McGuffey's Newly Revised Rhetorical Guide: Or, Fifth Reader of the Eclectic Series. Containing Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: with Copious Rules and Rhetorical ExercisesW. B. Smith & Company, 1853 - 480 pages |
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... silent , and , for a wonder , the guide silent too - there was no sound here but of the bat , and none came from without , but the roll of a distant carriage or the convent bell from the summit of the neigh- boring Esquiline . 4. It is ...
... silent , and , for a wonder , the guide silent too - there was no sound here but of the bat , and none came from without , but the roll of a distant carriage or the convent bell from the summit of the neigh- boring Esquiline . 4. It is ...
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... silent . In case they are hard pressed by their pursuers , without any hope of escape , they will assume a + pugnacious air , and a most whimsical look of impotent wrath and defiance . Such are a few of the particulars that I could ...
... silent . In case they are hard pressed by their pursuers , without any hope of escape , they will assume a + pugnacious air , and a most whimsical look of impotent wrath and defiance . Such are a few of the particulars that I could ...
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... silent sea of pines , How silently ! Around thee and above , Deep is the sky and black : + transpicuous deep , An ebon mass ! Methinks thou piercest it , As with a wedge ! but when I look again , It seems thine own calm home , thy ...
... silent sea of pines , How silently ! Around thee and above , Deep is the sky and black : + transpicuous deep , An ebon mass ! Methinks thou piercest it , As with a wedge ! but when I look again , It seems thine own calm home , thy ...
Contents
PART I | 13 |
The Hour of Prayer | 15 |
Character of Napoleon Bonaparte | 20 |
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