Rhetoric and the Study of LiteratureHenry Holt, 1913 - 410 páginas |
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... Third , as the course progresses , practice in composition and practice in literary criticism should , within reasonable bounds , be correlated , this to be managed in part through the study of rhetoric . This volume , designed for use ...
... Third , as the course progresses , practice in composition and practice in literary criticism should , within reasonable bounds , be correlated , this to be managed in part through the study of rhetoric . This volume , designed for use ...
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... third corresponding book of guides idioms , no authoritative volume adequately calling atten- tion to the scores upon scores of unidiomatic or provin- cial blemishes ; and even though such a volume were issued , it would have to be ...
... third corresponding book of guides idioms , no authoritative volume adequately calling atten- tion to the scores upon scores of unidiomatic or provin- cial blemishes ; and even though such a volume were issued , it would have to be ...
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... goes to the right of the first base line or to the left of the third base line . 80. This is good , but I like the other equally as well . 81. Wave your arms like I do . 82. The life here is very different than I expected 14 RHETORIC.
... goes to the right of the first base line or to the left of the third base line . 80. This is good , but I like the other equally as well . 81. Wave your arms like I do . 82. The life here is very different than I expected 14 RHETORIC.
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... third of June when the boat was launched . 84. I got the book off Tom . 85. I did not notice him , as my eyes were turned aside . 86. We had no wood or coal with which to build a fire . 87. He took the glove from Henry and hid it on him ...
... third of June when the boat was launched . 84. I got the book off Tom . 85. I did not notice him , as my eyes were turned aside . 86. We had no wood or coal with which to build a fire . 87. He took the glove from Henry and hid it on him ...
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... third , skill in the selection of words and the construction of sentences and paragraphs ; fourth , skill in the employ- ment of a few simple devices . Four sources Mastery of subject That mastery of subject is essential is quite ...
... third , skill in the selection of words and the construction of sentences and paragraphs ; fourth , skill in the employ- ment of a few simple devices . Four sources Mastery of subject That mastery of subject is essential is quite ...
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Página 201 - What thou art we know not: What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. Like a poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, Till the world is wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not...
Página 55 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Página 52 - 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?
Página 219 - Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Página 233 - While he from forth the closet brought a heap Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and gourd, With jellies soother than the creamy curd, And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon, Manna and dates, in argosy transferr'd From Fez, and spiced dainties, every one, From silken Samarcand to cedar'd Lebanon.
Página 44 - I conjure you, by that which you profess, Howe'er you come to know it, answer me: Though you untie the winds and let them fight Against the churches; though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up; Though bladed corn be lodged and trees blown down; Though castles topple on their warders...
Página 55 - To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning, by study; and studies themselves, do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men condemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them...
Página 344 - What is it thou hast seen? or what hast heard?" And answer made the bold Sir Bedivere: "I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, And the wild water lapping on the crag.
Página 231 - Reaper Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reaping and singing by herself; Stop here, or gently pass! Alone she cuts and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain; O listen! for the Vale profound Is overflowing with the sound.
Página 212 - In the Spring a fuller crimson comes upon the robin's breast; In the Spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest; In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish'd dove; In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.