Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in PoetryC. Dilly, 1790 - 1019 Seiten |
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... pause is made , after some- thing has been faid of peculiar moment , and on which we want to fix the hearer's attention . Sometimes , before such a thing is said , we usher it in with a pause of this nature . Such pauses have the same ...
... pause is made , after some- thing has been faid of peculiar moment , and on which we want to fix the hearer's attention . Sometimes , before such a thing is said , we usher it in with a pause of this nature . Such pauses have the same ...
Seite x
... pause in the middle of it . With regard to the pause at the end of the line , which marks that strain or verse to be finished , ryhme renders this always sensible , and in some measure compels us to observe it in our pronunciation ...
... pause in the middle of it . With regard to the pause at the end of the line , which marks that strain or verse to be finished , ryhme renders this always sensible , and in some measure compels us to observe it in our pronunciation ...
Seite xi
... pause after " illumine , " at the end of the third fylla- ble , which , in reading , ought to be made accordingly ; though , if the melody only were to be regarded , " illumine " should be connected with what follows , and the pause not ...
... pause after " illumine , " at the end of the third fylla- ble , which , in reading , ought to be made accordingly ; though , if the melody only were to be regarded , " illumine " should be connected with what follows , and the pause not ...
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... pause , she told him that the had been play- ing at crimp ; upon which Rhadamanthus beckoned to the keeper on his left hand , to take her into custody . And you , madam , says the judge , that look with fuch a foft and languishing air ...
... pause , she told him that the had been play- ing at crimp ; upon which Rhadamanthus beckoned to the keeper on his left hand , to take her into custody . And you , madam , says the judge , that look with fuch a foft and languishing air ...
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... pause must follow , which naturally expresses difficulty and oppofi- tion . But when swiftness and speed are to be defcribed , see how the fame wonderful man varies his numbers , and still fuits his verse to his subject ! Quadrupedante ...
... pause must follow , which naturally expresses difficulty and oppofi- tion . But when swiftness and speed are to be defcribed , see how the fame wonderful man varies his numbers , and still fuits his verse to his subject ! Quadrupedante ...
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Seite 279 - More especially, we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church; that it may be so guided and governed by Thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life.
Seite 251 - ... .which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places., (far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this world, but also in that which is to come...
Seite 266 - PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Seite 282 - GRANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Seite 437 - The objection arising from the impossibility of passing the first hour at Alexandria and the next at Rome supposes that, when the play opens, the spectator really imagines himself at Alexandria, and believes that his walk to the theatre has been a voyage to Egypt, and that he lives in the days of Antony and Cleopatra. Surely he that imagines this may imagine more.
Seite 434 - Shakespeare engaged in dramatic poetry with the world open before him. The rules of the ancients were yet known to few; the public judgment was unformed; he had no example of such fame as might force him upon imitation, nor critics of such authority as might restrain his extravagance.
Seite 282 - GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people by the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit ; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort ; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
Seite 1 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The Genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and...
Seite 285 - GRANT, O merciful God, that as thine holy Apostle Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had, without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him ; so we, forsaking all worldly and carnal affections, may be evermore ready to follow thy holy commandments, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Seite 266 - Lord, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day ; defend us in the same with thy mighty power, and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger ; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight, through Jesus Christ our Lord.