Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Charles W. Sanders
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reechoed from every part of the house.
11. _The war is inevitable_,--and LET IT COME! I repeat it, Sir,--LET IT COME! PATRICK HENRY. 12. Be we _men_, And suffer such dishonor? MEN, and wash not The stain away in BLOOD? MISS MITFORD. 13. O SACRED FORMS! how _proud_ you look! How _high_ you lift your heads into the sky! How _huge_ you are! how _mighty_ and how _free_! KNOWLES. 14. I shall know but _one_ country. The ends _I_ aim at, shall be "My COUNTRY'S, my GOD'S, and TRUTH'S." WEBSTER. NOTE VII.--ANTITHETIC EMPHASIS is that which is founded on the contrast of one word or clause with another. EXAMPLES OF ANTITHETIC EMPHASIS. 1. The faults of _others_ should always remind us of our _own_. 2. He desired to _protect_ his friend, not to _injure_ him. 3. But _yesterday_, the word of Caesar might |
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