Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... better fitted for life's realities . 9. Cats that wear gloves catch no mice . Io . I have something that will suit you . 11. There are times when every active mind feels itself above any and all human books . 12. Thrice is he armed that ...
... better fitted for life's realities . 9. Cats that wear gloves catch no mice . Io . I have something that will suit you . 11. There are times when every active mind feels itself above any and all human books . 12. Thrice is he armed that ...
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... better remember the unique prod- igy . Cellini tells us this . 3. A youthful angel comes to us . At his coming , we are as yet small children . At his coming , those two grown ladies have not of- fered us the choice of Hercules . He ...
... better remember the unique prod- igy . Cellini tells us this . 3. A youthful angel comes to us . At his coming , we are as yet small children . At his coming , those two grown ladies have not of- fered us the choice of Hercules . He ...
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... better to avoid them . Modern writers seldom use relative pronouns or conjunctive adverbs to in- troduce independent propositions ; and where we find forms passing into disuse , it is safer not to employ them . The following lines from ...
... better to avoid them . Modern writers seldom use relative pronouns or conjunctive adverbs to in- troduce independent propositions ; and where we find forms passing into disuse , it is safer not to employ them . The following lines from ...
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... better artist ; in the one we most admire the man ; in the other , the work . " The following examples illustrate the combination of de- tached statements into a compound sentence : Rhet . - 4 . Separate Statements . Combined . The ...
... better artist ; in the one we most admire the man ; in the other , the work . " The following examples illustrate the combination of de- tached statements into a compound sentence : Rhet . - 4 . Separate Statements . Combined . The ...
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... better ? And where it hung , how safe it was , Without a breeze to rock it ! Come , little busy beak and claws , Build quick inside the pocket ! You never saw a prettier nest In rye - field or in clover , Than this wherein she sat at ...
... better ? And where it hung , how safe it was , Without a breeze to rock it ! Come , little busy beak and claws , Build quick inside the pocket ! You never saw a prettier nest In rye - field or in clover , Than this wherein she sat at ...
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accented adjective clause adverb adverbial clause Anapestic beautiful birds called complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunction conjunctive adverb connected dependent clause DIRECTION discourse earth English examples EXERCISE expression eyes feeling feet figure flowers following sentences give hand hath heard heart heaven hence honor hope iambic pentameter idea Inchcape Inchcape Rock kind King language light live look Lord meaning metaphor Metonymy mind modifies nature never night noun o'er object paragraph participle person phrases poetry predicate principal pronoun proposition prose punctuation Rhetoric rhyme Richard Penderell RULE sail Saxon sense simile simple sentence snow sometimes soul sound speak speech statement stood style sublime subordinate conjunction sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tences tetrameter thee things thou thought tion trees Trimeter trochaic truth verb verse voice wind words writer