4. All that I am, all that I hope to be, and all that I have in this life,
I am now ready here to stake upon it.
5. I shall defend it without this House, in all places, and within this
House; at all times, in time of peace and in time of war.
6. We must fight if we wish to be free, if we mean to preserve inviolate
our rights, if we do not mean to abandon the struggle.
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LESSON 154.
FIGURES OF SPEECH--CRITICISM.
+Direction+.--_Name the figures of speech, and then recast a few sentences,
using plain language, and note the loss of beauty and force_:--
1. Lend me your _ears_.
2. Please address the _chair_.
3. The robin knows when your grapes have _cooked_ long enough in the sun.
4. A day will come when _bullets_ and _bombs_ shall be replaced by
_ballots_.
5. _Genius creates; taste appreciates what is created_.
6. Caesar were no _lion_ were not Romans _hinds_.
7. The soul of Jonathan was _knit_ to that of David.
8. _Traffic_ has _lain down_ to rest.
9. Borrowing _dulls_ _the edge_ of husbandry.
10. He will bring down my _gray hairs_ with sorrow to the grave.
11. Have you _read Froude_ or _Freeman?_
12. The _pen_ is mightier than the _sword_.
13. If I can _catch him once upon the hip_, I will _feed fat_ the ancient
grudge I bear him.
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