The Bible and English Prose Style: Selections and Comments Ed. with an Introduction1908 - 131 páginas |
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... speech which have been transmitted to us are in a species of verse which suggests , though somewhat remotely , the rhythms and parallelisms of Hebrew poetry ; they constitute a hymn of praise1 1 I subjoin this most ancient specimen of ...
... speech which have been transmitted to us are in a species of verse which suggests , though somewhat remotely , the rhythms and parallelisms of Hebrew poetry ; they constitute a hymn of praise1 1 I subjoin this most ancient specimen of ...
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... speech has been virtually uninterrupted . The Latin of Bede , like that of all the later Fathers of the Church , is saturated with its peculiarities . To them the Vulgate was not merely a treasury of fact and wisdom , but a norm of speech ...
... speech has been virtually uninterrupted . The Latin of Bede , like that of all the later Fathers of the Church , is saturated with its peculiarities . To them the Vulgate was not merely a treasury of fact and wisdom , but a norm of speech ...
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... speech , being about one - sixth of Brasidas ' harangue to his soldiers before their engagement with the Illyrians ( Thuc . 4. 126 ) , with the whole of Gideon's address to his men before their encounter with the Midianites ( Judges 7 ...
... speech , being about one - sixth of Brasidas ' harangue to his soldiers before their engagement with the Illyrians ( Thuc . 4. 126 ) , with the whole of Gideon's address to his men before their encounter with the Midianites ( Judges 7 ...
Página xxxi
... speech , which is even worse . In truth , it cannot be imitated ; to write such prose as that of our Common Version is now one of the lost arts . And I have not yet mentioned what is to many persons the peculiar and most striking charm ...
... speech , which is even worse . In truth , it cannot be imitated ; to write such prose as that of our Common Version is now one of the lost arts . And I have not yet mentioned what is to many persons the peculiar and most striking charm ...
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... speech , plain but never vulgar , full of metaphor but never obscure , always intelligible , always forcible , going straight to the point in the few- est and simplest words . He is ' powerful and picturesque , ' writes Mr. Hallam ...
... speech , plain but never vulgar , full of metaphor but never obscure , always intelligible , always forcible , going straight to the point in the few- est and simplest words . He is ' powerful and picturesque , ' writes Mr. Hallam ...
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The Bible and English Prose Style: Selections and Comments Albert Stanburrough Cook Vista completa - 1903 |
The Bible and English Prose Style: Selections and Comments Albert Stanburrough Cook Vista completa - 1906 |
Términos y frases comunes
according to thy apostles Aryan beasts behold Beowulf Biblical Blessed Book of Job cents children of Israel children of men Christ Cloth dead rise delight diction earth Edited enemies English Bible English Language English Literature evil expression fear giveth glory hand hath heart Hebrew poetry HIRAM CORSON holy Homer iniquity Introduction price Jerusalem keep thy king Latin literary Matthew Arnold mercy metre Moses mouth nature parallel passage Poems pray Prometheus Unbound prophets Psalm rejoice Rhetoric rhythm righteousness say unto Scripture Semitic languages sentence Shakespeare shalt thou simplicity soul speak speech supplication thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thought thy commandments thy judgments thy law thy name thy people Israel thy precepts thy right thy servant thy statutes thy testimonies thy word tongue translation truth understanding unto the LORD unto thee unto thy verse voice whosoever wicked wisdom