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Page 50
... illustrates this principle admirably . His wealth of invention enables him to hold the auditor in one movement for a great length of time . But care is needed , in seeking to gain time , to keep up a feeling of progress . The purpose It ...
... illustrates this principle admirably . His wealth of invention enables him to hold the auditor in one movement for a great length of time . But care is needed , in seeking to gain time , to keep up a feeling of progress . The purpose It ...
Page 82
... illustrate what an outline of this eye should be , and what is better than a full description for test- ing the organization of the matter under the laws of thought . Purpose an organ of vision . I. Attributes of the whole adapting to ...
... illustrate what an outline of this eye should be , and what is better than a full description for test- ing the organization of the matter under the laws of thought . Purpose an organ of vision . I. Attributes of the whole adapting to ...
Page 92
... illustrate private life in some locality . 17. An invented scene of sublimity and gran- deur . 18. An invented scene of the picturesque . 19. An invented scene of simple beauty . 20. Lowell's description of the brook in " The Vision of ...
... illustrate private life in some locality . 17. An invented scene of sublimity and gran- deur . 18. An invented scene of the picturesque . 19. An invented scene of simple beauty . 20. Lowell's description of the brook in " The Vision of ...
Page 103
... illustrate the process . 2. The law of unity requires the process to be bounded , and the unifying idea determined upon . The time , the place , or the means to the changes might be selected , but our purpose requires the most funda ...
... illustrate the process . 2. The law of unity requires the process to be bounded , and the unifying idea determined upon . The time , the place , or the means to the changes might be selected , but our purpose requires the most funda ...
Page 206
... respect to euphony , the English lan- guage is intermediate , having a mixture of both Teu- tonic and Latin elements . Byron's exaggeration of the rough quality of the English well illustrates and emphasizes 206 THE SCIENCE OF DISCOURSE .
... respect to euphony , the English lan- guage is intermediate , having a mixture of both Teu- tonic and Latin elements . Byron's exaggeration of the rough quality of the English well illustrates and emphasizes 206 THE SCIENCE OF DISCOURSE .
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