless darkness and the narrow house Make thee to shudder and grow sick at heart...
Seite 260 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...