Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and Construction |
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Books that you may carry to the fire and hold readily in your 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 ...
Books that you may carry to the fire and hold readily in your 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 ...
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He holds in his right 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 ...
He holds in his right 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 ...
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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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In a few years , perhaps next year , the fine gentleman will shut up his umbrella , and the fine gentleman will give it to his sister , and the fine gentleman will fill his hand with a crab - tree cudgel instead of the umbrella . 4.
In a few years , perhaps next year , the fine gentleman will shut up his umbrella , and the fine gentleman will give it to his sister , and the fine gentleman will fill his hand with a crab - tree cudgel instead of the umbrella . 4.
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Thus : " This is the only course which is left to us , " changed to , " This is the only course left to us " ; " As he came forward , he took his brother's hand , " changed to , " Coming forward , he took his brother's hand " ...
Thus : " This is the only course which is left to us , " changed to , " This is the only course left to us " ; " As he came forward , he took his brother's hand , " changed to , " Coming forward , he took his brother's hand " ...
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