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Page 31
... distinct moral purpose were supposed to be idle and useless . Spenser yielded to this and tried to expound a system of ethics in a poem ; whereas , if he had been true to his own instincts and impulses his Faery Queen would have had ...
... distinct moral purpose were supposed to be idle and useless . Spenser yielded to this and tried to expound a system of ethics in a poem ; whereas , if he had been true to his own instincts and impulses his Faery Queen would have had ...
Page 38
... distinct and numerous . Classify , on the basis of purpose , the following : — - " The founder of rhetoric as an art was Corax of Syracuse ( c . 466 B.C. ) . In 466 Thrasybulus , the despot of Syracuse , was overthrown , and a democracy ...
... distinct and numerous . Classify , on the basis of purpose , the following : — - " The founder of rhetoric as an art was Corax of Syracuse ( c . 466 B.C. ) . In 466 Thrasybulus , the despot of Syracuse , was overthrown , and a democracy ...
Page 48
... distinct feature and wealth of variety to the object of his discussion . The greater the diversity held in unity in an organism the higher the life of that organism . The egg passes into the diversity of the chick , and thus assumes ...
... distinct feature and wealth of variety to the object of his discussion . The greater the diversity held in unity in an organism the higher the life of that organism . The egg passes into the diversity of the chick , and thus assumes ...
Page 50
... distinct features till it takes possession of the mind addressed . The mind must have time to grow into a new state . great art to be able to hold the theme close to the mind long enough for its full reaction upon the theme , even ...
... distinct features till it takes possession of the mind addressed . The mind must have time to grow into a new state . great art to be able to hold the theme close to the mind long enough for its full reaction upon the theme , even ...
Page 52
... distinct and orderly suc- cession , or the receiving mind will be baffled in its effort to organize the material presented , and miss the object for which the discourse stands . We have seen that interpretation is primarily the process ...
... distinct and orderly suc- cession , or the receiving mind will be baffled in its effort to organize the material presented , and miss the object for which the discourse stands . We have seen that interpretation is primarily the process ...
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