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... Latin construere , to pile up , or build , ) is the placing of the words and phrases of a sentence in a certain order ; and , hence , we speak , metaphorically , of the structure of a sentence , pronouncing it to be bad , or good ...
... Latin construere , to pile up , or build , ) is the placing of the words and phrases of a sentence in a certain order ; and , hence , we speak , metaphorically , of the structure of a sentence , pronouncing it to be bad , or good ...
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... ( Latin prosa ) is from prorsus , straight forward , in contradistinction to VERSE ( Latin versus ) from vertere , to turn ; because , in the one case , the reader goes on to the end of the para- graph , whereas , in the other , he must ...
... ( Latin prosa ) is from prorsus , straight forward , in contradistinction to VERSE ( Latin versus ) from vertere , to turn ; because , in the one case , the reader goes on to the end of the para- graph , whereas , in the other , he must ...
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... Latin compound accino , I sing . The accents of the English tongue ( which are only to be found in Dictionaries ) merely mark the stress of the voice , when resting upon cer- tain syllables , in the same way that EMPHASIS ( Greek phao ...
... Latin compound accino , I sing . The accents of the English tongue ( which are only to be found in Dictionaries ) merely mark the stress of the voice , when resting upon cer- tain syllables , in the same way that EMPHASIS ( Greek phao ...
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... Latin gerund and that usage of the English participle above quoted , such as we shall afterwards find to exist between the supines of the one and the infinitive of the other . the sentences " He fell asleep in the reading , " he is sick ...
... Latin gerund and that usage of the English participle above quoted , such as we shall afterwards find to exist between the supines of the one and the infinitive of the other . the sentences " He fell asleep in the reading , " he is sick ...
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... ( Latin habere , and Saxon habban , ) is to hold or keep in our possession the thing of which we speak . The word is unlimited in its meta- phorical usage . Less permanent in duration and power than the verb To possess , ( Latin possi ...
... ( Latin habere , and Saxon habban , ) is to hold or keep in our possession the thing of which we speak . The word is unlimited in its meta- phorical usage . Less permanent in duration and power than the verb To possess , ( Latin possi ...
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Page 81 - Bagdad, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life, and passing from one thought to another, 'Surely...
Page 153 - ... unfinished. A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight that he was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it.
Page 140 - Even now, methinks, as pondering here I stand, I see the rural Virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail That idly waiting flaps with every gale, 400 Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand. Contented Toil, and hospitable Care, And kind connubial Tenderness, are there ; And Piety with wishes placed above, And steady Loyalty, and faithful Love.
Page 80 - COME, gentle Spring, ethereal mildness, come ; And from the bosom of yon dropping cloud, "While music wakes around, veil'd in a shower Of shadowing roses, on our plains descend.
Page 4 - I may surely be contented without the praise of perfection, which, if I could obtain, in this gloom of solitude, what would it avail me? I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds: I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.
Page 94 - And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Page 269 - Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburdened, and look elsewhere for recreation; we desert our master and seek for companions.
Page 210 - The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years...
Page 209 - Is now the labour of my thoughts ; 'tis likeliest They had engaged their wandering steps too far ; And envious darkness, ere they could return, Had stole them from me : else, O thievish night, Why shouldst thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars. That nature hung in heaven, and fill'd their lamps With everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely traveller?
Page 256 - AT the mid hour of night, when stars are weeping, I fly To the lone vale we loved, when life shone warm in thine eye ; And I think oft, if spirits can steal from the regions of air To revisit past scenes of delight, thou wilt come to me there And tell me our love is remember'd.