Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... doubt as to the meaning . It sometimes happens that several arrangements of a simple sentence present the meaning with equal clearness ; yet there may be still a choice of structure . It is not enough that we express ourselves so as to ...
... doubt as to the meaning . It sometimes happens that several arrangements of a simple sentence present the meaning with equal clearness ; yet there may be still a choice of structure . It is not enough that we express ourselves so as to ...
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... doubt the poet of nature . 4. The flowers of late sprung a beauteous sisterhood . 5. The palace of the royal family was destroyed by fire on the fifth night . 6. He knew the subtle art of no school - man . 7. He spoke with decision . 8 ...
... doubt the poet of nature . 4. The flowers of late sprung a beauteous sisterhood . 5. The palace of the royal family was destroyed by fire on the fifth night . 6. He knew the subtle art of no school - man . 7. He spoke with decision . 8 ...
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... doubt thee ; but ye do [ thou dost ] not try to avoid the appearance of evil . " ( 5 ) In the union of dissimilar elements by co - ordinate connectives ; as , " The delay was not an accident , but pre- meditated " [ accidental but ...
... doubt thee ; but ye do [ thou dost ] not try to avoid the appearance of evil . " ( 5 ) In the union of dissimilar elements by co - ordinate connectives ; as , " The delay was not an accident , but pre- meditated " [ accidental but ...
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... I regarded thee as my friend , but now I doubt your friendship . 56. They naturally prefer to stand where they would have long ago , if it were not for their mistakes . EXERCISES IN COMPOSITION . REPRODUCTION VI . THE PET - CONCORD . 87.
... I regarded thee as my friend , but now I doubt your friendship . 56. They naturally prefer to stand where they would have long ago , if it were not for their mistakes . EXERCISES IN COMPOSITION . REPRODUCTION VI . THE PET - CONCORD . 87.
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... doubt with silent winking At her green , greedy orbs , no single minute Withdrawn from it , was hard a - thinking Of all the shining dollars in it . The only words that Avarice could utter , Her constant 98 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC ...
... doubt with silent winking At her green , greedy orbs , no single minute Withdrawn from it , was hard a - thinking Of all the shining dollars in it . The only words that Avarice could utter , Her constant 98 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC ...
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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