The English Journal of Education, Volumen 11Darton and Clark, 1857 |
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... style . ' The best definition I can give of it is , the peculiar manner in which a man expresses his conceptions , by means of language . " Now this is exactly the subject of this paper ; and it may be that I shall follow it up by one ...
... style . ' The best definition I can give of it is , the peculiar manner in which a man expresses his conceptions , by means of language . " Now this is exactly the subject of this paper ; and it may be that I shall follow it up by one ...
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... style . This consists usually of flowery or figurative language , and too often of sonorous words , used not because ... style , just as they do in the countenance , the voice , and the conversation . These are defects which the heart ...
... style . This consists usually of flowery or figurative language , and too often of sonorous words , used not because ... style , just as they do in the countenance , the voice , and the conversation . These are defects which the heart ...
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... style . The history of literature is , in great part , a record of these fashions . " Prose and verse , " says D'Israeli , * " have been regulated by the same caprice that cuts our coats and cocks our hats . " First after the ...
... style . The history of literature is , in great part , a record of these fashions . " Prose and verse , " says D'Israeli , * " have been regulated by the same caprice that cuts our coats and cocks our hats . " First after the ...
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... style of writing , of which this is by no means an extreme specimen : -- " And we , for these great practical contrasts , which will be brought out in the clear light of God's judgment - day , and which nothing in earth , or hell , or ...
... style of writing , of which this is by no means an extreme specimen : -- " And we , for these great practical contrasts , which will be brought out in the clear light of God's judgment - day , and which nothing in earth , or hell , or ...
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... style of Burke ; but amidst its grandeur we find equal clearness , and , with all its defective logic , force of language no less perfect . Here are passages , as specimens , in which , with the terrors and horrors of the French ...
... style of Burke ; but amidst its grandeur we find equal clearness , and , with all its defective logic , force of language no less perfect . Here are passages , as specimens , in which , with the terrors and horrors of the French ...
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Página 107 - Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money : that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
Página 377 - That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand; and to comfort and help the weakhearted ; and to raise up them that fall; and finally to beat down Satan under our feet; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Página 365 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Página 109 - ... principal aim of society is to protect individuals in the enjoyment of those absolute rights, which were vested in them by the immutable laws of nature; but which could not be preserved in peace without that mutual assistance and intercourse which is gained by the institution of friendly and social communities. Hence it follows, that the first and primary end of human laws is to maintain and regulate these absolute rights of individuals.
Página 35 - I say then, that the personal influence of the teacher is able in some sort to dispense with an academical system, but that the system cannot in any sort dispense with personal influence. With influence there is life, without it there is none ; if influence is deprived of its due position, it will not by those means be got rid of, it will only break out irregularly, dangerously. An academical system without the- personal influence of teachers upon pupils, is an arctic winter ; it will create an ice-bound,...
Página 35 - ... winning form, pouring it forth with the zeal of enthusiasm, and lighting up his own love of it in the breasts of his hearers. It is the place where the catechist makes good his ground as he goes, treading in the truth day by day into the ready memory, and wedging and tightening it into the expanding reason.
Página 252 - Genius, unexerted, is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks." There may be epics in men's brains, just as there are oaks in acorns, but the tree and the bark must come out before we can measure them.
Página 124 - The next remove must be to the study of politics; to know the beginning, end, and reasons of political societies; that they may not in a dangerous fit of the commonwealth be such poor, shaken, uncertain reeds, of such a tottering conscience, as many of our great counsellors have lately shown themselves, but steadfast pillars of the state.
Página 123 - But when wit is combined •with sense and information ; when it is softened by benevolence, and restrained by strong principle ; when it is in the hands of a man who can use it and despise it, who can be witty and something much better than witty, who loves honour, justice...
Página 209 - Stood on my feet : about me round I saw Hill, dale, and shady woods, and sunny plains, And liquid lapse of murmuring streams...