It is a great matter to observe propriety in these several modes of expression, as also in compound words, strange (or rare) words, and so forth.
Of the various kinds of words, the compound are best adapted to Dithyrambs, rare words to heroic poetry, metaphors to iambic.
At the end of that time the child has, in all probability, added one more to the tombstones that crowd the Neo-Therapeutic Cemetery; but on
rare occasions a glad procession bears back the little one to his exultant parents, no longer a Polygon, but a Circle, at least by courtesy: and a single instance of so blessed a result induces multitudes of Polygonal parents to submit to similar domestic sacrifices, which have a dissimilar issue.
I am proud to know that I lose my reason as immediately in the presence of a
rare jug with an illustrious mark on the bottom of it, as if I had just emptied that jug.
It came, as I later discovered, not from an animal, as there is only one mammal on Mars and that one very
rare indeed, but from a large plant which grows practically without water, but seems to distill its plentiful supply of milk from the products of the soil, the moisture of the air, and the rays of the sun.
By that Heaven that bends above us -- by that God we both adore -- Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore -- Clasp a
rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore." Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
By that Heaven that bends above us--by that God we both adore-- Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore-- Clasp a
rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore." Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
Pictures, too, were on the walls, and the underground palace was quite a museum of
rare and curious and costly objects.
In regard to mammiferous remains, a single glance at the historical table published in the Supplement to Lyell's Manual, will bring home the truth, how accidental and
rare is their preservation, far better than pages of detail.
Every one will admit that a nature having in perfection all the qualities which we required in a philosopher, is a
rare plant which is seldom seen among men.
She has never been permitted to call me anything but Captain; and on the
rare occasions since our union, when circumstances may have obliged her to address me by letter, her opening form of salutation has been rigidly restricted to 'Dear Sir.' Accept these trifling domestic particulars as suggesting hints which may be useful to you in managing Mrs.
The means of communication between the north of Norway and the south are
rare. And I am therefore obliged to wait for the steamboat running monthly from Cape North.