Specimens of Prose CompositionCharles Read Nutter, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey, Chester Noyes Greenough Ginn, 1907 - 478 oldal |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 59 találatból.
xxi. oldal
... stand the principle of Unity in its simplest form , we will deal first with the sensation of seeing . The vision of the eye is limited to what is within range ; and the faithful record of what we see in front of us at any one time is ...
... stand the principle of Unity in its simplest form , we will deal first with the sensation of seeing . The vision of the eye is limited to what is within range ; and the faithful record of what we see in front of us at any one time is ...
xxiv. oldal
... stand , like spokes from the nave of a wheel . First , we note , lying to the south - east , the vale of Langdale , which will conduct the eye to the long lake of Winander- mere , stretched nearly to the sea ; or rather to the sands of ...
... stand , like spokes from the nave of a wheel . First , we note , lying to the south - east , the vale of Langdale , which will conduct the eye to the long lake of Winander- mere , stretched nearly to the sea ; or rather to the sands of ...
13. oldal
... standing for the word that 5 is spoken . We are in the habit of thinking that a word should be pronounced as it is spelled , rather than that it should be spelled as it is pronounced . Author means to us a man with a pen in his hand , a ...
... standing for the word that 5 is spoken . We are in the habit of thinking that a word should be pronounced as it is spelled , rather than that it should be spelled as it is pronounced . Author means to us a man with a pen in his hand , a ...
26. oldal
... stand up against the habit of defini- tion . Dante boasted that no rhythmic exigency had ever 10 made him say what he did not mean . We heedless and unintending speakers , under no exigency of rhyme or reason , say what we mean but ...
... stand up against the habit of defini- tion . Dante boasted that no rhythmic exigency had ever 10 made him say what he did not mean . We heedless and unintending speakers , under no exigency of rhyme or reason , say what we mean but ...
28. oldal
... can be condensed , or a word be made to stand for a sen- tence , I hold grammatical rigor in contempt . " " Young man , " said Henry Ward Beecher to one who was pointing out grammatical errors in a sermon of his , " 28 EXPOSITION.
... can be condensed , or a word be made to stand for a sen- tence , I hold grammatical rigor in contempt . " " Young man , " said Henry Ward Beecher to one who was pointing out grammatical errors in a sermon of his , " 28 EXPOSITION.
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389. oldal - It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
312. oldal - During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.
312. oldal - I looked upon the scene before me — upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain, upon the bleak walls, upon the vacant eye-like windows, upon a few rank sedges, and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees, with an utter depression of soul which I can compare to no earthly sensation more properly than to the after-dream of the reveller upon opium, the bitter lapse into every-day life, the hideous dropping off of the veil.
23. oldal - No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech, but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion.
313. oldal - ... among considerations beyond our depth. It was possible, I reflected, that a mere different arrangement of the particulars of the scene, of the details of the picture, would be sufficient to modify, or perhaps to annihilate, its capacity for sorrowful impression ; and, acting upon this idea, I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled lustre by the dwelling...
312. oldal - DURING THE WHOLE of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.
313. oldal - It was a mystery all insoluble ; nor could I grapple with the shadowy fancies that crowded upon me as I pondered.
278. oldal - The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of...
14. oldal - He has his eyes on all his company; he is tender towards the bashful, gentle towards the distant, and merciful towards the absurd ; he can recollect to whom he is speaking; he guards against unseasonable allusions, or topics which may irritate; he is seldom prominent in conversation, and never wearisome.
279. oldal - There were the members of that brilliant society which quoted, criticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock hangings of Mrs.