A Text-book on Rhetoric (1882) |
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... human books . 8. It is faith in something and en- thusiasm for something that make life worth looking at . 9 . A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind is ex- pressed . 10. The custom of saying grace at meals may have had ...
... human books . 8. It is faith in something and en- thusiasm for something that make life worth looking at . 9 . A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind is ex- pressed . 10. The custom of saying grace at meals may have had ...
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... human beings . These planes we may picture by horizontal lines , thus : - Human Brute Inanimate The figure thus formed is a metaphor ; but , since it raises objects in the scale of being toward or to the realm of persons , we call it a ...
... human beings . These planes we may picture by horizontal lines , thus : - Human Brute Inanimate The figure thus formed is a metaphor ; but , since it raises objects in the scale of being toward or to the realm of persons , we call it a ...
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... human ; to weep for compassion is divine . 12. The sky is overcast , the cloud breaks , the rain falls and deluges the land . 13. Give and it shall be given unto you ; good measure , pressed down , shaken to- gether , and running over ...
... human ; to weep for compassion is divine . 12. The sky is overcast , the cloud breaks , the rain falls and deluges the land . 13. Give and it shall be given unto you ; good measure , pressed down , shaken to- gether , and running over ...
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