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Pagina 12
... tongue with more complete per- fection and success than in the immortal Elegy , of which we may truly say that it has for nearly a century and a half given to greater multitudes of men more of the exquisite pleasure of poetry than any ...
... tongue with more complete per- fection and success than in the immortal Elegy , of which we may truly say that it has for nearly a century and a half given to greater multitudes of men more of the exquisite pleasure of poetry than any ...
Pagina 95
... tongue of his " . Of cannot be here used as denoting a part ; for he has but one tongue . A similar comment applies to " of thine in Milton's lines . " " 66 The Nor can the explanation apply to a phrase like " an enemy of ours This ...
... tongue of his " . Of cannot be here used as denoting a part ; for he has but one tongue . A similar comment applies to " of thine in Milton's lines . " " 66 The Nor can the explanation apply to a phrase like " an enemy of ours This ...
Pagina 243
... tongue dropped manna , and could make the worse appear the better reason , to perplex and dash maturest counsels " . So it is that the really effective orator poses as none other than a quite ordinary speaker . He dis- claims all ...
... tongue dropped manna , and could make the worse appear the better reason , to perplex and dash maturest counsels " . So it is that the really effective orator poses as none other than a quite ordinary speaker . He dis- claims all ...
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
accent adjective adverb Alice Alice in Wonderland Antony beauty Ben Jonson better Brutus CÆSURA called Charles Lamb clause comma consonant dear delight doth effective English example expression eyes G. B. SHAW give grammar Greek Hamlet hand hath hear hearers heart honour Iambic Pentameter idea inflexions instance Julius Cæsar King Lady language Latin light lines live Look Lord Macaulay matter meaning metaphor metonymy Milton mind never Nominative Absolute notice noun objective paragraph passage Perhaps periphrasis person phrase play plural poem poet poetry Pope preposition pronoun pronunciation prose question quotation reader reason rhyming rhythm sense sentence Shakespeare silent sing singular sonnet sound speak speaker speech spelling split infinitive style sweet syllable talk tell term thee thing thou thought tongue Transitive Verb TROCHEE usually verb verse voice vowel words writing