Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... never understand why he left so suddenly . 7. Mark , now , how a plain tale shall put you down . 8. Tell me not in mournful numbers , Life is but an empty dream . 9. Charles Lamb , reading the epitaphs in the church - yard , inquired ...
... never understand why he left so suddenly . 7. Mark , now , how a plain tale shall put you down . 8. Tell me not in mournful numbers , Life is but an empty dream . 9. Charles Lamb , reading the epitaphs in the church - yard , inquired ...
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... Never , except when the " if - clause " is very emphatic , should it be placed after the consequent . EXERCISE X. DIRECTION . - Combine each of the following groups into one complex sentence : 1. The portrait of Parris is one of the ...
... Never , except when the " if - clause " is very emphatic , should it be placed after the consequent . EXERCISE X. DIRECTION . - Combine each of the following groups into one complex sentence : 1. The portrait of Parris is one of the ...
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... never heard spoken a language exceeding it in eloquence . She cooked our dinner for us at two . She went shopping for or with us at five . She threw us into fits of laughter at eight . She threw us into laughter by some unexpected bit ...
... never heard spoken a language exceeding it in eloquence . She cooked our dinner for us at two . She went shopping for or with us at five . She threw us into fits of laughter at eight . She threw us into laughter by some unexpected bit ...
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... never saw a prettier nest In rye - field or in clover , Than this wherein she sat at rest . When building work was over . Three speckled eggs soon warmly lay Beneath the happy sitter ; Three little birds - oh , joy ! -one day Began to ...
... never saw a prettier nest In rye - field or in clover , Than this wherein she sat at rest . When building work was over . Three speckled eggs soon warmly lay Beneath the happy sitter ; Three little birds - oh , joy ! -one day Began to ...
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... never ! - Who could suppose a little bird Would do a thing so clever ? Come , now ! ' t would be a shame to harm The fruit of such wise labor . I wouldn't hurt you for a farm , My pretty little neighbor ! " He put the coat back ...
... never ! - Who could suppose a little bird Would do a thing so clever ? Come , now ! ' t would be a shame to harm The fruit of such wise labor . I wouldn't hurt you for a farm , My pretty little neighbor ! " He put the coat back ...
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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