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... was known to them through a secret channel . 6. We paint such qualities as we do not possess . 7. The evil that men do lives after them . 8. The sorrows that wring our hearts often leave them better fitted for life's realities .
... was known to them through a secret channel . 6. We paint such qualities as we do not possess . 7. The evil that men do lives after them . 8. The sorrows that wring our hearts often leave them better fitted for life's realities .
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By means of the beating Cellini might better remember the unique prodigy . 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 offered ...
By means of the beating Cellini might better remember the unique prodigy . 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 offered ...
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While such constructions are frequently met with even in good authors , it is better to avoid them . Modern writers seldom use relative pronouns or conjunctive adverbs to introduce independent propositions ; and where we find forms ...
While such constructions are frequently met with even in good authors , it is better to avoid them . Modern writers seldom use relative pronouns or conjunctive adverbs to introduce independent propositions ; and where we find forms ...
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( 4 ) Compound sentences are sometimes made up of two or more members used in pairs ; as , “ Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil , the better artist ; in the one we most admire the man ; in the other , the work .
( 4 ) Compound sentences are sometimes made up of two or more members used in pairs ; as , “ Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil , the better artist ; in the one we most admire the man ; in the other , the work .
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... on a nail suspended , The farmer's coat she chanced to see , And there her search was ended . , The granary was in a loft , Where not a creature met her ; The coat had hollows deep and softCould anything be better ?
... on a nail suspended , The farmer's coat she chanced to see , And there her search was ended . , The granary was in a loft , Where not a creature met her ; The coat had hollows deep and softCould anything be better ?
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| Titel | Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and Construction Harvey's language course, Thomas Wadleigh Harvey |
| Autor/in | Virginia Waddy |
| Verlag | American Book Company, 1889 |
| Original von | Harvard University |
| Digitalisiert | 16. Apr. 2008 |
| Länge | 416 Seiten |
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