The grammatical assistant; containing definitions in etymology, rules of syntax, and selections for parsing - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1832 Excerpt: ...delights Above the luxury of vulgar sleep. The murmuring rivulet, and the hoarser strain Of waters rushing o'er the slippery rocks, Will nightly lull you to ambrosial rest. To please the fancy is no trifling good, 1. Rule 17. Where health is studied; for whatever moves The mind with calm delight, promotes the just And natural movements of th' harmonious frame. Besides, the sportive brook forever shakes The trembling air, that floats from hill to hill, From vale to mountain, with incessant change Of purest element, refreshing still Your airy seat, and uninfected gods. Chiefly for this I praise the man who builds High on the breezy ridge, whose lofty sides Th' ethereal deep with endless billows chafes; His purer mansion nor contagious years Shall reach, nor deadly putrid airs annoy. SECTION XXX. The Genitis of Death--Croly. What is Death? 'Tis to be free! No more to love, or hope, or fear--To join the great equality: All alike are humble there! The mighty grave Wraps lord and slave; Nor pride, nor poverty dares come Within that refuge house, the tomb! Spirit with the drooping wing, And the ever-weeping eye, Thou of all earth's kings art king! Empires at thy footstool lie! Beneath thee strewed Their multitude Sink, like1 waves upon the shore; Storms shall never rouse them more! What's the grandeur of the earth To the grandeur round thy throne! 1. See Rule 14. Riches, glory, beauty, birth, To thy kingdom all have gone. Before thee stand The wondrous band; Bards, heroes, sages, side by side, Who darken'd nations when they died! Earth has hosts; but thou canst show Many a million for her one; Through thy gates the mortal flow Has for countless years roll'd on: Back from the tomb No step has come; There fix'd, till the last thunder's sound Shall bid thy prisoners ...
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