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... words in a sentence may be varied in accordance with the first law of Force , that emphatic words must stand in positions emphatic be- cause unusual ; as when the subject is removed from the beginning of a sentence , or the predicate is ...
... words in a sentence may be varied in accordance with the first law of Force , that emphatic words must stand in positions emphatic be- cause unusual ; as when the subject is removed from the beginning of a sentence , or the predicate is ...
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... words are not realized as fast as the words are uttered , then the loss of time over each word must entail such an accumulation of delays as to leave a hearer entirely behind . But whether the force of these replies be or be not ...
... words are not realized as fast as the words are uttered , then the loss of time over each word must entail such an accumulation of delays as to leave a hearer entirely behind . But whether the force of these replies be or be not ...
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... words like by , of , through , for , at , etc. , which present no complete thought apart from an object , in the air like an unsup- ported wing of an army , is disastrous . But it has become the fashion , and is thought fine . This ...
... words like by , of , through , for , at , etc. , which present no complete thought apart from an object , in the air like an unsup- ported wing of an army , is disastrous . But it has become the fashion , and is thought fine . This ...
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... words . When the words are em- 66 phatic , and the intervening words are few , SEC . I. ] lxi " SPLITTING OF PARTICLES . "
... words . When the words are em- 66 phatic , and the intervening words are few , SEC . I. ] lxi " SPLITTING OF PARTICLES . "
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... words , and is not specially excluded from the one that precedes , the mere principle of order would make us refer it to the one that follows : we always by preference look forward . Another important circumstance connected with ...
... words , and is not specially excluded from the one that precedes , the mere principle of order would make us refer it to the one that follows : we always by preference look forward . Another important circumstance connected with ...
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Page 641 - Then the little Hiawatha Learned of every bird its language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How they built their nests in Summer, Where they hid themselves in Winter, Talked with them whene'er he met them, Called them, "Hiawatha's Chickens." Of all beasts he learned the language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How the beavers built their lodges, Where the squirrels hid their acorns, How the reindeer ran so swiftly, Why the rabbit was so timid, Talked with them whene'er he...
Page 109 - ... retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense : sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a...
Page 248 - The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings; He sings to the wide world and she to her nest, — In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best?
Page 248 - And what is so rare as a day in June ? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers.
Page 596 - The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found in the nature of things.
Page 475 - The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Page 39 - As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, And saith, Am not I in sport?
Page 641 - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th...
Page 383 - I would have her instructed in geometry, that she might know something of the contagious countries.
Page 274 - The only voice which you can hear Is the river murmuring near. When soft! — the dusky trees between And down the path through the open green Where is no living thing to be seen; And through yon gateway, where is found, Beneath the arch with ivy bound, Free entrance to the church-yard ground...