Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing Specimens and Examples of School and College Exercises, and Most of the Higher Departments of English Composition, Both in Prose and VerseHarper & Brothers, 1845 - 429 Seiten |
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... proper preparation for its suc cessful performance should be laid in a diligent attention to the rules of grammar , a thorough knowledge of the principles of rhetoric , and a suc cessful application of the maxims of logic ; for logic ...
... proper preparation for its suc cessful performance should be laid in a diligent attention to the rules of grammar , a thorough knowledge of the principles of rhetoric , and a suc cessful application of the maxims of logic ; for logic ...
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... proper expression of the idea when obtained . To acquire ideas , it is necessary to cultivate habits of observation ; to use the eyes not only in noticing entire objects , but also their different parts ; to consider their quali- ties ...
... proper expression of the idea when obtained . To acquire ideas , it is necessary to cultivate habits of observation ; to use the eyes not only in noticing entire objects , but also their different parts ; to consider their quali- ties ...
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... proper to enforce the directions with regard to the spelling , and the proper use of words , in every exercise . Example . As my brother was riding in the country , he saw a beauti ful , large house , painted white , with green blinds ...
... proper to enforce the directions with regard to the spelling , and the proper use of words , in every exercise . Example . As my brother was riding in the country , he saw a beauti ful , large house , painted white , with green blinds ...
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... proper use of words , and the correct understanding of them , constitutes one of the greatest difficulties in written language . It is therefore highly important that every writer be careful to use the proper word to express the idea ...
... proper use of words , and the correct understanding of them , constitutes one of the greatest difficulties in written language . It is therefore highly important that every writer be careful to use the proper word to express the idea ...
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... proper accent . Example . “ I saw with some surprise that the Muses , whose business was to cheer and encourage those who were toiling up the ascent , would often sing in the bowers of pleasure , and ac- company those who were enticed ...
... proper accent . Example . “ I saw with some surprise that the Muses , whose business was to cheer and encourage those who were toiling up the ascent , would often sing in the bowers of pleasure , and ac- company those who were enticed ...
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accent acute accent adverb Allowable rhymes Antonomasia beauty cæsura called Catachresis character clause comma composition compound compound sentence consists derived earth effect English English language Example 1st Example 2d exercise expression eyes father feelings figure following sentence Francesco Doria frequently give grave accent Greek Greek language happiness heart honor idea imagination kind labor lady language Latin Latin language letter literary look manner means mind moral nature Nearly perfect rhymes never nouns and third object observed Onomatopoeia participles of verbs phrases pleasure Pleonasm plurals of nouns poet poetical poetry present preterits and participles principles pronoun proper proposition prose remarkable rule Saxon sense short signifies sometimes sound spirit Spondee student style syllable tautology thing third persons singular thou thought tion Trochaic Trochee truth verse virtue words writer written young