Specimens of NarrationWilliam Tenney Brewster H. Holt, 1895 - 209 sider |
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... present a connected view of narration from the simplest forms to the more complex and technical aspects of the sub- ject . The introduction contains a brief statement of the theory of narration and suggestions to the teacher and student ...
... present a connected view of narration from the simplest forms to the more complex and technical aspects of the sub- ject . The introduction contains a brief statement of the theory of narration and suggestions to the teacher and student ...
Side xiv
... present events with a view of building up a climax ; or to make clear the sequence of events ac- cording to cause and effect ; or , as in Browning's Dramatic Lyrics , events may be so chosen as to sug- gest what has taken place and what ...
... present events with a view of building up a climax ; or to make clear the sequence of events ac- cording to cause and effect ; or , as in Browning's Dramatic Lyrics , events may be so chosen as to sug- gest what has taken place and what ...
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... present more than an isolated and untangled fragment , a single grain of the vast sand- heap ; and no one narrative should attempt more than the refining of the atom of gold from the mass of iron pyrites . In any narrative which ...
... present more than an isolated and untangled fragment , a single grain of the vast sand- heap ; and no one narrative should attempt more than the refining of the atom of gold from the mass of iron pyrites . In any narrative which ...
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... ing with character , the student should select some familiar object , the newsboy or the common loafer , and present him as he appears to the measuring eye , as he appears to the reflecting mind , as he XXX INTRODUCTION .
... ing with character , the student should select some familiar object , the newsboy or the common loafer , and present him as he appears to the measuring eye , as he appears to the reflecting mind , as he XXX INTRODUCTION .
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... Present State of the French Novel . Essays on French Novelists . New York , 1891 . Saintsbury . The Present State of the English Novel . xxxvi BIBLIOGRAPHY .
... Present State of the French Novel . Essays on French Novelists . New York , 1891 . Saintsbury . The Present State of the English Novel . xxxvi BIBLIOGRAPHY .
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Side 156 - 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.
Side 157 - that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other?" "What thou seest," said he, "is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now," said he, "this sea that is thus bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it." "I see a bridge," said I, "standing in the midst of the tide.
Side 157 - I see, said I, a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it. The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason...
Side 156 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Side 158 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it; and upon...
Side 156 - I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Side 156 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and' qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Side 160 - I saw the valley opening at the farther end, and spreading forth into an immense ocean, that had a huge rock of adamant running through the midst of it, and dividing it into two equal parts. The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it ; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted...
Side 161 - Does life appear miserable, that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared, that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain, who has such an Eternity reserved for him.
Side 158 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.