Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... 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 , are necessarily absurd in the view of the revelers . 5. Hilda's ...
... 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 , are necessarily absurd in the view of the revelers . 5. Hilda's ...
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... 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 minister of George III ...
... 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 minister of George III ...
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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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... hand with a crab - tree cudgel instead of the umbrella . 4. In the strength and ardor of youth , Rome sustained the storms of war ; in the strength and ardor of youth , Rome carried her victorious arms beyond the seas and mountains ; in ...
... hand with a crab - tree cudgel instead of the umbrella . 4. In the strength and ardor of youth , Rome sustained the storms of war ; in the strength and ardor of youth , Rome carried her victorious arms beyond the seas and mountains ; in ...
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... hand , " changed to , " Coming forward , he took his brother's hand " ; " We regret that we never reached the goal , " changed to , " We regret having never reached the goal . " 4. Adjective , adverb , and noun clauses may be con ...
... hand , " changed to , " Coming forward , he took his brother's hand " ; " We regret that we never reached the goal , " changed to , " We regret having never reached the goal . " 4. Adjective , adverb , and noun clauses may be con ...
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