The Fine Art of Writing, for Those who Teach itMacmillian Company, 1926 - 358 páginas |
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Augustine Birrell Average number Beginning of Typhoon believe better cæsura clear composition conference course criticism discover Dorothy Canfield Fisher Draft effect enduring books English exposition expression fault feel give grades hence Honoré de Balzac human ideas impressions interest Joseph Conrad Lafcadio Hearn language letter to H. R. S. literary literature living long theme matter means method mind Nan-Shan narration narrative never notebook one's P. W. Long paragraph passage person Philosophy of Composition phrase practice Professor prose Prose Poetry purpose Quoted by Bainton Quoted by Mathews reader remember requiring revision rewriting sense sentence short theme specimen speech spelling spirit stimulating story style suggest sure symbols teacher teaching thing Thomas De Quincey thought tion true truth usually vivid whole words writing written York young
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Página 245 - And I saw, and behold a white horse : and he that sat on him had a bow ; and a crown was given unto him : and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Página 248 - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
Página 247 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Página 246 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond, man, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens, and in the rocks of the mountains ; and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb i for the great day of His wrath is come ; and who shall be able to stand ? Revelations vi.
Página 246 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Página 248 - I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Página 247 - And I saw no temple therein ; for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them that are saved shall walk in the light of it, and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
Página 219 - I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, From whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, Which made heaven and earth.
Página 219 - At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down : at her feet he bowed, he fell ; where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
Página 245 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.