Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... hand are the most useful after all . 3. Tall are the oaks whose acorns drop into dark Auser's rill . 4. Earnest people , who try to get a reality out of human existence , are necessarily absurd in the view of the revelers . 5. Hilda's ...
... hand are the most useful after all . 3. Tall are the oaks whose acorns drop into dark Auser's rill . 4. Earnest people , who try to get a reality out of human existence , are necessarily absurd in the view of the revelers . 5. Hilda's ...
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... hand cubes like dice . In his left hand , he holds spheres like marbles . 4. William Pitt entered public life at a very early age . He was the second son of the first Earl of Chatham . William Pitt was the prime minister of George III ...
... hand cubes like dice . In his left hand , he holds spheres like marbles . 4. William Pitt entered public life at a very early age . He was the second son of the first Earl of Chatham . William Pitt was the prime minister of George III ...
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... The omission gives a certain forcible abruptness ; as , ' You say this ; I ( on the other hand ) deny it . ' " Other illustrations are : Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead ; excessive 36 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
... The omission gives a certain forcible abruptness ; as , ' You say this ; I ( on the other hand ) deny it . ' " Other illustrations are : Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead ; excessive 36 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
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... hand with a crab - tree cudgel instead of the umbrella . 4. In the strength and ardor of youth , Rome sustained the storms of war ; in the strength and ardor of youth , Rome carried her victorious arms beyond the seas and mountains ; in ...
... hand with a crab - tree cudgel instead of the umbrella . 4. In the strength and ardor of youth , Rome sustained the storms of war ; in the strength and ardor of youth , Rome carried her victorious arms beyond the seas and mountains ; in ...
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... hand , " changed to , " Coming forward , he took his brother's hand " ; " We regret that we never reached the goal , " changed to , " We regret having never reached the goal . " 4. Adjective , adverb , and noun clauses may be con ...
... hand , " changed to , " Coming forward , he took his brother's hand " ; " We regret that we never reached the goal , " changed to , " We regret having never reached the goal . " 4. Adjective , adverb , and noun clauses may be con ...
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acatalectic adjective clause adverbial clause ALICE CARY Anapestic antecedent beautiful birds called comma complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunctive adverb connected dependent clause DIRECTION discourse earth English examples EXERCISE express eyes feeling figure flowers following sentences give grandam hand hath heard heart heaven hence honor hope iambic iambic pentameter Inchcape Inchcape Rock kind King language light live look Lord meaning merry metaphor Metonymy mind modifies nature never night noun noun clause o'er object paragraph participle person phrases poem poetry predicate principal pronoun proposition prose punctuation Rhetoric rhyme rock RULE sail sense simile simple sentences sometimes soul sound speak statement style subordinate conjunction sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tell tences tetrameter thee things thou thought tion topics trees trochaic truth verb verse voice wind words writer
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Seite 278 - Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Seite 345 - Though the night be dark and dreary, Darkness cannot hide from Thee : Thou art He who, never weary, Watchest where Thy people be.
Seite 116 - Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each horseman drew his battle-blade, And furious every charger neighed, To join the dreadful revelry.
Seite 332 - The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Seite 237 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Seite 245 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Seite 249 - He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
Seite 376 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Seite 299 - PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens : Praise him in the heights. Praise ye him, all his angels : Praise ye him, all his hosts. Praise ye him, sun and moon : Praise him, all ye stars of light.
Seite 364 - SWEET and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea, Low, low, breathe and blow, Wind of the western sea ! Over the rolling waters go, Come from the dying moon, and blow, Blow him again to me ; While my little one, while my pretty one, sleeps. Sleep and rest, sleep and rest, Father will come to thee soon ; Rest, rest, on mother's breast, Father will come to thee soon ; Father will come to his babe in the nest, Silver sails all out of the west Under the silver moon : Sleep, my little one, sleep,...