 | Short essays - 1885 - 208 pages
...passage from Lee :— " I found her on the floor In all the storm of grief, yet beautiful ; Pouring forth tears at such a lavish rate That were the world on fire, they might have drowned The wrath of heaven, and quenched the mighty ruin." (7) Personification, or Prosopopfflia,... | |
 | Francis Barton Gummere - 1885 - 264 pages
...Ophelia's grave. Unintentionally, Lee, the tragedian, rants in his well-known passage : — " Pouring forth tears at such a lavish rate, That were the world on fire, they might drown The wrath of heaven, and quench the mighty ruin." This, as Blair remarks, is "mere bombast."... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1887 - 332 pages
...following hyperboles : 1. I found her on the floor, In all the storm of grief, yet beautiful; Pouring forth tears at such a lavish rate That, were the world on fire, they might have drowned The wrath of Heaven and quenched the mighty ruin. 2. All armed in brass, the richest dress... | |
 | 1888 - 576 pages
...faces. — Shakstcart. I found her on the floor In all the storm of grief, yet beautiful ; Touring forth tears at such a lavish rate, That were the world on fire, they might have drown'd The wrath of Heaven, and quench'd the mighty ruin. — Let. With regard to the last of these instances, the person... | |
 | Sara Elizabeth Husted Lockwood - 1888 - 446 pages
...wolf from the door. 25. I found her on the floor, In all the storm of grief, yet beautiful, Pouring forth tears at such a lavish rate, That were the world on fire, they might have drowned The wrath of heaven, and quenched the might.v ruin. Lee. 26. A mind for thoughts to pass into,... | |
 | Joseph Henry Gilmore - 1891 - 192 pages
...round the world." Cowley quite overdoes the matter in the following sentence: "I found her pouring forth tears at such a lavish rate that, were the world on fire, they might have drowned the wrath of heaven and quenched the mighty sun." 12. Climax (from xlt[ia£, a ladder), which... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1893 - 278 pages
...To-day it is our pleasure to be l drunk. *7 i And this our queen shall be as drunk as we. j Pouring forth tears at such a lavish rate, That were the world on fire they might have drown'd The wrath of heaven, and quench'd the mighty ruin. — Mithridates. One author changes the waters of grief to those... | |
 | David Jayne Hill - 1893 - 394 pages
...in a mere description. "I found her on the floor, In all the storm of grief, yet beautiful ; Pouring forth tears at such a lavish rate, That, were the world on tire, they might have drowned The wrath of heaven, and quenched the mighty ruin." (3) Figures should... | |
 | Sara Elizabeth Husted Lockwood, Mary Alice Emerson - 1901 - 488 pages
...wolf from the door. 25. I found her on the floor, In all the storm of grief, yet beautiful, Pouring forth tears at such a lavish rate, That were the world on fire, they might have drowned The wrath of heaven, and quenched the mighty ruin. — LEE. 26. A mind for thoughts to pass... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1902 - 266 pages
...business. To-day it is our pleasure to be 1 drunk. And this our queen shall be as drunk as we. Pouring forth tears at such a lavish rate, That were the world on fire they might have drown'd The wrath of heaven, and quench'd the mighty ruin. — Mithridates. One author changes the waters of grief to those... | |
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Pouring forth tears at such a lavish rate, That were the world on fire, they might have drown'd The wrath of Heaven, and quench'd the mighty ruin. 
