The Gettysburg speech, Lincoln : [with,] The great carbuncle, Hawthorne ; Bunker Hill oration, Webster ; The deserted village, Goldsmith ; [and,] Enoch Arden, Tennyson . escriptions,— {a) Of place. {b) Of an occasion. (c) Of a feeling. (Find two such instances). The orators are very fond of using parallel construction. Study thefollowing examples of this device, and then examine for parallel con-struction the following paragraphs in this oration: 2, 4, 5, 7, 14, 25. 1. We should see it lying so ^ fair upon the • sea so ^ gracefulAGAINST THE ^ SKY. — George William Curtiss ?? Prue and I. 2. Ano
The Gettysburg speech, Lincoln : [with,] The great carbuncle, Hawthorne ; Bunker Hill oration, Webster ; The deserted village, Goldsmith ; [and,] Enoch Arden, Tennyson . escriptions,— {a) Of place. {b) Of an occasion. (c) Of a feeling. (Find two such instances). The orators are very fond of using parallel construction. Study thefollowing examples of this device, and then examine for parallel con-struction the following paragraphs in this oration: 2, 4, 5, 7, 14, 25. 1. We should see it lying so ^ fair upon the • sea so ^ gracefulAGAINST THE ^ SKY. — George William Curtiss ?? Prue and I. 2. Another chance was given them for liberty. Were ^ they to throwit away as they had thrown away the former ? Were ^ they again toadvance their money on pledges that had been forfeited over and overagain ? —Macaulays Essay 07t Milton. 3. You shall hear horv^ Pau-Pak-Keewis, Hoiu^ the handsome YenadizzeDanced at Hiawathas wedding ;Hoiv^ the gentle Chibiabos, He THE SWEETEST ^ OF MUSICIANS, Sang his songs of love and longing ;Hoiv^ lagoo, the great boaster. He THE MARVELOUS ^ STORY-TELLER, Told his tales of strange adventure. — Longfellows ??Hiawatha.^. OLIVER GOLDSMITH. OLIVER GOLDSMITH.* (1728-1774). No man was ever so foolish when he had not a pen in hishand, or more wise when he had.—Samuel Johnson. Think of him reckless, thoughtless, vain, if you like —but merciful, gentle, generous, full of love and pity.—W. Oliver Goldsmith, the most charming and versatilewriter of the eighteenth century, was born at Pallas,County of Longford, Ireland, in the year 1728. Hisfather was a curate of the Established Church, and isdescribed in the characters of the Man in Black inThe Citizen of the World, the preacher in *TheDeserted Village, and Dr. Primrose in The Vicar ofWakefield. At the age of eighteen Oliver obtaineda servants scholarship at Trinity College, neglected his studies, and became noted for hisdisobedience to authority and for his
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