The SavageT.S. Manning, 1810 - 312 страници |
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... languages of polished nations has not contributed to lessen his original prepossession in favor of the wild dignity of nature . He enjoys the beauties of the gardens , meadows and fields of a cultivated country ; but he would resign ...
... languages of polished nations has not contributed to lessen his original prepossession in favor of the wild dignity of nature . He enjoys the beauties of the gardens , meadows and fields of a cultivated country ; but he would resign ...
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... language as " Ma- jesty , " " Serenity , " Sublimity ? " Why should they talk of his " honor the judge , " when they might make use of the dignified appellation of " Lord Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ? " Why should members of the ...
... language as " Ma- jesty , " " Serenity , " Sublimity ? " Why should they talk of his " honor the judge , " when they might make use of the dignified appellation of " Lord Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ? " Why should members of the ...
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... language is copious . Select the most har- monious and splendid designations ; but do it boldly . Prepare provisions for yourselves . Why should you lick up the crumbs that fall from the table of your former master ! What ridiculous ...
... language is copious . Select the most har- monious and splendid designations ; but do it boldly . Prepare provisions for yourselves . Why should you lick up the crumbs that fall from the table of your former master ! What ridiculous ...
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... language , as may be seen by the following view of the subject : What and wot , wheel and weal , when and wen , where and were , whet and wet , whetstone and wet stone , whether and weather , whetter and wetter , whey and way , which ...
... language , as may be seen by the following view of the subject : What and wot , wheel and weal , when and wen , where and were , whet and wet , whetstone and wet stone , whether and weather , whetter and wetter , whey and way , which ...
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... language of conversation . This is very true ; but in conversation we are generally prolix , and it is ne- cessary in writing a letter that we should avoid that pro- lixity . It requires a considerable portion of ingenuity to condense ...
... language of conversation . This is very true ; but in conversation we are generally prolix , and it is ne- cessary in writing a letter that we should avoid that pro- lixity . It requires a considerable portion of ingenuity to condense ...
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Страница 289 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Страница 78 - There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men that were of old, men of renown.
Страница 10 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Страница 156 - Why, what should be the fear ? I do not set my life at a pin's fee ; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself ? It waves me forth again : I'll follow it.
Страница 202 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Страница 225 - The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent armed With mortal sting.
Страница 301 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep: All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Beth day and night.
Страница 217 - For pronunciation the best general rule is, to consider those as the most elegant speakers who deviate least from the written words.