Essays from AddisonMacmillan Company, 1907 - 112 páginas |
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... sound . II . Sentences . - The construction of these is loose , not periodic ; i.e. the qualifying clauses are not , as a rule , included within the sentence , but are " tacked on " afterwards . The periodic style has its own advantages ...
... sound . II . Sentences . - The construction of these is loose , not periodic ; i.e. the qualifying clauses are not , as a rule , included within the sentence , but are " tacked on " afterwards . The periodic style has its own advantages ...
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... sound , and their wakings cheerful . My young men have the pleasure of hearing themselves praised by those who are in years ; and those who are in years , of being honoured by those who are young . In a word , my followers are favoured ...
... sound , and their wakings cheerful . My young men have the pleasure of hearing themselves praised by those who are in years ; and those who are in years , of being honoured by those who are young . In a word , my followers are favoured ...
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... sounds your ears asunder , With gun , drum , trumpet , blunderbuss and thunder . - POPE . From my own Apartment , March 31 . I HAVE heard of a very ... sound , that hath seldom any wit , humour THE SOCIAL CONCERT . 11 THE SOCIAL CONCERT,
... sounds your ears asunder , With gun , drum , trumpet , blunderbuss and thunder . - POPE . From my own Apartment , March 31 . I HAVE heard of a very ... sound , that hath seldom any wit , humour THE SOCIAL CONCERT . 11 THE SOCIAL CONCERT,
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... sound , but is notwithstanding very agreeable , so long as it keeps within its pitch . It has not above four or five notes , which are , however , very pleasing , and capable of exquisite turns and modulations . The gentle- men who fall ...
... sound , but is notwithstanding very agreeable , so long as it keeps within its pitch . It has not above four or five notes , which are , however , very pleasing , and capable of exquisite turns and modulations . The gentle- men who fall ...
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... sound in harmony , than that of a violin . There is another musical instrument , which is more fre- quent in this nation than in any other ; I mean your bass- viol , which grumbles in the bottom of the concert , and with a surly ...
... sound in harmony , than that of a violin . There is another musical instrument , which is more fre- quent in this nation than in any other ; I mean your bass- viol , which grumbles in the bottom of the concert , and with a surly ...
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Página 68 - The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred.
Página 67 - Bagdat, 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," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Página 68 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Página 82 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
Página 60 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself or sends his servants to them.
Página 78 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Página 70 - I could discover nothing in it: but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Página 61 - I was yesterday very much surprised to hear my old friend, in the midst of the service, calling out to one John Matthews to mind what he was about, and not disturb the congregation. This John Matthews it seems is remarkable for being an idle fellow, and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion.
Página 57 - I have observed in several of my papers that my friend Sir Roger, amidst all his good qualities, is something of a humorist ; and that his virtues, as well as imperfections, are, as it were, tinged by a certain extravagance which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men. This cast of...
Página 67 - man is but a shadow and life a dream.' Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a musical instrument in his hand.