English Style; or, a course of instruction for the attainment of a good style of writing. With an historical sketch of the English language, etcLongman, Green, 1869 - 358 páginas |
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... applied to all those ideas which represent material substances , the particles of which are united so as to form a solid mass . 2 Abstract ' is from the Latin abstractus , the participle of the verb abstrahere , and literally means ...
... applied to all those ideas which represent material substances , the particles of which are united so as to form a solid mass . 2 Abstract ' is from the Latin abstractus , the participle of the verb abstrahere , and literally means ...
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... applied , not to a class or number of objects agreeing in certain particulars , but to single individuals . Whenever I meet with a large stream of water flowing into a sea or lake , I call such an object a ' 8 ENGLISH STYLE . Common ...
... applied , not to a class or number of objects agreeing in certain particulars , but to single individuals . Whenever I meet with a large stream of water flowing into a sea or lake , I call such an object a ' 8 ENGLISH STYLE . Common ...
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... applied in a metaphorical sense . เ " EXERCISE III . Take out the words in italics in the following sentences , and explain in what sense they are respec- tively used . He was moved to tears - The waters subsided— There is a rise in the ...
... applied in a metaphorical sense . เ " EXERCISE III . Take out the words in italics in the following sentences , and explain in what sense they are respec- tively used . He was moved to tears - The waters subsided— There is a rise in the ...
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... applied in a secondary , but yet a concrete , signifi- cation . EXERCISE IV . Use each of the following words in two senses , in separate sentences , similar to the examples above given . roof heart mouth side leaf back arm volume leg ...
... applied in a secondary , but yet a concrete , signifi- cation . EXERCISE IV . Use each of the following words in two senses , in separate sentences , similar to the examples above given . roof heart mouth side leaf back arm volume leg ...
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... applied in the first case holds the same relation to the stone that the news received , in the second , holds to the person affected by it . EXERCISE VI . Explain in writing the analogies by which the words in the list under Exercise IV ...
... applied in the first case holds the same relation to the stone that the news received , in the second , holds to the person affected by it . EXERCISE VI . Explain in writing the analogies by which the words in the list under Exercise IV ...
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Página 228 - My duty towards God, is to believe in him, to fear him, and to love him with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul, and with all my strength; to worship him, to give him thanks, to put my whole trust in him, to call upon him, to honour his holy Name and his Word, and to serve him truly all the days of my life.
Página 252 - As bees In spring-time, when the Sun with Taurus rides, Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters; they among fresh dews and flowers Fly to and fro, or on the smoothed plank, The suburb of their straw-built citadel, New rubbed with balm, expatiate, and confer Their state affairs: so thick the aery crowd Swarmed and were straitened; till, the signal given, Behold a wonder!
Página 228 - The Prince of Cumberland ! that is a step, On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires ; Let not light see my black and deep desires : The eye wink at the hand ; yet let that be, Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
Página 248 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Página 326 - ... rubbish and clear obstructions from the paths through which learning and genius press forward to conquest and glory, without bestowing a smile on the humble drudge that facilitates their progress. Every other author may aspire to praise ; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach, and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few.
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Página 310 - There were hills which garnished their proud heights with stately trees : humble valleys whose base estate seemed comforted with the refreshing of silver rivers; meadows enamelled with all sorts of eye-pleasing flowers ; thickets, which being lined with most pleasant shade were witnessed so to, by the cheerful disposition of many well-tuned birds ; each pasture stored with sheep feeding with sober security, while the pretty lambs with bleating oratory craved the...
Página 328 - ... compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation, into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains. Whilst the authors of all these evils were idly and stupidly gazing on this menacing meteor, which blackened all their horizon, it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic...
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