McGuffey's Rhetorical Guide, Or, Fifth Reader of the Eclectic Series: Containing Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry, with Copious Rules and Rhetorical ExercisesWinthrop B. Smith & Company, 1844 - 480 páginas |
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... Character of Napoleon Bonaparte . 23. Speech before the Virginia Convention 25. Speech in reproof of Mr. Pitt ... 26. Reply to Sir Robert Walpole ........ 27. Character of Mr. Pitt ... 39. Paul's Defense before King Agrippa .. 42. The ...
... Character of Napoleon Bonaparte . 23. Speech before the Virginia Convention 25. Speech in reproof of Mr. Pitt ... 26. Reply to Sir Robert Walpole ........ 27. Character of Mr. Pitt ... 39. Paul's Defense before King Agrippa .. 42. The ...
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... character of Queen Elizabeth . 102. Character of Louis Fourteenth . 103. A Petition 106. Anecdote of the Duke of Newcastle . 107. A Passage in Human Life 111. The Grave ..... 112. Character of Columbus ... 113. Reception of Columbus in ...
... character of Queen Elizabeth . 102. Character of Louis Fourteenth . 103. A Petition 106. Anecdote of the Duke of Newcastle . 107. A Passage in Human Life 111. The Grave ..... 112. Character of Columbus ... 113. Reception of Columbus in ...
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... Character of La Fayette . 163. The Baptism .. .Sprague . 332 .Everett . 334 164. Observance of the Sabbath .. 167. Folly of Intoxication ..... 169. Choice of Hercules ..... 171. Speech on the Catholic Question .. 172. On a Standing Army ...
... Character of La Fayette . 163. The Baptism .. .Sprague . 332 .Everett . 334 164. Observance of the Sabbath .. 167. Folly of Intoxication ..... 169. Choice of Hercules ..... 171. Speech on the Catholic Question .. 172. On a Standing Army ...
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... Character of Cardinal Wolsey .. 104. Address to a Mummy ..... 105. Paper : A Conversational Pleasantry . 108. The Departed .. 109. Thanatopsis . 110. The Church - Yard ...... 114. The Battle of Ivry 115. Lord Ullin's Daughter ...
... Character of Cardinal Wolsey .. 104. Address to a Mummy ..... 105. Paper : A Conversational Pleasantry . 108. The Departed .. 109. Thanatopsis . 110. The Church - Yard ...... 114. The Battle of Ivry 115. Lord Ullin's Daughter ...
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... character . A monotonous style of reading and speaking , is often formed at the same early age . The little reader is apt to prolong the sound of the word he has just deciphered , until he can spell out " the one which follows ; and if ...
... character . A monotonous style of reading and speaking , is often formed at the same early age . The little reader is apt to prolong the sound of the word he has just deciphered , until he can spell out " the one which follows ; and if ...
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Términos y frases comunes
1st Capt 1st Sold accent acute accent antithesis arms beauty Boabdil bosom breath bright called cesura character circumflex clouds dark dead death deep earth emphasis emphatic EXAMPLES EXERCISES falling inflection father fear fire give glory grace grave hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart heaven Herculaneum honor hope hour imperative mood Jehovah king knout La Fayette LAMPEDO land LESSON light little brook living look Lord loud loving band mighty mind moon mountain N. P. WILLIS nature never night o'er pass pause peace poetry rising inflection roar Robert Raikes rock ruin Rule scene sentences silence sleep smile sorrow soul sound speak spirit stars stood syllable tears tempest thee thine thing thou thought thunder tion tone Tonga trembling unto uttered voice vowel Warren Hastings waves wild wind wings words
Pasajes populares
Página 369 - life from destruction; Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. 2. The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment For all that are oppressed. He made known his ways unto Moses, His acts unto the children of Israel.
Página 102 - 1. Not a drum | was heard\ || not a funeral note', As his corse || to the rampart we hurried*; Not a soldier | discharged || his farewell | shot' O'er the grave || where our hero was buried*. 2. We buried him | darkly, || at dead | of night\ The sods' || with our bayonets | turning'; By the struggling moonbeam
Página 45 - was his bounty', and his soul sincere^; Heaven did a recompense as largely send\ He gave to misery all he had'—a tear % ; He gained from Heaven', ('twas all he wished',) a friend\ No further seek his merits to disclose', Or draw his frailties from their last abode', (There, they, alike', in trembling hope
Página 102 - we wound him; But he lay like a warrior || taking his rest', With his martial cloak || around him. 4. Few and short' || were the prayers* we said, And we spoke || not a word of sorrow*; But we steadfastly gazed || on the face of the dead', And we bitterly thought || of the morrow\ 6.
Página 202 - of their way. 20. Yet e'en these bones, from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still, erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. 21. Their names, their years, spell'd by the unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many a holy text around she strews,
Página 28 - 3. Emphatic repetition. And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept; and as he went, thus he said ; O my son Absalom'! my son', my son Absalom^! would to God I had died for thee, O Absalom', my son', my son
Página 400 - And bid them speak for me. But were I Brutus, Show you sweet Cesar's wounds, poor, poor, dumb mouths, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits, and put a tongue In every wound of Cesar, that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
Página 417 - mong Graemes of the Netherby clan ; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran; There was racing, and chasing, on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. So daring in love and so dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar
Página 103 - random gun' That the foe || was sullenly firing*. 8 Slowly and sadly || we laid him down*, From the field of his fame || fresh and gory* ; We carved not a line*, || and we raised not a stone'; But left him || alone with his glory*. ™. ^^ LESSON
Página 288 - THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS. 1. The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky, Their giant branches tossed ; 2. And the heavy night hung dark, The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore. 4. Not as the