McGuffey's Newly Revised Rhetorical Guide: Or, Fifth Reader of the Eclectic Series. Containing Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: with Copious Rules and Rhetorical Exercises |
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... rock's vast weight to throw , The line too labors and the words move slow . One blast upon his bugle - horn were worth ten thousand men . Life's * fitful fever over , he rests well . This sculptor has executed three busts . From peak to ...
... rock's vast weight to throw , The line too labors and the words move slow . One blast upon his bugle - horn were worth ten thousand men . Life's * fitful fever over , he rests well . This sculptor has executed three busts . From peak to ...
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... rocks and hills , and ride the air In whirlwind . Hell scarce holds the wild uproar . As when Alcides- -felt the envenomed robe , and tore Through pain , up by the roots , Thessalian pines , And Lichas from the top of Eta threw Into the ...
... rocks and hills , and ride the air In whirlwind . Hell scarce holds the wild uproar . As when Alcides- -felt the envenomed robe , and tore Through pain , up by the roots , Thessalian pines , And Lichas from the top of Eta threw Into the ...
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... rocks inflame ; thy power Of fire , to their metallic bosom driven , Melts and devours them ; lo ! they are no more ; They pass away like wax in the fierce flame , Or the thick mists that frown upon the sun , Which he but glances at ...
... rocks inflame ; thy power Of fire , to their metallic bosom driven , Melts and devours them ; lo ! they are no more ; They pass away like wax in the fierce flame , Or the thick mists that frown upon the sun , Which he but glances at ...
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... rocks , unable to stem the driving air , flapped their wings and fell upon the earth ; the frightened animals of the plain , almost suffocated by the impetuosity of the wind , sought safety , and found destruction ; some of the largest ...
... rocks , unable to stem the driving air , flapped their wings and fell upon the earth ; the frightened animals of the plain , almost suffocated by the impetuosity of the wind , sought safety , and found destruction ; some of the largest ...
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... rocks among ; Rising and leaping , Sinking and creeping , Swelling and sweeping , Showering and springing , Flying and flinging , Writhing and ringing , Eddying and whisking , Spouting and frisking , Turning and twisting , Around and ...
... rocks among ; Rising and leaping , Sinking and creeping , Swelling and sweeping , Showering and springing , Flying and flinging , Writhing and ringing , Eddying and whisking , Spouting and frisking , Turning and twisting , Around and ...
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Page 406 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar.
Page 220 - German despot ; your attempts will be for ever vain and impotent — doubly so, indeed, from this mercenary aid on which you rely; for it irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your adversaries, to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder, devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty. If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms : Never, never, never...
Page 73 - The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Page 102 - 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' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 228 - O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours ! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
Page 115 - But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; " Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I now send thee.
Page 93 - In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free, if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges, for which we have been so long contending...
Page 390 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 144 - She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse: which I observing, Took once a pliant hour; and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart That I would all my pilgrimage dilate...
Page 94 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger ? Will it be the next week, or the next year ? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house ? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction...