Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... winds , or the flight of the cloud shadows , like gigantic phantoms , as they swept rapidly over it . 2. On Christmas day , 1770 , I was surprised by a message from my godfather , saying that he had sent a man and a horse to bring me to ...
... winds , or the flight of the cloud shadows , like gigantic phantoms , as they swept rapidly over it . 2. On Christmas day , 1770 , I was surprised by a message from my godfather , saying that he had sent a man and a horse to bring me to ...
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... wind . We must sail sometimes against it . We must do these things to reach the port of heaven . We must not drift . We must not lie at anchor . We must sail . 8. In Naples , even the lowest class enjoy every blessing . Every blessing ...
... wind . We must sail sometimes against it . We must do these things to reach the port of heaven . We must not drift . We must not lie at anchor . We must sail . 8. In Naples , even the lowest class enjoy every blessing . Every blessing ...
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... wind which never ceases blows a blast that is keen to - night . 24. The leaves produced soft sounds in the air . 25. The dead man lay with his face turned upwards to the sky . 26. Now , all dames given to finding fault should know the ...
... wind which never ceases blows a blast that is keen to - night . 24. The leaves produced soft sounds in the air . 25. The dead man lay with his face turned upwards to the sky . 26. Now , all dames given to finding fault should know the ...
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... wind hath blown a gale all day ; At evening it hath died away . On the deck the Rover takes his stand ; So dark it is , they see no land . Quoth Sir Ralph , " It will be lighter soon , For there is the dawn of the rising moon ...
... wind hath blown a gale all day ; At evening it hath died away . On the deck the Rover takes his stand ; So dark it is , they see no land . Quoth Sir Ralph , " It will be lighter soon , For there is the dawn of the rising moon ...
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... wind . They hear the breakers roar , but no sound of bell tells them of their danger . There comes a fearful shock ; the ship has struck the Inchcape Rock . The Rover curses himself in his wild despair ; and , as the waves run over the ...
... wind . They hear the breakers roar , but no sound of bell tells them of their danger . There comes a fearful shock ; the ship has struck the Inchcape Rock . The Rover curses himself in his wild despair ; and , as the waves run over the ...
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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