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23 . Apostrophe is that figure in which something absent is addressed as though
present . It is found chiefly in poetry and oratory . “ Milton ! thou shouldst be living
at this hour : England hath need of thee . " — WORDSWORTH . 24 . Vision is the
...
23 . Apostrophe is that figure in which something absent is addressed as though
present . It is found chiefly in poetry and oratory . “ Milton ! thou shouldst be living
at this hour : England hath need of thee . " — WORDSWORTH . 24 . Vision is the
...
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... numbers flow , and that each heart Hath from the leaves of thy unvalued a book
Those Delphic lines with deep impression took , Then thou , our fancy of itself
bereaving , Dost make us marble with too much conceiving ; And so sepulchred
in ...
... numbers flow , and that each heart Hath from the leaves of thy unvalued a book
Those Delphic lines with deep impression took , Then thou , our fancy of itself
bereaving , Dost make us marble with too much conceiving ; And so sepulchred
in ...
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The noble Brutus Hath told you Cæsar was ambitious . If it were so , it was a
grievous fault ,75 64 . public chair : that is , the " pulpit , ” | 81 . So let it be with
Cæsar : that is , let or rostrum , from which Brutus his goodness be buried with
had ...
The noble Brutus Hath told you Cæsar was ambitious . If it were so , it was a
grievous fault ,75 64 . public chair : that is , the " pulpit , ” | 81 . So let it be with
Cæsar : that is , let or rostrum , from which Brutus his goodness be buried with
had ...
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85 90 95 And grievously hath Cæsar answered it . Here , under leave of Brutus
and the rest For Brutus is an honorable man ; So are they all , all honorable
menCome I to speak in Cæsar's funeral . He was my friend , faithful and just to
me : But ...
85 90 95 And grievously hath Cæsar answered it . Here , under leave of Brutus
and the rest For Brutus is an honorable man ; So are they all , all honorable
menCome I to speak in Cæsar's funeral . He was my friend , faithful and just to
me : But ...
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Wherein hath Cæsar thus deserved your loves ? Alas , you know not : - I must tell
you , then . 245 You have forgot the will I told you of . Citizens . Most true ; the will
! - let ' s stay , and hear the will . Antony . Here is the will , and under Cæsar ' s ...
Wherein hath Cæsar thus deserved your loves ? Alas , you know not : - I must tell
you , then . 245 You have forgot the will I told you of . Citizens . Most true ; the will
! - let ' s stay , and hear the will . Antony . Here is the will , and under Cæsar ' s ...
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| Title | Studies in English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and American Authorship, from Shakespeare to the Present Time ... : for Use in High and Normal Schools, Academies, Seminaries, Etc |
| Author | William Swinton |
| Publisher | Harper & Bros., 1886 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Apr 2007 |
| Length | 638 pages |
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