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... field hath turned the chance of war . 7. To arms ! they come ! the Greek ! the Greek` ! 8. Hast thou not spoke like thunder on my side ? Been my sworn soldier ? bidding me depend Upon thy stars , thy fortune , and thy strength ...
... field hath turned the chance of war . 7. To arms ! they come ! the Greek ! the Greek` ! 8. Hast thou not spoke like thunder on my side ? Been my sworn soldier ? bidding me depend Upon thy stars , thy fortune , and thy strength ...
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... field , rising into inequalities , varied by exuberant vegetation " ; Pope's is a velvet lawn , shaven by the scythe and leveled by the roller . 11. If the flights of Dryden are higher ́ , Pope continues longer on the wing . If the ...
... field , rising into inequalities , varied by exuberant vegetation " ; Pope's is a velvet lawn , shaven by the scythe and leveled by the roller . 11. If the flights of Dryden are higher ́ , Pope continues longer on the wing . If the ...
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... field orator , or one who speaks in a very large apartment , to send his voice to the most distant point . It is a certain degree of this quality , which distinguishes declamatory , or public speaking or reading , from private ...
... field orator , or one who speaks in a very large apartment , to send his voice to the most distant point . It is a certain degree of this quality , which distinguishes declamatory , or public speaking or reading , from private ...
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... fields ; and nature smiles revived . 3. " T is beauty all , and grateful song around , Join'd to the low of kine , and numerous bleat Of flocks thick - nibbling through the clover'd vale ; And shall the hymn be marr'd by thankless Man ...
... fields ; and nature smiles revived . 3. " T is beauty all , and grateful song around , Join'd to the low of kine , and numerous bleat Of flocks thick - nibbling through the clover'd vale ; And shall the hymn be marr'd by thankless Man ...
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... fields , and about in the eddies of the blast ; and though I have , sometimes , in the glow of exer- cise , felt my life securer in the triumph of the brave contest , yet , in the chill of the evening , or when any sickness of the mind ...
... fields , and about in the eddies of the blast ; and though I have , sometimes , in the glow of exer- cise , felt my life securer in the triumph of the brave contest , yet , in the chill of the evening , or when any sickness of the mind ...
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Common terms and phrases
1st Capt 1st Sold 2d Capt Antiparos arms beauty Boabdil Boskos bosom breath bright Brutus Cæsar cesura circumflex clouds dark dead death deep dream earth emphasis EXAMPLES eyes face falling inflection father fear fire friends give grave hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart heaven honor hope hour Iago Ivanhoe king La Fayette land live look Lord mighty mind Morar morning murmur nature Nelly Gray never night noble o'er passed pause peace poor Rebecca replied rienced rising inflection roar Robert Raikes rock round scene silence sleep smile sorrow soul sound South Carolina speak spirit stars stood storm stranger sweet sword tapestry of national tears tell tempest thalers thee thine thing THOMAS HOOD thought thunder tone Tonga trembling unto voice waters waves wind wings words young